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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Youth Championship
| year = 2006
| othertitles = 2006 एएफसी यूथ चैम्पियनशिप
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = India
| dates = 29 October – 12 November
| finalists = 16
| venues = 4
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbu|20|PRK}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbu|20|JPN}}
| third_other = {{fbu|20|KOR}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|20|JOR}}
| matches = 32
| goals = 91
| attendance = 51050
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shim Young-sung]] (5 goals)
| prevseason = [[2004 AFC Youth Championship|2004]]
| nextseason = [[2008 AFC U-19 Championship|2008]]
| updated = 21 March
}}

The [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s '''AFC Youth Championship 2006''' 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 national under-20 football team|North Korea]], their second championship after sharing the trophy with Iran in 1976, defeating [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan]] 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw. [[Korea Republic national under-20 football team|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|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 national football team|India]] were exempt from the qualification.

==Final tournament==
=== Participants===
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{{col-4}}
* {{fbu|20|Australia}}
* {{fbu|20|CHN}}
* {{fbu|20|IND}}
* {{fbu|20|IRN}}
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* {{fbu|20|IRQ|2004}}
* {{fbu|20|JPN}}
* {{fbu|23|JOR}}
* {{fbu|20|PRK}}
{{col-4}}
* {{fbu|20|KOR}}
* {{fbu|20|KGZ}}
* {{fbu|20|MAS}}
* {{fbu|20|KSA}}
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* {{fbu|20|TJK}}
* {{fbu|20|THA}}
* {{fbu|20|UAE}}
* {{fbu|20|VIE}}
{{col-end}}

===Venues===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!City
!Original stadium names
!Capacity
|-
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;"|120,000
|-
| Kolkata
| [[Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;"|5,000
|-
| [[Bengaluru]]
| [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;"|30,000
|-
| Bengaluru
| [[Bengaluru Football Stadium|Bengaluru Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;"|15,000
|}

==Squads==
{{main|2006 AFC Youth Championship squads}}

==Group stage==
=== Group A===
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|KOR}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||13||0||+13
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JOR}}
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||3||5||−2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|KGZ}}
|'''2'''||3||0||2||1||1||8||−7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|IND}}
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||3||7||−4
|}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox|date = 29 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}|score = 3–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|JOR}}|goals1 =[[Shim Young-sung]] {{goal|14}} {{goal|61}}<br/>[[Lee Sang-ho (footballer born 1987)|Lee Sang-ho]] {{goal|46}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 500|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 29 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|IND}}|score = 1–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|KGZ}}|goals1 =[[Lal Kamal Bhowmick|Bhowmick]] {{goal|71|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}|report=|goals2 =[[Ildar Amirov|Amirov]] {{goal|44}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 600|referee= [[Mohsen Torky|Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 31 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JOR}}|score = 3–2|team2 = {{fbu|19|IND}}|goals1 = [[Badr Abu Salim|Abu Salim]] {{goal|33}}<br/>[[Ahmed Nofal|Nofal]] {{goal|64}} {{goal|87}}|report=|goals2 =[[Branco Vincent Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|25}}<br/>[[Paresh Matondkar|Matondkar]] {{goal|77}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 250|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 31 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KGZ}}|score = 0–7|team2 = {{fbu|20|KOR}}|goals1 =|report=|goals2 =[[Lee Sang-ho (footballer born 1987)|Lee Sang-ho]] {{goal|5}} {{goal|63}}<br/>[[Shin Young-rok]] {{goal|13}} {{goal|50}} {{goal|71|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}<br/>[[Stepan Miagkih|Miagkih]] {{goal|20|[[own goal|og]]}}<br/>[[Park Hyun-beom]] {{goal|84}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 300|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])}}
----
{{footballbox|date = 2 November 2006<br />14:45 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}|score = 3–0|team2 = {{fbu|19|IND}}|goals1 = [[Shim Young-sung]] {{goal|76}}<br/>[[Song Jin-hyung]] {{goal|84}}<br/>[[Shin Young-rok]] {{goal|90+2}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 500|referee= [[Muhsen Basma|Basma]] ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 2 November 2006<br />14:45 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KGZ}}|score = 0–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|JOR}}|goals1 =|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium|Municipal Corporation Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CHN}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||4||1||+3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]]
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||5||2||+3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|THA}}
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||5||−2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|UAE}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||2||6||−4
|}

