# 2006 AFC Youth Championship

The 2006 AFC Youth Championship 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

* Australia
* China
* India
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kyrgyzstan
* Malaysia
* Saudi Arabia
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam

## Venues

Kolkata, West Bengal :
| Salt Lake Stadium | Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium |
| Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Bangalore, Karnataka ||
| Sree Kanteerava Stadium | Bangalore Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| South Korea | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Jordan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| India | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| China | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 |

### Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| North Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Iran | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |

### Group D

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Iraq | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 November – Kolkata | 6 November – Kolkata | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | 9 November – Kolkata | 9 November – Kolkata | | |
| Australia | 1 | 9 November – Kolkata | 9 November – Kolkata | |
| Australia | 1 | South Korea | 2 (2) | |
| 6 November – Bangalore | 6 November – Bangalore | | South Korea | 2 (2) | |
| 6 November – Bangalore | 6 November – Bangalore | Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | |
| Japan | 2 | Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | |
| Japan | 2 | | | | 11 November – Kolkata | 11 November – Kolkata |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | | | | 11 November – Kolkata | 11 November – Kolkata |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | | | | Japan | 1 (3) |
| 6 November – Kolkata | 6 November – Kolkata | | | | | Japan | 1 (3) |
| 6 November – Kolkata | 6 November – Kolkata | | | | North Korea (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| China | 1 | | | | North Korea (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| China | 1 | 9 November – Kolkata | 9 November – Kolkata | | | |
| Jordan | 2 | 9 November – Kolkata | 9 November – Kolkata | | | |
| Jordan | 2 | Jordan | 0 | | | |
| 6 November – Bangalore | 6 November – Bangalore | | Jordan | 0 | | | |
| 6 November – Bangalore | 6 November – Bangalore | North Korea | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 0 | North Korea | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 0 | | | | 11 November – Kolkata | 11 November – Kolkata |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | 11 November – Kolkata | 11 November – Kolkata |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| | | | | | Jordan | 0 |

### Finals
## Winners

* 2006 AFC Youth Championship winners
* North Korea Second title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.
* North Korea
* Japan
* South Korea
* Jordan

## Awards

| Top Goalscorers | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play Trophy |
| Shim Young-sung | Kim Kum-il | North Korea |

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Shim Young-sung

### 4 goals

* Alaa Abdul-Zahra
* Kim Kum-il
* Shin Young-rok

### 3 goals

* Wang Yongpo
* Yasuhito Morishima
* Yosuke Kashiwagi
* Lee Sang-ho
* Song Jin-hyung

### 2 goals

* David Williams
* Nathan Burns
* Mostafa Chatrabgoon
* Kazuhisa Kawahara
* Kota Aoki
* Ahmed Nofal
* Jong Chol-min
* Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
* Jufain Al-Bishi

### 1 goal

* Chris Grossman
* Dario Vidosic
* Xu De'en
* Yang Xu
* Branco Vincent Cardozo
* Lal Kamal Bhowmick
* Paresh Matondkar
* Farhad Ale-Khamis
* Kamaleddin Kamyabinia
* Shahram Goudarzi
* Aqeel Hussein
* Halkurd Mulla Mohammed
* Mohamed Khalaf
* Osama Ali
* Ildar Amirov
* Masato Morishige
* Tsukasa Umesaki
* Abdullah Deeb
* Badr Abu Salim
* Lo'ay Omran
* Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
* Pak Chol-min
* Ri Chol-myong
* Ri Hung-ryong
* Yun Yong-il
* Ahmad Kabee
* Ali Ataif
* Mohamed Al-Bishi
* Kim Dong-suk
* Lee Chung-yong
* Park Hyun-beom
* Akhtam Khamrakulov
* Phonlawut Donchui
* Suttinun Phukhom
* Teerasil Dangda
* Ibrahim Ali
* Mubarak Mesmari
* Nguyễn Quang Tình
* Nguyễn Văn Khải

### Own goals

* Stepan Miagkih (playing against South Korea)
* Baddrol Bakhtiar (playing against Vietnam)