2006 AFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Singapore
Dates3–17 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place Tajikistan
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored98 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Syria Mohamad Jaafar (6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Yoichiro Kakitani
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The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship was the 12th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 3 and 17 September 2006 in Singapore. Japan won their second title with a 4–2 win against Korea DPR in the final.

Qualification Competition

Main article: 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification

Laos won Group I of the qualifying round and was placed in Group C of the finals, but was disqualified after an investigation by the Asian Football Confederation's disciplinary committee found that the team fielded an over-aged player in the AFC U-13 football tournament in Laos in April 2005.[1] Australia, which finished behind Laos in the qualification, did not take the slot, hence no replacement was made for Laos. Therefore, only fifteen teams competed in the final tournament.

Stadiums

Singapore Singapore
Jalan Besar Stadium Bishan Stadium
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 7 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7
 South Korea 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3
 Singapore 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
   Nepal 1 3 0 1 2 0 8 -8
South Korea 3 – 1 Singapore
Choi Jin-soo 35'
Kim Jung-Hyun 66'
Gu Ja-Myeong 88'		 Quak 56'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Japan 6 – 0   Nepal
Yamada 8'
Okamoto 13'
Hanato 69', 77'
Mizunuma 80', 90+1'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Singapore 1 – 1 Japan
Izzdin 86' (pen.) Kakitani 81'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
South Korea 2 – 0   Nepal
Seol Jae-Mun 45'
Joo Sung-Hwan 81'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,277
Japan 3 – 2 South Korea
Mizunuma 19', 90'
Otsuka 67'		 Joo Sung-Hwan 59', 74'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,348
Singapore 0 – 0   Nepal
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 2,000

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tajikistan 9 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3
 Iran 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Iraq 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1
 Yemen 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2
Iran 1 – 0 Yemen
Alimohammadi 32'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Iraq 0 – 1 Tajikistan
Karabaev 90+3'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Yemen 1 – 1 Iraq
Al-Ameri 81' Mohammed 22'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Tajikistan 2 – 1 Iran
Tukhtasunov 13', 23' Daghagheleh 75'
Bishan Stadium
Iran 0 – 0 Iraq
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,257
Yemen 3 – 4 Tajikistan
Al-Ameri 41', 90+2'
Omar 45+1'		 Tokhirov 51'
Tukhtasunov 55', 82'
Vasiev 67'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 400

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6
 North Korea 3 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3
 Myanmar 0 2 0 0 2 2 11 -9
North Korea 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia
An Il-Bom 43' Al-Dossari 46'
Fallatah 58'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,511
Myanmar 2 – 6 North Korea
Kyaw Ko Ko 48'
Kyaing Aung Pyone 74'		 Ri Myong-Jun 11', 36'
Ri Sang-Chol 45+2', 55'
O Jin-hyok 60', 61'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,658
Saudi Arabia 5 – 0 Myanmar
Al-Dossari 8'
Hazazi 29', 37'
Al-Matrafi 33'
Al-Shamari 82'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,500

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6
 Syria 6 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8
 Vietnam 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Bangladesh 0 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14
China 1 – 0 Syria
Wang Yongxin 89'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Bangladesh 0 – 2 Vietnam
Trần Việt Trung 55'
Hoàng Danh Ngọc 72' (pen.)
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 300
Syria 7 – 0 Bangladesh
Jaafar 8', 61' (pen.)
Mido 10', 15', 56'
Solaiman 12'
Ajouz 42'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Vietnam 3 – 3 China
Trần Việt Trung 29'
Đào Ngọc Phước 31'
Nguyễn Văn Trung 73'		 Wang Yunlong 64' (pen.), 79'
Ma Long 90'
Bishan Stadium
China 5 – 0 Bangladesh
Ma Long 27', 81'
Gao Di 42', 45'
Li Haifang 76'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,402
Syria 2 – 0 Vietnam
Mido 80'
Ajouz 83'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,000

Knockout stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 September
 
 
 Japan (p)1 (8)
 
14 September
 
 Iran1 (7)
 
 Japan2
 
11 September
 
 Syria0
 
 Saudi Arabia1
 
17 September
 
 Syria2
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)4
 
11 September
 
 North Korea2
 
 Tajikistan1
 
14 September
 
 South Korea0
 
 Tajikistan0
 
11 September
 
 North Korea3 Third place
 
 China1
 
17 September
 
 North Korea2
 
 Syria3 (4)
 
 
 Tajikistan (p)3 (5)
 

Quarterfinal

Japan 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Iran
Kakitani 14' Alimohammadi 73'
Penalties
Mizunuma soccer ball with check mark
Tanaka soccer ball with check mark
Hironaga soccer ball with check mark
Higa soccer ball with red X
Kai soccer ball with check mark
Yamazaki soccer ball with red X
Kanai soccer ball with red X
Okamoto soccer ball with check mark
Yamada soccer ball with red X
Kakitani soccer ball with check mark
Mizunuma soccer ball with check mark
Tanaka soccer ball with check mark		 8 – 7 soccer ball with check mark Alimohammadi
soccer ball with check mark Ehsan Hajysafi
soccer ball with check mark Seyed Amiri
soccer ball with red X Shahryar Shirvand
soccer ball with check mark Mehdi Daghagheleh
soccer ball with red X Hamidreza Aliasgari
soccer ball with red X Karim Ansari
soccer ball with check mark Arash Gholizadeh
soccer ball with red X Bakhtiar Rahmani
soccer ball with check mark Noushi Sofiani
soccer ball with check mark Alimohammadi
soccer ball with red X Ehsan Hajysafi
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 300
Tajikistan 1 – 0 South Korea
Vasiev 81'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,346
Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Syria
Fahad Al-Dossari 46' Mohamad Jaafar 9', 74'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
China 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) North Korea
Gao Di 16' Ri Myong-Jun 20'
O Jin-hyok 110'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 300

Semi-finals

Japan 2 – 0 Syria
Saito 69'
Kakitani 79'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 500
Tajikistan 0 – 3 North Korea
An Il-Bom 26', 53'
Ri Sang-Chol 38'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,654

Third place playoff

Syria 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Tajikistan
Mohamad Jaafar 45+1', 94'
Solaiman Solaiman 50' (pen.)		 Fatkhuloev 29'
Sobirov 67'
Karabaev 114'
Penalties
4 – 5
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 300

Final

Japan 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) North Korea
Kakitani 57'
Hanato 78'
Kawano 113', 120'		 O Jin-hyok 7'
Ri Sang-Chol 25'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,346

Winners

 2006 AFC U-17 Championship 

Japan
Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Japan Yoichiro Kakitani Syria Mohamad Jaafar (6 goals)  Japan

Countries to participate in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Goalscorers

There were 98 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Reports from the confederations" (PDF). FIFA Magazine Inside: 80. December 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

External links

AFC U-16 Championship, U-17 Championship and U-17 Asian Cup
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