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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)

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:
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
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'		 Hsieh I-ling Goal 35'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea)
Vietnam 0–2 China PR
Ma Xiaoxu Goal 20', 58'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
China PR 0–1 Japan
Aya Miyama Goal 18'
Attendance: 5,000
Chinese Taipei 0–1 Vietnam
Vũ Thị Huyền Linh Goal 70'
Attendance: 200
Referee: 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:
Myanmar 1–2 Thailand
Daw My Nilar Htwe Goal 60' Pitsamai Sornsai Goal 34', 55'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (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'
Kim Tan-sil 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: Dongqing Zhang (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'
Kim Joo-hee Goal 42'
Kim Jin-hee Goal 69'
Jung Sey-hwa Goal 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (China)
South Korea 3–1 Myanmar
Kim Joo-hee Goal 7'
Jin Suk-hee Goal 35'
Jung Jung-suk Goal 64'		 Hlaing Goal 90'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Dongqing Zhang (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
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)
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 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]

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

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

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

  • Japan Yuki Nagasato
  • South Korea Jung Jung-suk

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Australia Joanne Peters
  • Australia Sarah Walsh
  • China Han Duan
  • South Korea Cha Yun-hee
  • South Korea Kim Joo-hye
  • North Korea Kim Tan-sil
  • North Korea Ri Kum-suk
  • Thailand Pitsamai Sornsai

1 goal

  • Australia Alicia Ferguson
  • Australia Joanne Burgess
  • Australia Kate Gill
  • Australia Sally Shipard
  • China Pu Wei
  • Japan Aya Miyama
  • Japan Miyuki Yanagita
  • Japan Kozue Ando
  • Japan Shinobu Ohno
  • South Korea Jin Suk-hee
  • South Korea Jung Sey-hwa
  • South Korea Kim Jin-hee
  • Myanmar Aye Mandar Hliang
  • Myanmar Daw My Nilar Htwe
  • North Korea Ho Sun-hui
  • North Korea Jo Yun-mi
  • Chinese Taipei Hsieh I-ling
  • Vietnam Vũ Thị Huyền Linh

1 own goal

  • South Korea Shin Sun-nam (against Australia)

References

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

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