BACKGROUND OF AFC U - 20 TOURNAMENT IN INDIA 2006

The AFC Youth Champion ship was the brainchild of the late TUNKU ABDUL RAHAMAN ,former President of the Asian Football Confederation,who saw it as an ideal vechile for developing and promoting youth football in Asia.

The inaugural Tournament in 1959 was opened to players under the age of 20 featured 12 teams.

As the AFC Youth Championship is a qualifying competition for the FIFA World Youth Championship ,the top four teams in this year's Tournament will enter berths in the 2007 World Youth Championship in CANADA.

The Tournament will be held in India from October 29th to Novenber 12th in 2006.

Total 32 Numbers of Matches will be held including 24 in Group Stage and 8 in Knock - Out stage.

The Groups of the Tournament are:

Group A : KOREA REPUBLIC,INDIA,KYRGYZSTAN,JORDON
Group B : CHINA,THAILAND,U.A.E,AUSTRALIA
Group C :JAPAN,IRAN,DPR - KOREA,TAJIKISTAN
Group D :IRAQ,MALAYSIA,VIETNAM,SAUDI ARABIA


IFA Secretary Mr. Subrata Dutta in final draw of the Tournament at Kolkata



AFC U - 20 TOURNAMENT IN INDIA 2006 : FIXTURE AND RESULT

Venue:Kolkata - Salt Lake Stadium/Howrah Stadium**** Venue:Bangalore - Kanteerava Stadium

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PAST WINNERS LIST

DATE M.NO TEAM VS TEAM TIME VENUE RESULT/SCORER
29.10.06 1 S.Korea VS Jordon 4.00 pm Kolkata 3 (S.y.Sung 2,C.y.Lee): 0
29.10.06 2 India VS Kyrgyzstan 7.00 pm Kolkata 1(Lalkamal Bhowmick-pen):1(L.Amirov)
29.10.06 3 Japan VS N..Korea 4.00 pm Bangalore 2 (Kawahara,Kashiwagi): 0
29.10.06 4 Iran VS Tajikistan 7.00 pm Bangalore 3 (S.Gouderji 2,Chatrabgoon):1(A.Khamrakulov)
30.10.06 5 China VS Australia 4.00 pm Kolkata 1 (Xu Deen) : 0
30.10.06 6 Thailand VS U.A.E 7.00 pm Kolkata 2 (Teerasil Dangde,Donchui) : 1 (Ibrahim Ali)
30.10.06 7 Iraq VS Saudi Arabia 4.00 pm Bangalore 2 (Ala'a Khshen,Hlakard Mohamed) :2 (Ahmed Kabee,Mohamed Al Shlawi)
30.10.06 8 Malaysia VS Vienam 7.00 pm Bangalore 1 (Khyrill Zambri):2 (BaddrolBakhtier-Own,Tinh Wuang Nguyem)
31.10.06 9 India VS Jordan 4.00 pm Kolkata 2 (Sushil Singh,Vincent Branko) :3 (Abu Salim,Ahmed Nofal 2)
31.10.06 10 S.Korea VS Kyrghizstan 7.00 pm Kolkata 7 (Lee Sang Ho 2,Shin Yong Rok -3,Stepan Miagkin -Self,ParkHyun Beom):0
31.10.06 11 N. Korea VS Iran 7.00 pm Bangalore 5 (Jong Chol Min 2,Kim Kum Ill 2,Hung - Ryng ) : 0
31.10.06 12 Tajikistan VS Japan 7.00 pm Bangalore 0 :4 (Morishima 2 ,Yosune Kashiwagi,Masano Moroshige)
1.11.06 13 Australia VS Thailand 4.00 pm Kolkata 3 (Nathan Burns 2, Dario Vidosic):1 (S.Ptukhom)
1.11.06 14 U.A.E VS China 7.00 pm Kolkata 1 (Mubarak Mesmari):2 (Wang Yongpo 2)
1.11.06 15 Saudi Arabia VS Malaysia 4.00 pm Bangalore 2 (Mohamed Al Sahlwai,Ali Ataif) :0
1.11.06 16 Vietnam VS Iraq 7.00 pm Bangalore 1 (Khai Nguyen): 3 (Mohamed Ushama,Khshen 2)
2.11.06 17 India VS S.korea 2.45 pm Kolkata 0:3 (Shim Young Sung,Song Jin Hyung,Shing Young Rok)
2.11.06 18 Jordon VS Kyrgyzstan 2.45 pm Howrah 0:0
2.11.06 19 Japan VS Iran 3.00 pm Bangalore 1 (Tsukasu Umesaki):2 (Kamaleddin Kamyasinia,Farhad Al Khamis)
2.11.06 20 N. Korea VS Tajikistan 3.00 pm Bangalore 1 (Pak Chol Min):0
3.11.06 21 China VS Thailand 2.45 pm Kolkata 1 (Wang Yongpo):0
3.11.06 22 Australia VS U.A.E 2.45 pm Howrah 2 (David Willimas 2):0
3.11.06 23 Iraq VS Malaysia 3.00 pm Bangalore 3 (Mohammed Monshoor Hameed,Ala's Khshen):0
3.11.06 24 Saudi Arabia VS Vietnam 3.00 pm Bangalora 2 (Jufain Al Bishi, Mohemad Al Bishi):0
QUARTER FINALS
6.11.06 25 S.Korea VS Australia 4.00 pm Kolkata 2 (Song Jin Hyung 2): 1(Christopher Grossman)
6.11.06 26 China VS Jordon 7.00 pm Kolkata 1 (yang Xu): 2 (Al Zaideh,Salim Abdallah)
6.11.06 27 Japan VS Saudi Arabia 4.00 pm Bangalore 2 (Kazuhisa Kawahara,Aoki):1(Jufain Al Bishi)
6.11.06 28 Iraq VS N.Korea 7.00 pm Bangalore 0:2(Kim Kum,Ynn Yong Il)
SEMI FINALS
9.11.06 29 South Korea VS Japan 4.00 pm Kolkata 0:1(Aoki Kota - Sudden Death)
9.11.06 30 Jordon VS N.Korea 7.00 pm Kolkata 0:1(Kim Kum II)
3rd/4th PLACE
12.11.06 31 S.Korea VS Jordon 4.00 pm Kolkata 2(Shim Young Sung,Lee Chung Yong):0
F I N A L
12.11.06 32 N.Korea VS Japan 7.00 pm Kolkata 1(5):1(3)
Scorers:
N.Korea :Full Time - Rl Choi Myong
Japan :Full Time - Yosuke Kashiwagi

 Group A
  Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Korea Republic  3 3 0 0 13 0 9
  Jordan  3 1 1 1 3 5 4
  Kyrgyzstan  3 0 2 1 1 8 2
  India  3 0 1 2 3 7 1
 Group B
  Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  China 3 3 0 0 4 1 9
  Australia   3 2 0 1 5 2 6
  Thailand   3 1 0 2 3 5 3
  U.A.E   3 0 0 0 1 5 0
 Group C
  Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Japan   3 2 0 1 7 2 6
  Iran   3 2 0 1 5 7 6
  DPR Korea   3 2 0 1 6 2 6
  Tajikisthan   3 0 0 3 1 8 0
 Group D
  Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Iraq   3 2 1 0 8 3 7
  Saudi Arabia  3 2 1 0 6 2 7
  Vietnam   3 1 0 2 3 5 3
  Malaysia   3 0 0 3 1 7 0

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