2006 AFC Challenge Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
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year = 2006
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caption = Logo of the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup
country = Bangladesh
dates = 1 April – 16 April
finalists = 16
venues = 3
cities = 2
champion = TJK
count = 1
second = SRI
matches = 31
goals = 82
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|PLE Fahed Attal (8 goals)
player = flagicon|TJK Ibraguim Rabimov
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The AFC Challenge Cup 2006 was a football tournament held between April 1 and April 16, 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the Quarter finals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no qualification stage. The cup winner was Tajikistan.

election of teams

The AFC divided their 45 member nations (apart from fb|AUS) into three groups.Cite web|url=http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124257|title=Big Soccer Forum Thread on AFC Challenge Cup 2006]

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date = April 2, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|NEP
score = 2 - 0
team2 = fb|BHU
goals1 = Pradeep Maharjan 52, 70
goals2 =
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 2, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 1 - 0
team2 = fb|BRU
goals1 = Weerarathna Jayasuriya 72
goals2 =
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 4, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|BRU
score = 2 - 1
team2 = fb|NEP
goals1 = Adie Mohammed Salleh 10 Riwandi Wahit 42
goals2 = Tashi Tsering 60
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 4, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|BHU
score = 0 - 1
team2 = fb|SRI
goals1 =
goals2 = Chandradasa Galbodapayagalage 45+2
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 6, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|BHU
score = 0 - 0
team2 = fb|BRU
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 6, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 1 - 1
team2 = fb|NEP
goals1 = Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer 18
goals2 = Pradeep Maharjan 74
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium

Group C

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date = April 1, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|BAN
score = 2 - 1
team2 = fb|CAM
goals1 = Alfaz Ahmad 30 Mohammed Emily Hasan 60
goals2 = Rithy Chan 66
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 1, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|PLE
score = 11 - 0
team2 = fb|GUM
goals1 = Ahmed Keshkesh 6 Fahed Attal 14, 20, 26, 32, 45, 84 Francisco Atura 25 Ismail Al Amour 39 Ziyad Alkord 60, 67
goals2 =
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 3, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|GUM
score = 0 - 3
team2 = fb|BAN
goals1 =
goals2 = Mohammed Emily Hasan 49 Abul Hossain 83, 85
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 3, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|CAM
score = 0 - 4
team2 = fb|PLE
goals1 =
goals2 = Ahmed Keshkesh 10 Al Sweirki 11, 74 Fahed Attal 30
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 5, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|PLE
score = 1 - 1
team2 = fb|BAN
goals1 = Fahed Attal 30
goals2 = Mehdi Hassan Topu 46
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 6, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|CAM
score = 3 - 0
team2 = fb|GUM
goals1 = Sok Buntheang 37
Keo Kosal 40
Kouch Sokumpheak 63
goals2 =
stadium = Bangladesh Army Stadium

Group D

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date = April 2, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|KGZ
score = 0 - 1
team2 = fb|PAK
goals1 =
goals2 = Muhammad Essa 59
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 2, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|TJK
score = 4 - 0
team2 = fb|MAC
goals1 = Khurshed Makhmudov 10 Yusuf Rabiev 13 Ibraguim Rabimov 55 Rustam Khojaev 77
goals2 =
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 4, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|PAK
score = 0 - 2
team2 = fb|TJK
goals1 =
goals2 = Numondzhon Hakimov 14
Odil Irgashev 18
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 6, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|TJK
score = 0 - 1
team2 = fb|KGZ
goals1 =
goals2 = Andrey Krasnov 22
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 6, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|PAK
score = 2 - 2
team2 = fb|MAC
goals1 = Adeel Ahmed 12
Muhammad Essa 42
goals2 = Kin Seng Chan 16, 52
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 7, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|MAC
score = 0 - 2
team2 = fb|KGZ
goals1 =
goals2 = Roman Ablakimov 35
Azamat Ishenbaev 58
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium

Knock-out stage

Round8-waiting
9 April - Chittagong|fb|India|name=India under 20s|0|fb|Nepal|3
8 April - Chittagong|fb|Chinese Taipei|0|fb|Sri Lanka|3
9 April - Dhaka|fb|Palestine|0|fb|Kyrgyzstan|1
10 April - Dhaka|fb|Bangladesh|1|fb|Tajikistan|6
12 April – Chittagong|fb|Nepal|1 [3] |fb|Sri Lanka|1 [5]
13 April - Dhaka|fb|Kyrgyzstan|0 |fb|Tajikistan|2
16 April – Dhaka|fb|Sri Lanka|0 |fb|Tajikistan|4
A|flagicon|India flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football flagicon|Philippines flagicon|Afghanistan|1st
B|flagicon|Sri Lanka flagicon|Nepal flagicon|Brunei flagicon|Bhutan|2nd
A|flagicon|India flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football flagicon|Philippines flagicon|Afghanistan|2nd
B|flagicon|Sri Lanka flagicon|Nepal flagicon|Brunei flagicon|Bhutan|1st
C|flagicon|Palestine flagicon|Bangladesh flagicon|Cambodia flagicon|Guam|1st
D|flagicon|Tajikistan flagicon|Kyrgyzstan flagicon|Pakistan flagicon|Macao|2nd
C|flagicon|Palestine flagicon|Bangladesh flagicon|Cambodia flagicon|Guam|2nd
D|flagicon|Tajikistan flagicon|Kyrgyzstan flagicon|Pakistan flagicon|Macao|1st

