2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup

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2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates16–30 July
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China PR (8th title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place North Korea
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored77 (3.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Yūki Nagasato
South Korea Jung Jung-suk (7 goals)
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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 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 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. Japan now play off with the third-placed team in the CONCACAF region, despite beating China in the group stages.

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.

Hindmarsh Stadium
Capacity: 16,500
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Marden Sports Complex
Capacity: 6,000
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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 D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9
 China PR 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
 Vietnam 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source:[citation needed]
China PR 2–0 Chinese Taipei
Han Duan Goal 11'
Pu Wei Goal 64'
Attendance: 500
Japan 5–0 Vietnam
Homare Sawa Goal 39', 52'
Mizuho Sakaguchi Goal 65', 78'
Yūki Nagasato Goal 81'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Japan 11–1 Chinese Taipei
Shinobu Ohno Goal 9'
Yūki Nagasato Goal 29', 33', 46', 71', 92+'
Homare Sawa Goal 38', 80'
Mizuho Sakaguchi Goal 48', 89'
Miyuki Yanagita Goal 68'		 Goal 35'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (North Korea)
Vietnam 0–2 China PR
Ma Xiaoxu Goal 20', 58'
Attendance: 300
China PR 0–1 Japan
Aya Miyama Goal 18'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Chinese Taipei 0–1 Vietnam
Goal 70'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (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:[citation needed]
Myanmar 1–2 Thailand
Goal 60' Pitsamai Sornsai Goal 34', 55'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (China)
Australia 4–0 South Korea
Shin Sun-nam Goal 30' (o.g.)
Sarah Walsh Goal 66'
Caitlin Munoz Goal 75'
Lisa De Vanna Goal 87'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
Thailand 0–9 North Korea
Ri Kum-suk Goal 8', 34'
Ri Un-suk Goal 31'
Goal 36', 73'
Ho Sun-hui Goal 43'
Jo Yun-mi Goal 59'
Kim Yong-ae Goal 67', 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
Myanmar 0–2 Australia
Sally Shipard Goal 31'
Lisa De Vanna Goal 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (China)
North Korea 3–0 Myanmar
Ri Un-suk Goal 23', 37'
Ri Un-gyong Goal 85'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
South Korea 11–0 Thailand
Cha Yun-hee Goal 30', 44'
Jung Jung-suk Goal 39', 50', 71', 80', 83', 86'
Goal 42'
Kim Jin-hee Goal 69'
Goal 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (China)
South Korea 3–1 Myanmar
Goal 7'
Jin Suk-hee Goal 35'
Jung Jung-suk Goal 64'		 Goal 90'
Attendance: 500
Referee: (China)
Australia 0–0 North Korea
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
Thailand 0–5 Australia
Alicia Ferguson Goal 3'
Joanne Burgess Goal 27'
Sarah Walsh Goal 53'
Kate Gill Goal 62'
Lisa De Vanna Goal 81'
Attendance: 400
North Korea 1–0 South Korea
Kim Yong-ae Goal 76'
Attendance: 300

Knockout stages[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 27 July
 
 
  China PR 1
 
 30 July
 
  North Korea 0
 
  China PR 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 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]

Australia 2–0 Japan
Caitlin Munoz Goal 10'
Joanne Peters Goal 45'
Attendance: 4,000
China PR 1–0 North Korea
Ma Xiaoxu Goal 58'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (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.

Japan 2–3 North Korea
Kozue Ando Goal 43'
Yūki Nagasato Goal 89'		 Ri Un-suk Goal 23'
Ri Un-gyong Goal 33', 39'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Final[]

Australia 2–2 (a.e.t.) China PR
Caitlin Munoz Goal 29'
Joanne Peters Goal 33'		 Han Duan Goal 68'
Ma Xiaoxu Goal 73'
Penalties
Collette McCallum Penalty missed
Sally Shipard Penalty scored
Joanne Peters Penalty missed
Alicia Ferguson Penalty scored		 2–4 Penalty scored Ma Xiaoxu
Penalty scored Bi Yan
Penalty scored Li Jie
Penalty scored Han Duan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

Awards[]

 2006 AFC Women's Championship Winners 

China PR
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

References[]

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

External links[]

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