{{footballbox|date = 30 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}|score = 1–0|team2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]]|goals1 =[[Xu De'en|Xu]] {{goal|65}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 300|referee= [[Qassim Shaban|Shaban]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 30 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|THA}}|score = 2–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}|goals1 =[[Teerasil Dangda|Dangda]] {{goal|46}} <br/>[[Phonlawut Donchui|Donchui]] {{goal|90+4}}|report=|goals2 =[[Ibrahim Ali (UAE)|Ali]] {{goal|89}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 150|referee= [[Muhsen Basma|Basma]] ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 1 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}}|score = 3–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|THA}}|goals1 = [[Nathan Burns|Burns]] {{goal|26}} {{goal|90+2}}<br/>[[Dario Vidosic|Vidosic]] {{goal|33|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}|report=|goals2 =[[Suttinun Phukhom|Phukom]] {{goal|40|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 100|referee= [[Mohsen Torky|Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 1 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|UAE}}|score = 1–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|CHN}}|goals1 = [[Mubarak Mesmari|Mesmari]] {{goal|49}}|report=|goals2 = [[Wang Yongpo|Wang]] {{goal|6|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}, {{goal|46}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 100|referee= [[Qassim Shaban|Shaban]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 3 November 2006<br />14:45 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}|score = 1–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|THA}}|goals1 = [[Wang Yongpo|Wang]] {{goal|78}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 500|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 3 November 2006<br />14:45 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}}|score = 2–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}|goals1 = [[David Williams (Australian association footballer)|Williams]] {{goal|14}} {{goal|31}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium|Municipal Corporation Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])}}

===Group C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JPN}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||7||2||+5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|PRK}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||6||2||+4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|IRN}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||5||7||−2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|TJK}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||8||−7
|}

{{footballbox|date = 29 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}|score = 2–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|PRK}}|goals1 =[[Kazuhisa Kawahara (footballer)|Kawahara]] {{goal|34}}<br/>[[Yosuke Kashiwagi|Kashiwagi]] {{goal|82}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdulhameed Ibrahim|Ibrahim]] ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 29 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRN}}|score = 3–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|TJK}}|goals1 =[[Shahram Goudarzi|Goudarzi]] {{goal|55}}<br/>[[Mostafa Chatrabgoon|Chatrabgoon]] {{goal|60}} {{goal|81}}|report=|goals2 =[[Akhtam Khamrakulov|Khamrakulov]] {{goal|10}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Chaiwat Kunsuta|Kunsuta]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 31 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|PRK}}|score = 5–0|team2 ={{fbu|20|IRN}}|goals1 = [[Jong Chol-min]] {{goal|2}} {{goal|10}}<br/>[[Kim Kum-il]] {{goal|25}} {{goal|47}}<br/>[[Ri Hung-ryong]] {{goal|77}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 2,000|referee=[[Salem Mujghef|Mujghef]] ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 31 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|TJK}}|score = 0–4|team2 = {{fbu|20|JPN}}|goals1 =|report=|goals2 = [[Yasuhito Morishima|Morishima]] {{goal|8}} {{goal|34}}<br/>[[Yosuke Kashiwagi|Kashiwagi]] {{goal|57}}<br/>[[Masato Morishige|Morishige]] {{goal|68}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 2 November 2006<br />15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}|score = 1–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|IRN}}|goals1 = [[Tsukasa Umesaki|Umesaki]] {{goal|22}}|report=|goals2 =[[Kamaleddin Kamyabinia|Kamyabinia]] {{goal|52}}<br/>[[Farhad Ale-Khamis|Ale-Khamis]] {{goal|72}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 1,500|referee= [[Subrata Sarkar|Sarkar]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 2 November 2006<br />15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|PRK}}|score = 1–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|TJK}}|goals1 =[[Pak Chol-min (footballer)|Pak Chol-min]] {{goal|90+2}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Bangalore Football Stadium|Bangalore Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance=500|referee= [[Salem Mujghef|Mujghef]] ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])}}

===Group D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|IRQ|2004}}
|'''7'''||3||2||1||0||8||3||+5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|KSA}}
|'''7'''||3||2||1||0||6||2||+4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|VIE}}
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||−3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|MAS}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||7||−6
|}