Quarter Finals

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date = April 8, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 3 - 0
team2 = fb|TPE
goals1 = Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer 44
Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara 70
Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka 90
goals2 =
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
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date = April 9, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|IND|name=India under-20s
score = 0 - 3
team2 = fb|NEP
goals1 =
goals2 = Pradeep Maharjan 15, 26
Basanta Thapa 28
stadium = MA Aziz Stadium----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 9, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|PLE
score = 0 - 1
team2 = fb|KGZ
goals1 =
goals2 = Ruslan Djamshidov 90
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 10, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|TJK
score = 6 - 1
team2 = fb|BAN
goals1 = Ibraguim Rabimov 2
Khurshed Makhmudov 20
Dzhomikhon Muhidinov 31
Numondzhon Hakimov 52
Yusuf Rabiev 64
Shujoat Nematov 82
goals2 = Alfaz Ahmed 18
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium

emi Finals

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date = April 12, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 1 - 1
team2 = fb|NEP
goals1 = Weerarathna Jayasuriya 65
goals2 = Basanta Thapa 84
stadium = MA Aziz Stadiumpenshootoutbox
penalties1 = Kamaldeen Fuard - scored Chathura Gunarathna - scored
Chathura Madurange Weerasingha - scored
Ediribandanage Channa - scored
Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka - scored
penaltyscore = 5 - 3
penalties2= K C Anjan - scored
Tashi Tsering - scored
Nabin Neupane - scored
Pradeep Maharjan - missed----footballbox
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date = April 13, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|KGZ
score = 0 - 2
team2 = fb|TJK
goals1 =
goals2 = Yusuf Rabiev 51, 90+3
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium

Final

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date = April 16, 2006
team1 = fb-rt|SRI
score = 0 - 4
team2 = fb|TJK
goals1 =
goals2 = Dzhormikhon Muhidinov 1, 70
Khurshed Makhmudov 45
Numondzhin Hakimov 61
stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium

Winners

Goalscorers

8 goals
*flagicon|Palestine Fahed Attal

5 goals
*flagicon|Nepal Pradeep Maharjan

4 goals
*flagicon|Tajikistan Yusuf Rabiev

3 goals
*flagicon|India Vimal Pariyar
*flagicon|Tajikistan Numondzhon Hakimov
*flagicon|Tajikistan Khurshed Makhmudov
*flagicon|Tajikistan Dzhomikhon Muhidinov

2 goals
*flagicon|Afghanistan Hafizullah Qadami
*flagicon|Bangladesh Alfaz Ahmad
*flagicon|Bangladesh Mohammed Emily Hasan
*flagicon|Bangladesh Abul Hossain
*flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football Wei-Lun Chuang
*flagicon|Pakistan Muhammad Essa
*flagicon|Palestine Ziyad Alkord
*flagicon|Palestine Al Sweirki
*flagicon|Palestine Ahmed Keshkesh
*flagicon|Philippines Mark Alvin Valeroso
*flagicon|Macau Kin Seng Chan
*flagicon|Nepal Basanta Thapa
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Weerarathna Jayasuriya
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer
*flagicon|Tajikistan Ibraguim Rabimov1 goal
*flagicon|Afghanistan Sayed Maqsood
*flagicon|Bangladesh Mehdi Hassan Topu
*flagicon|Brunei Adie Mohammed Salleh
*flagicon|Brunei Riwandi Wahit
*flagicon|Cambodia Sok Buntheang
*flagicon|Cambodia Rithy Chan
*flagicon|Cambodia Keo Kosal
*flagicon|Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak
*flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football Chien-Wei Liang
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Roman Ablakimov
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Djamshidov
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Azamat Ishenbaev
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Andrey Krasnov
*flagicon|Nepal Tashi Tsering
*flagicon|Pakistan Adeel Ahmed
*flagicon|Palestine Ismail Al Amour
*flagicon|Palestine Francisco Atura
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Chandradasa Galbodapayagalage
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka
*flagicon|Tajikistan Odil Irgashev
*flagicon|Tajikistan Rustam Khojaev
*flagicon|Tajikistan Shujoat Nematov

=AwardsCite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5658|title=Victory a boost for Tajikistan football: Nazarov|accessdate=2006-04-16|publisher=The AFC] =

*Fair Play Trophy: Nepal
*Golden Boot: Pradeep Maharjan of Nepal
*Most Valuable Player: Ibraguim Rabimov of Tajikistan

References

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/news/index.jsp_ACC-06-06-390-1.html Official Site of the AFC Challenge Cup Bangladesh 2006]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at RSSSF]
* [http://www.futbolplanet.de/asia/challenge_cup/challenge_cup_2006.htm AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at FutbolPlanet.de]