2006 AFC U-17 Championship

The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship was the 12th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 3 and 17 September 2006 in Singapore. Japan won their second title with a 4–2 win against Korea DPR in the final.

2006 AFC U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	3–17 September
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	Tajikistan
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	98 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamad Jaafar (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Yoichiro Kakitani
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Qualification Competition

Main article: 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification

Laos won Group I of the qualifying round and was placed in Group C of the finals, but was disqualified after an investigation by the Asian Football Confederation's disciplinary committee found that the team fielded an over-aged player in the AFC U-13 football tournament in Laos in April 2005.^[1] Australia, which finished behind Laos in the qualification, did not take the slot, hence no replacement was made for Laos. Therefore, only fifteen teams competed in the final tournament.

Bangladesh  China  Iran  Iraq

Japan  South Korea  Saudi Arabia  North Korea

Myanmar    Nepal  Singapore (host)  Syria

Tajikistan  Vietnam  Yemen

Stadiums

Singapore
Jalan Besar Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	7	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7
South Korea	6	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
Singapore	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2
Nepal	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	-8

3 September 2006

17:00

South Korea	3–1	Singapore
Choi Jin-soo 35' Kim Jung-Hyun 66' Gu Ja-Myeong 88'		Quak 56'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 1,500

3 September 2006

20:00

Japan	6–0	Nepal
Yamada 8' Okamoto 13' Hanato 69', 77' Mizunuma 80', 90+1'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 1,800

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5 September 2006

17:00

Singapore	1–1	Japan
Izzdin 86' (pen.)		Kakitani 81'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 1,500

5 September 2006

20:00

South Korea	2–0	Nepal
Seol Jae-Mun 45' Joo Sung-Hwan 81'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 2,277

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7 September 2006

17:00

Japan	3–2	South Korea
Mizunuma 19', 90' Otsuka 67'		Joo Sung-Hwan 59', 74'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 2,348

7 September 2006

17:00

Singapore	0–0	Nepal

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 2,000

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tajikistan	9	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3
Iran	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Iraq	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
Yemen	1	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2

3 September 2006

17:00

Iran	1–0	Yemen
Alimohammadi 32'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 100

3 September 2006

20:00

Iraq	0–1	Tajikistan
		Karabaev 90+3'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 50

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5 September 2006

17:00

Yemen	1–1	Iraq
Al-Ameri 81'		Mohammed 22'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 50

5 September 2006

20:00

Tajikistan	2–1	Iran
Tukhtasunov 13', 23'		Daghagheleh 75'

Bishan Stadium

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7 September 2006

20:00

Iran	0–0	Iraq

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 1,257

7 September 2006

20:00

Yemen	3–4	Tajikistan
Al-Ameri 41', 90+2' Omar 45+1'		Tokhirov 51' Tukhtasunov 55', 82' Vasiev 67'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 400

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	6	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
North Korea	3	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3
Myanmar	0	2	0	0	2	2	11	-9

4 September 2006

17:00

North Korea	1–2	Saudi Arabia
An Il-Bom 43'		Al-Dossari 46' Fallatah 58'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 1,511

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6 September 2006

20:00

Myanmar	2–6	North Korea
Kyaw Ko Ko 48' Kyaing Aung Pyone 74'		Ri Myong-Jun 11', 36' Ri Sang-Chol 45+2', 55' O Jin-hyok 60', 61'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 3,658

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8 September 2006

17:00

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Myanmar
Al-Dossari 8' Hazazi 29', 37' Al-Matrafi 33' Al-Shamari 82'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 1,500

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	7	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6
Syria	6	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8
Vietnam	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Bangladesh	0	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14

4 September 2006

17:00

China	1–0	Syria
Wang Yongxin 89'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 100

4 September 2006

20:00

Bangladesh	0–2	Vietnam
		Trần Việt Trung 55' Hoàng Danh Ngọc 72' (pen.)

