2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2006 AFC Women's Championship is a women's football tournament. It will be the 15th AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.
Unlike the previous tournament which was held every two years, the tournament has been moved back a year to 2006. The structure of the competition has changed for this tournament, with a qualifying tournament and a separate championship tournament.
The four qualifiers of this sub-tournament (Vietnam, Taiwan, 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 to Asia. The finals of the tournament will be 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 will be held in Adelaide.
The best two teams at this tournament, not counting China PR, qualify for the 2007 World Cup, while the third-placed team will play off with the third-placed team in the CONCACAF region.
Qualifying
All matches were played at the My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi. The two top teams in each group qualified for the play-off stage.
Group A
- Final Standings
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
- Match Schedule
Date | Match | Result |
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12 June 2005 | Vietnam – Philippines | 6–1 |
14 June 2005 | Myanmar – Philippines | 4–1 |
16 June 2005 | Vietnam – Myanmar | 1–0 |
Group B
- Final Standings
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Template:TPEwf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
- Match Schedule
Date | Match | Result |
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12 June 2005 | India – Guam | 10–0 |
14 June 2005 | Chinese Taipei – India | 2–1 |
16 June 2005 | Chinese Taipei – Guam | 11–0 |
Group C
- Final Standings
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
- Match Schedule
Date | Match | Result |
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13 June 2005 | Uzbekistan – Maldives | 6–0 |
15 June 2005 | Uzbekistan – Hong Kong | 3–0 |
17 June 2005 | Hong Kong – Maldives | 4–0 |
Group D
- Final Standings
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
- Match Schedule
Date | Match | Result |
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13 June 2005 | Indonesia – Singapore | 0–0 |
15 June 2005 | Thailand – Singapore | 4–0 |
17 June 2005 | Thailand – Indonesia | 4–0 |
- Singapore advanced on a coin toss.
Play-offs
The winners, in bold, qualified for the main tournament.
- Match Schedule
Date | Match | Result |
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19 June 2005 | Uzbekistan – Myanmar | 1–2 |
19 June 2005 | Chinese Taipei – Singapore | 3–0 |
20 June 2005 | Vietnam – Hong Kong | 4–1 |
20 June 2005 | Thailand – India | 3–2 |
Teams
Japan, China, North Korea and South Korea qualified by virtue of occupying the four top spots in the 2003 AFC Women's Championship.
Groups
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 the Marden Stadium.
Group A
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Template:JPNwf | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
Template:CHNwf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Template:TPEwf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
- Match Results
Template:CHNwf | 2–0 | Template:TPEwf |
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D.Han 11' W.Pu 64' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kamnueng (Thailand)
Template:JPNwf | 5–0 | ![]() |
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H.Sawa 39', 52' M.Sakaguchi 65', 78' Y.Nagasato 81' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ogston (Australia)
Template:JPNwf | 11–1 | Template:TPEwf |
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S.Ohno 9' H.Sawa 29', 33', 46', 71', 92+' Y.Nagasato 38', 80' M.Sakaguchi 48', 89' M.Yanagita 68' |
(Report) | I.L.Hsieh 35' |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri H.S. (DPR Korea)
![]() | 0–2 | Template:CHNwf |
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(Report) | X.X.Ma 20', 58' |
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hong (Korea Republic)
Template:CHNwf | 0–1 | Template:JPNwf |
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(Report) | A.Miyama 18' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ogston (Australia)
Template:TPEwf | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | V.H. Linh 70' |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri H.S. (DPR Korea)
Group B
Country | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Template:PRKwf | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
Template:AUSwf | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
Template:KORwf | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
- Match Results
![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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M.N.Htwe 60' | (Report) | P.Sornsai 34', 55' |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (P.R. China)
Template:AUSwf | 4–0 | Template:KORwf |
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Sun Nam 30' (OG) S.Walsh 66' C.Munoz 75' L.De Vanna 87' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: D'Coth (India)
![]() | 0–9 | Template:PRKwf |
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(Report) | Ri K Suk 8', 34' Kim T.S. 36', 73' Kim Y.A. 67', 87' Ri U.S. 31' Ho S.H. 43' Jo Y.M. 59' |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Miyuma Oiwa (Japan)
![]() | 0–2 | Template:AUSwf |
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(Report) | S.Shipard 31' L.De Vanna 77' |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dongqing Zhang (P.R. China)
Template:PRKwf | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ri U.S. 23', 37' Ri U.G. 85' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 150
Referee: D'Coth (India)
Template:KORwf | 11–0 | ![]() |
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Yun Hee 30', 44' Jung Suk 39', 50', 71', 80', 83', 86' Joo Hee 42' Jin Hee 69' Sey Hwa 87' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (P.R. China)
Template:KORwf | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Joo Hee 7' Suk Hee 35' Jung Suk 64' |
(Report) | A.N.Hlaing 90' |
Attendance: 500
Referee: Dongqing Zhang (P.R. China)
Template:AUSwf | 0–0 | Template:PRKwf |
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(Report) |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Miyuma Oiwa (Japan)
![]() | 0–5 | Template:AUSwf |
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(Report) | A.Ferguson 3' J.Burgess 27' S.Walsh 53' K.Gill 62' L.De Vanna 81' |
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hong (Korea Republic)
Template:PRKwf | 1–0 | Template:KORwf |
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Kim Y.A. 76' | (Report) |
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kamnueng (Thailand)
Knockout stages
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for the 2007 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.[1]
Template:AUSwf | 2–0 | Template:JPNwf |
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C. Munoz 10' J. Peters 45' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Template:CHNwf | 1–0 | Template:PRKwf |
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Ma Xiaoxu 58' | (Report) |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Anna De Toni (Italy)
Third place playoff
As China are automatically qualified as hosts, the winner of this match will qualify for the World Cup. The loser will play off with the third-placed team from CONCACAF.
Template:JPNwf | 2–3 | Template:PRKwf |
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K. Ando 43' Y. Nagasato 89' |
(Report) | Ri U.S. 23' Ri U.G. 33', 39' |
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tammy Ocston (Australia)
Final
Template:AUSwf | v | Template:CHNwf |
External links
- Official site from AFC
- WomenSoccer.com report
- ThaiFootball.com story
- News article on tournament set up
- Results on RSSSF
- ^ N. Korea demands rematch at Asian Cup, AP, retrieved 30 July 2006