{{footballbox|date = 30 October 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRQ|2004}}|score = 2–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|KSA}}|goals1 =[[Alaa Abdul-Zahra|Abdul-Zahra]] {{goal|27}} <br/> [[Halkurd Mulla Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{goal|82}}|report=|goals2 = [[Ahmad Kabee|Kabee]] {{goal|9}}<br/>[[Mohammad Al-Sahlawi|Al-Sahlawi]] {{goal|52}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 1,000|referee= Huang Junjie ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 30 October 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|MAS}}|score = 1–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|VIE}}|goals1 =[[Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri|Khyril Muhymeen]] {{goal|45+1}}|report=|goals2 =[[Baddrol Bakhtiar|Bakhtiar]] {{goal|11|[[own goal|og]]}}<br/> [[Nguyen Quang Tình]] {{goal|63}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Subrata Surkar|Surkar]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 1 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KSA}}|score = 2–0|team2 ={{fbu|20|MAS}}|goals1 = [[Mohamed Al-Sahlawi|Al-Sahlawi]] {{goal|13}} <br/> [[Ali Ataif|Ataif]] {{goal|60}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Chaiwat Kunsuta|Kunsuta]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 1 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|VIE}}|score = 1–3|team2 = {{fbu|20|IRQ|2004}}|goals1 = [[Nguyen Van Khai]] {{goal|75|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}|report=|goals2 = [[Osama Ali|Ali]] {{goal|11}}<br/>[[Alaa Abdul-Zahra|Abdul-Zahra]] {{goal|36}} {{goal|81}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdulhameed Ebrahim]] ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 3 November 2006<br />15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRQ|2004}}|score = 3–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|MAS}}|goals1 = [[Mohamed Khalaf (footballer)|Khalaf]] {{goal|55}}<br/>[[Aqeel Hussein|Hussein]] {{goal|81}}<br/>[[Alaa Abdul-Zahra|Abdul-Zahra]] {{goal|83}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 500|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = 3 November 2006<br />15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KSA}}|score = 2–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|VIE}}|goals1 =[[Jufain Al-Bishi|J. Al-Bishi]] {{goal|13|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}<br/>[[Mohamed Al-Bishi|M. Al-Bishi]] {{goal|90}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Bangalore Football Stadium|Bangalore Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 1,000|referee= Huang Junjie ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])}}

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
<onlyinclude>{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|6 November – [[Kolkata]]|'''{{fbu|20|KOR}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|20|AUS}}|1
|6 November – [[Bangalore]]|'''{{fbu|20|JPN}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|20|KSA}}|1
|6 November – [[Kolkata]]|{{fbu|20|CHN}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|JOR}}'''|'''2'''
|6 November – [[Bangalore]]|{{fbu|20|IRQ|2004}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|PRK}}'''|'''2'''
<!--semi finals -->
|9 November – [[Kolkata]]|{{fbu|20|KOR}}|2 (2)|'''{{fbu|20|JPN}} ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])'''|'''2 (3)'''
|9 November – [[Kolkata]]|{{fbu|20|JOR}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|PRK}}'''|'''1'''
<!--final -->
|11 November – [[Kolkata]]|{{fbu|20|JPN}}|1 (3)|'''{{fbu|20|PRK}} ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])'''|'''1 (5)'''
<!--third place -->
|11 November – [[Kolkata]]|'''{{fbu|20|KOR}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|20|JOR}}|0
}}</onlyinclude>

===Quarter finals===
{{footballbox|date = 6 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}|score = 2–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|AUS}}|goals1 = [[Song Jin-hyung]] {{goal|10}} {{goal|36}}|report=|goals2 =[[Chris Grossman|Grossman]] {{goal|18}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 600|referee= [[Muhsen Basma|Basma]] ([[Syrian Football Association|Syria]])}}

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{{footballbox|date = 6 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}|score = 2–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|KSA}}|goals1 = [[Kazuhisa Kawahara (footballer)|Kawahara]] {{goal|7}}<br/>[[Kota Aoki|Aoki]] {{goal|90}}|report=|goals2 =[[Jufain Al-Bishi|J. Al-Bishi]] {{goal|81|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])}}

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{{footballbox|date = 6 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}|score = 1–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|JOR}}|goals1 = [[Yang Xu|Yang]] {{goal|70}}|report=|goals2 =[[Lo'ay Omran|Omran]] {{goal|33}} <br/>[[Abdullah Deeb|Abdullah]] {{goal|68|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 150|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])}}

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{{footballbox|date = 6 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRQ|2004}}|score = 0–2|team2 = {{fbu|20|PRK}}|goals1 =|report=|goals2 =[[Kim Kum-il]] {{goal|36}} <br/>[[Yun Yong-il]] {{goal|67}}| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]|attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Sarkar Subrata|Subrata]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}

===Semi finals===
{{footballbox|date = 9 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}|score = 2–2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]]) <br/>(2–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|team2 = {{fbu|20|JPN}}|goals1 =[[Shim Young-sung]] {{goal|1}}<br/>[[Kim Dong-suk]] {{goal|111}}|report=|goals2 =[[Yasuhito Morishima|Morishima]]{{goal|47}}<br/>[[Kota Aoki|Aoki]] {{goal|105}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Mohsen Torky|Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])}}

