# 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.

## Qualification Competition

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. 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## Knockout stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

### Bracket

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

### Final
## 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