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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, 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
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
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Venues
| City | Original stadium names | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Kolkata | Salt Lake Stadium | 120,000 |
| Kolkata | Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium | 5,000 |
| Bengaluru | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | 30,000 |
| Bengaluru | Bengaluru Stadium | 15,000 |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fbu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Template:Fbu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Template:Fbu | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| Template:Fbu | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fbu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Template:Flagicon Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Template:Fbu | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Template:Fbu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fbu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Template:Fbu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Template:Fbu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| Template:Fbu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fbu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| Template:Fbu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Template:Fbu | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| Template:Fbu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Third Place Play Off
Finals
Winners
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The following teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Awards
| Top Goalscorers | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play Trophy |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Shim Young-sung | Template:Flagicon Kim Kum-il | Template:Fbu |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Template:Flagicon Wang Yongpo
- Template:Flagicon Yasuhito Morishima
- Template:Flagicon Yosuke Kashiwagi
- Template:Flagicon Lee Sang-ho
- Template:Flagicon Song Jin-hyung
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon David Williams
- Template:Flagicon Nathan Burns
- Template:Flagicon Mostafa Chatrabgoon
- Template:Flagicon Kazuhisa Kawahara
- Template:Flagicon Kota Aoki
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Nofal
- Template:Flagicon Jong Chol-min
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
- Template:Flagicon Jufain Al-Bishi
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Chris Grossman
- Template:Flagicon Dario Vidosic
- Template:Flagicon Xu De'en
- Template:Flagicon Yang Xu
- Template:Flagicon Branco Vincent Cardozo
- Template:Flagicon Lal Kamal Bhowmick
- Template:Flagicon Paresh Matondkar
- Template:Flagicon Farhad Ale-Khamis
- Template:Flagicon Kamaleddin Kamyabinia
- Template:Flagicon Shahram Goudarzi
- Template:Flagicon Aqeel Hussein
- Template:Flagicon Halkurd Mulla Mohammed
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Khalaf
- Template:Flagicon Osama Ali
- Template:Flagicon Ildar Amirov
- Template:Flagicon Masato Morishige
- Template:Flagicon Tsukasa Umesaki
- Template:Flagicon Abdullah Deeb
- Template:Flagicon Badr Abu Salim
- Template:Flagicon Lo'ay Omran
- Template:Flagicon Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
- Template:Flagicon Pak Chol-min
- Template:Flagicon Ri Chol-myong
- Template:Flagicon Ri Hung-ryong
- Template:Flagicon Yun Yong-il
- Template:Flagicon Ahmad Kabee
- Template:Flagicon Ali Ataif
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Al-Bishi
- Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-suk
- Template:Flagicon Lee Chung-yong
- Template:Flagicon Park Hyun-beom
- Template:Flagicon Akhtam Khamrakulov
- Template:Flagicon Phonlawut Donchui
- Template:Flagicon Suttinun Phukhom
- Template:Flagicon Teerasil Dangda
- Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Ali
- Template:Flagicon Mubarak Mesmari
- Template:Flagicon Nguyễn Quang Tình
- Template:Flagicon Nguyễn Văn Khải
- Own goals
- Template:Flagicon Stepan Miagkih (playing against South Korea)
- Template:Flagicon Baddrol Bakhtiar (playing against Vietnam)
Top scoring teams
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12 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
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3 goals
2 goal
1 goal