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{{footballbox|date = 9 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JOR}}|score = 0–1|team2 = {{fbu|20|PRK}}|goals1 =|report=|goals2 =[[Kim Kum-il]] {{goal|38}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 2,500|referee= [[Subrata Surkar|Surkar]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])}}

===Third Place Play Off===
{{footballbox|date = 12 November 2006<br />16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}|score = 2–0|team2 = {{fbu|20|JOR}}|goals1 =[[Shim Young-sung]] {{goal|50}}<br/>[[Lee Chung-yong]] {{goal|76}}|report=|goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 5,000|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])}}

===Finals===
{{footballbox|date = 12 November 2006<br />19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|PRK}}|score = 1–1 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]]) <br/>(5–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|team2 = {{fbu|20|JPN}}|goals1 =[[Ri Chol-myong]] {{goal|3}}|report=|goals2 =[[Yosuke Kashiwagi|Kashiwagi]] {{goal|34}}| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]|attendance= 10,000|referee= [[Qassim Shaban|Shaban]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|2006 AFC Youth Championship Winners|North Korea|Second}}

==Qualification to World Youth Championship==
The following teams qualified for the [[2007 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

* {{fbu|20|PRK}}
* {{fbu|20|JPN}} 
* {{fbu|20|KOR}}
* {{fbu|20|JOR}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Top Goalscorers
!Most Valuable Player
!Fair Play Trophy
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shim Young-sung]]
|{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Kim Kum-il]]
|{{fbu|20|PRK}}
|}

==Goalscorers==
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shim Young-sung]]
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Alaa Abdul-Zahra]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Kim Kum-il]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shin Young-rok]]
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yongpo]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuhito Morishima]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yosuke Kashiwagi]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Sang-ho (footballer born 1987)|Lee Sang-ho]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Song Jin-hyung]]
;2 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Williams (Australian association footballer)|David Williams]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nathan Burns]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mostafa Chatrabgoon]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Kawahara (footballer)|Kazuhisa Kawahara]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kota Aoki]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Ahmed Nofal]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Jong Chol-min]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammad Al-Sahlawi]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Jufain Al-Bishi]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Grossman]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dario Vidosic]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu De'en]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Xu]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} Branco Vincent Cardozo
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lal Kamal Bhowmick]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Paresh Matondkar]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farhad Ale-Khamis]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Kamaleddin Kamyabinia]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Shahram Goudarzi]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} Aqeel Hussein
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Halkurd Mulla Mohammed]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Mohamed Khalaf]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Osama Ali]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Ildar Amirov]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masato Morishige]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsukasa Umesaki]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Abdullah Deeb]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} Badr Abu Salim
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Lo'ay Omran]]
*{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Pak Chol-min (footballer)|Pak Chol-min]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Chol-myong]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Hung-ryong]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Yun Yong-il]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmad Kabee]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ali Ataif]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Bishi]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Dong-suk]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Chung-yong]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Hyun-beom]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Akhtam Khamrakulov]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Phonlawut Donchui]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Suttinun Phukhom]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Teerasil Dangda]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ibrahim Ali (UAE)|Ibrahim Ali]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mubarak Mesmari]]
*{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Nguyễn Quang Tình]]
*{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Nguyễn Văn Khải]]
{{div col end}}
;Own goals
*{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Stepan Miagkih]] (playing against South Korea)
*{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Baddrol Bakhtiar]] (playing against Vietnam)

==Top scoring teams==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''19 goals '''
*{{fb|South Korea}}

'''12 goals '''
*{{fbu|20|Japan}}

'''10 goals '''
*{{fb|North Korea}}

''' 8 goals '''
*{{fb|Iraq|2004}}

''' 7 goals '''
*{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}

''' 6 goals '''
*[[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]]

{{col-2}}
''' 5 goals '''
*{{fbu|20|China}}
*{{fbu|23|Jordan}}
*{{fbu|20|Iran}}

''' 3 goals '''
*{{fb|India}}
*{{fb|Thailand}}
*{{fb|Vietnam}}

''' 2 goal '''
*{{fb|United Arab Emirates}}

''' 1 goal '''
*{{fb|Tajikistan}}
*{{fb|Kyrgyzstan}}
*{{fb|Malaysia}}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120909082551/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u19-championship-2010-previous-competitions/afc-youth-championship-2006 AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site]

{{AFC Youth Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Youth Championship 2006}}

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