2006 AFC Youth Championship
2006 एएफसी यूथ चैम्पियनशिप
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	29 October – 12 November
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	51,050 (1,595 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shim Young-sung (5 goals)
← 2004 2008 → All statistics correct as of 21 March.

The 2006 AFC Youth Championship was the 34th instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 29 October to 12 November 2006 in India. It was the first time for India to host this tournament. Sixteen teams from the AFC qualified to the finals.

The tournament was won by North Korea, their second championship after sharing the trophy with IRAN in 1976, defeating Japan 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw. South Korea defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third.

The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with a place for the 4 semi-finalists of the tournament.

Qualification

Main article: AFC Youth Championship 2006 (Qualification)

33 Teams entered the Qualification, the teams were drawn into 14 groups. 11 groups with each three teams and 3 groups with two teams. The Qualification took part from November 2005 to December 2005 (except Group D which was scheduled to play in November 2005 but was postponed after the 2005 Amman bombings and played in February 2006). The Group-Winners qualified for the tournament, a Play-Off Game between the best second-placed teams from ASEAN (Myanmar) and East Asia (North Korea) was scheduled to in Kuala Lumpur on 15 February 2006. But after the withdrawal of Myanmar, the North Koreans qualified automatically. Hosts India were exempt from the qualification.

Final tournament

Participants

Venues

Kolkata, West Bengal
Salt Lake Stadium	Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium^[1]
Capacity: 120,000	Capacity: 5,000

Bangalore, Karnataka
Sree Kanteerava Stadium	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Main article: 2006 AFC Youth Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Korea	9	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13
Jordan	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
Kyrgyzstan	2	3	0	2	1	1	8	−7
India	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4

29 October 2006
16:00 IST

South Korea	3–0	Jordan
Shim Young-sung 14' 61' Lee Sang-ho 46'

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
China	9	3	3	0	4	1	+3
Australia	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3
Thailand	3	3	1	2	3	5	−2
United Arab Emirates	0	3	0	3	2	6	−4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5
North Korea	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4
Iran	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2
Tajikistan	0	3	0	3	1	8	−7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	7	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5
Saudi Arabia	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Vietnam	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3
Malaysia	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 November – Kolkata

South Korea	2
		9 November – Kolkata
Australia	1
		South Korea	2 (2)
6 November – Bangalore
		Japan (pen.)	2 (3)
Japan	2
				11 November – Kolkata
Saudi Arabia	1
				Japan	1 (3)
6 November – Kolkata
				North Korea (pen.)	1 (5)
China	1
		9 November – Kolkata
Jordan	2
		Jordan	0
6 November – Bangalore
		North Korea	1	Third place
Iraq	0
				11 November – Kolkata
North Korea	2
				South Korea	2

				Jordan	0

Qualification

Final tournament

Participants

Venues

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Third Place Play Off

Finals

Winners

Qualification to World Youth Championship

Awards

Goalscorers

Top scoring teams

References

External links