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 300

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6 September 2006

17:00

Syria	7–0	Bangladesh
Jaafar 8', 61' (pen.) Mido 10', 15', 56' Solaiman 12' Ajouz 42'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 100

6 September 2006

20:00

Vietnam	3–3	China
Trần Việt Trung 29' Đào Ngọc Phước 31' Nguyễn Văn Trung 73'		Wang Yunlong 64' (pen.), 79' Ma Long 90'

Bishan Stadium

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8 September 2006

20:00

China	5–0	Bangladesh
Ma Long 27', 81' Gao Di 42', 45' Li Haifang 76'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 2,402

8 September 2006

20:00

Syria	2–0	Vietnam
Mido 80' Ajouz 83'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 1,000

Knockout stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 September
	Japan (p)	1 (8)
					14 September
	Iran	1 (7)
					Japan	2
	11 September
					Syria	0
	Saudi Arabia	1
									17 September
	Syria	2
									Japan (a.e.t.)	4
	11 September
									North Korea	2
	Tajikistan	1
					14 September
	South Korea	0
					Tajikistan	0
	11 September
					North Korea	3			Third place
	China	1
									17 September
	North Korea	2
									Syria	3 (4)
									Tajikistan (p)	3 (5)

Quarterfinal

11 September 2006

17:00

Japan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Kakitani 14'		Alimohammadi 73'
Penalties
Mizunuma Tanaka Hironaga Higa Kai Yamazaki Kanai Okamoto Yamada Kakitani Mizunuma Tanaka	8–7	Alimohammadi Ehsan Hajysafi Seyed Amiri Shahryar Shirvand Mehdi Daghagheleh Hamidreza Aliasgari Karim Ansari Arash Gholizadeh Bakhtiar Rahmani Noushi Sofiani Alimohammadi Ehsan Hajysafi

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 300

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11 September 2006

20:00

Tajikistan	1–0	South Korea
Vasiev 81'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 2,346

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11 September 2006

17:00

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Syria
Fahad Al-Dossari 46'		Mohamad Jaafar 9', 74'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 50

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11 September 2006

20:00

China	1–2 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Gao Di 16'		Ri Myong-Jun 20' O Jin-hyok 110'

Bishan Stadium

Attendance: 300

Semi-finals

14 September 2006

17:00

Japan	2–0	Syria
Saito 69' Kakitani 79'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 500

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14 September 2006

20:00

Tajikistan	0–3	North Korea
		An Il-Bom 26', 53' Ri Sang-Chol 38'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 2,654

Third place playoff

17 September 2006

17:00

Syria	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Tajikistan
Mohamad Jaafar 45+1', 94' Solaiman Solaiman 50' (pen.)		Fatkhuloev 29' Sobirov 67' Karabaev 114'
Penalties
	4–5

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 300

Final

17 September 2006

20:00

Japan	4–2 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Kakitani 57' Hanato 78' Kawano 113', 120'		O Jin-hyok 7' Ri Sang-Chol 25'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Attendance: 3,346

Winners

2006 AFC U-17 Championship
Japan Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Yoichiro Kakitani	Mohamad Jaafar (6 goals)	Japan

Countries to participate in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

•  Japan
•  North Korea
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  South Korea (host nation)

Goalscorers

There were 98 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

6 goals

• Mohamad Jaafar

4 goals

• Kota Mizunuma
• Yoichiro Kakitani
• O Jin-hyok
• Ri Sang-Chol
• Mohamad Mido
• Davronjon Tukhtasunov

3 goals

• Gao Di
• Ma Long
• Jin Hanato
• Joo Sung-Hwan
• Fahad Al-Dossari
• An Il-Bom
• Ri Myong-Jun
• Muaadh Al-Ameri

2 goals

• Wang Yunlong
• Jalalaldin Alimohammadi
• Hiroki Kawano
• Mohammed Hazazi
• Solaiman Solaiman
• Ziad Ajouz
• Abdukayum Karabaev
• Farkhod Vasiev
• Trần Việt Trung

1 goal

• Li Haifang
• Wang Yongxin
• Mehdi Daghagheleh
• Emar Mohammed
• Manabu Saito
• Naoki Yamada
• Shohei Otsuka
• Tomotaka Okamoto
• Choi Jin-soo
• Gu Ja-Myeong
• Kim Jung-Hyun
• Seol Jae-Mun
• Abdulaziz Al-Shamari
• Raqi Fallatah
• Thenyan Al-Matrafi
• Ko Kyaw Ko
• Kyaing Aung Pyone
• Izzdin Shafiq
• Gabriel Quak
• Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
• Farkhod Tokhirov
• Kurbonali Sobirov
• Đào Ngọc Phước
• Hoàng Danh Ngọc
• Nguyễn Văn Trung
• Abdullah Omar