AFC Youth Championship 2006

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =AFC Youth Championship
year = 2006
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country = India
dates = October 29 - November 12
finalists = 16
venues = 4
cities = 2
champion = PRK
count = 2
second = JPN
third = KOR
fourth = JOR
matches = 32
goals = 91
attendance = 51050
top_scorer = Shim Young-Sung (5 goals)
updated = March 21

The Asian Football Confederations AFC Youth Championship 2006 was the 32rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from October 29 to November 12 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 February 15, 2006. But after the withdrawal of Myanmar, the North Koreans qualified automatically. Hosts India were except from the qualification.

Final Tournament

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Venues

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Group C

Top Scorers

; 5 goals:
* Shim Young-Sung

; 4 goals:
* Alaa Abdul-Zahra
* Shin Young-Rok
* Kim Kum-Il

; 3 goals:
* Wang Yangpo
* Yasuhito Morishima
* Yosuke Kashiwagi
* Lee Sang-Ho
* Song Jin-Hyung

Top scoring teams

19 goals
*fb|South Korea

12 goals
*fb|Japan

10 goals
*fb|North Korea

8 goals
*fb|Iraq|2004

7 goals
*fb|Saudi Arabia

6 goals
*fb|Australia

5 goals
*fb|China
*fb|Jordan
*fb|Iran

3 goals
*fb|India
*fb|Thailand
*fb|Vietnam

2 goal
*fb|United Arab Emirates

1 goal
*fb|Tajikistan
*fb|Kyrgyzstan
*fb|Malaysia

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/afcYouth/default.asp?hittype=banner AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site]
* [http://www.indianfootball.com/specials/afcyouth2006/index.html In-depth coverage of the AFC Youth Championship 2006 from IndianFootball.Com, India's Premier Football Site]