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2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Adelaide
Dates	16–30 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Hindmarsh Stadium Marden Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	China (8th title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	North Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	77 (3.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yūki Nagasato Jung Jung-suk (7 goals)
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International football competition

The 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup was a women's football tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation. It was the 15th installment of the AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Unlike the previous tournament which was held every two years, the tournament was moved back a year to 2006. The structure of the competition changed for this tournament, with a qualifying tournament and a separate championship tournament.

The four qualifiers of the sub-tournament (Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, Thailand) went on to compete for the Championship proper against the four automatic finalists (China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea). Australia were added to the final tournament following their switch from Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian confederation. The finals of the tournament were held in Australia in July 2006 - the hosting rights were originally given to Japan, but after Australia moved conferences, they were given the hosting rights. All matches in the main tournament were held in Adelaide.

The tournament also acted as Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2007 Women's World Cup. Two spots were available in addition to the automatic spot given to China as World Cup hosts. China won the tournament, beating hosts Australia in the final. Thus, Australia took the first qualifying spot, while North Korea defeated Japan in the third place play-off to take second place. Despite beating China in the group stages, Japan then played off with the third-placed team in the CONCACAF region, Mexico, who they beat over two legs to qualify for the tournament.

Qualification

Main article: 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Teams

Japan, China, North Korea and South Korea qualified by virtue of occupying the four top spots in the 2003 AFC Women's Championship.

Venues

The tournament was held in Adelaide, South Australia, with Hindmarsh Stadium being the main venue, hosting all matches except for one of the two concurrent last matches in each of the two groups, which were held at Marden Sports Complex.

Adelaide
	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Capacity: 16,500

	Marden Sports Complex
	Capacity: 6,000

Group stage

All matches in the group stage were held at Hindmarsh Stadium, except the Chinese Taipei v Vietnam and Thailand v Australia matches, which took place at Marden Sports Complex.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	17	1	+16	9
China	3	2	1	4	1	+3	6
Vietnam	3	1	2	1	7	−6	3
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: RSSSF 19 July 200612:00

China	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Han Duan 11' Pu Wei 64'	Report

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 500Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand) 19 July 200614:30

Japan	5–0	Vietnam
Sawa 39', 52' Sakaguchi 65', 78' Nagasato 81'	Report

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 500Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

21 July 200616:30

Japan	11–1	Chinese Taipei
Ohno 9' Nagasato 29', 33', 46', 71', 90+2' Sawa 38', 80' Sakaguchi 48', 89' Yanagita 68'		Hsieh I-ling 35'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 200Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea) 21 July 200619:00

Vietnam	0–2	China
		Ma Xiaoxu 20', 58'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 300Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

23 July 200614:30

China	0–1	Japan
		Miyama 18'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 5,000Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia) 23 July 200614:30

Chinese Taipei	0–1	Vietnam
		Vũ Thị Huyền Linh 70'

Marden Sports ComplexAttendance: 200Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	4	3	1	0	13	0	+13	10
Australia	4	3	1	0	11	0	+11	10
South Korea	4	2	0	2	14	6	+8	6
Thailand	4	1	0	3	2	26	−24	3
Myanmar	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

Source: RSSSF 16 July 200612:00

Myanmar	1–2	Thailand
Daw My Nilar Htwe 60'	Report	Pitsamai 34', 55'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 200Referee: Huijun Niu (China) 16 July 200614:30

Australia	4–0	South Korea
Shin Sun-nam 30' (o.g.) Walsh 66' Munoz 75' De Vanna 87'	Report

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 3,000Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

18 July 200612:00

Thailand	0–9	North Korea
	Report	Ri Kum-suk 8', 34' Ri Un-suk 31' Kim Than-sil 36', 73' Ho Sun-hui 43' Jo Yun-mi 59' Kim Yong-ae 67', 87'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 200Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan) 18 July 200614:30

Myanmar	0–2	Australia
	Report	Shipard 31' De Vanna 77'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 2,000Referee: Dongqing Zhang (China)

20 July 200612:00

North Korea	3–0	Myanmar
Ri Un-suk 23', 37' Ri Un-gyong 85'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 150Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India) 20 July 200614:30

South Korea	11–0	Thailand
Cha Yun-hee 30', 44' Jung Jung-suk 39', 50', 71', 80', 83', 86' Kim Joo-hee 42' Kim Jin-hee 69' Jung Sey-hwa 87'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 200Referee: Huijun Niu (China)

22 July 200616:30

South Korea	3–1	Myanmar
Kim Joo-hee 7' Jin Suk-hee 35' Jung Jung-suk 64'		Aye Nandar Hlaing 90'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 500Referee: Dongqing Zhang (China) 22 July 200619:00

Australia	0–0	North Korea

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 4,000Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

24 July 200614:30

Thailand	0–5	Australia
		Ferguson 3' Burgess 27' Walsh 53' Gill 62' De Vanna 81'

Marden Sports ComplexAttendance: 400Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea) 24 July 200614:30

North Korea	1–0	South Korea
Kim Yong-ae 76'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 300Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Knockout stages

Semi-finals		Final

27 July

China	1
		30 July
North Korea	0
		China	2 (4)
27 July
		Australia	2 (2)
Australia	2

Japan	0
		Third place

		30 July

		North Korea	3

		Japan	2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2007 Women's World Cup.

In the China v North Korea match, China conceded a potential equaliser in injury time, but it was disallowed for offside. The North Koreans reacted by throwing bottles and other objects at the referees, and North Korean goalkeeper Han Hye-yong kicked Italian referee Anna De Toni from behind. Three North Korean players, including Han, were suspended before the third place play-off. North Korea protested the decision, demanding a rematch and a reversal of the suspensions.

27 July 200616:30

Australia	2–0	Japan
Munoz 10' Peters 45'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 4,000Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden) 27 July 200619:30

China	1–0	North Korea
Ma Xiaoxu 58'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 1,000Referee: Anna De Toni (Italy)

Third place match

As China were automatically qualified as hosts, North Korea qualified for the World Cup as the third-placed team in the tournament. Japan will play off with the third-placed team from the 2006 Women's Gold Cup in the CONCACAF region.

30 July 200612:30

Japan	2–3	North Korea
Ando 43' Nagasato 89'		Ri Un-suk 23' Ri Un-gyong 33', 39'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 1,200Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Final

30 July 200615:30

Australia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	China
Munoz 29' Peters 33'		Han Duan 68' Ma Xiaoxu 73'
Penalties
McCallum Shipard Peters Ferguson	2–4	Ma Xiaoxu Bi Yan Li Jie Han Duan

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 5,000Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

Awards

2006 AFC Women's Championship winners
China Eighth title

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.85 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Shin Sun-nam (against Australia)

Tournament teams ranking

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	China	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10	Champions
2	Australia (H)	6	4	2	0	15	2	+13	14	Runners-up
3	North Korea	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13	13	Third place
4	Japan	5	3	0	2	19	6	+13	9	Fourth place

5	South Korea	4	2	0	2	14	6	+8	6	Eliminated in group stage
6	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
7	Thailand	4	1	0	3	2	26	−24	3
8	Myanmar	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0
9	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

References

N. Korea demands rematch at Asian Cup, AP, retrieved 30 July 2006

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