2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup

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.

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) Yūki Nagasato
Jung Jung-suk (7 goals)

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
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 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  11'
Pu Wei  64'
Attendance: 500
Japan 5–0 Vietnam
Homare Sawa  39', 52'
Mizuho Sakaguchi  65', 78'
Yūki Nagasato  81'
Attendance: 500
Japan 11–1 Chinese Taipei
Shinobu Ohno  9'
Yūki Nagasato  29', 33', 46', 71', 92+'
Homare Sawa  38', 80'
Mizuho Sakaguchi  48', 89'
Miyuki Yanagita  68'		 Hsieh I-ling  35'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea)
Vietnam 0–2 China PR
Ma Xiaoxu  20', 58'
Attendance: 300
China PR 0–1 Japan
Aya Miyama  18'
Attendance: 5,000
Chinese Taipei 0–1 Vietnam
Vũ Thị Huyền Linh  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  60' Pitsamai Sornsai  34', 55'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (China)
Australia 4–0 South Korea
Shin Sun-nam  30' (o.g.)
Sarah Walsh  66'
Caitlin Munoz  75'
Lisa De Vanna  87'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
Thailand 0–9 North Korea
Ri Kum-suk  8', 34'
Ri Un-suk  31'
Kim Tan-sil  36', 73'
Ho Sun-hui  43'
Jo Yun-mi  59'
Kim Yong-ae  67', 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)
Myanmar 0–2 Australia
Sally Shipard  31'
Lisa De Vanna  77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dongqing Zhang (China)
North Korea 3–0 Myanmar
Ri Un-suk  23', 37'
Ri Un-gyong  85'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
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'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Huijun Niu (China)
South Korea 3–1 Myanmar
Kim Joo-hee  7'
Jin Suk-hee  35'
Jung Jung-suk  64'		 Hlaing  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  3'
Joanne Burgess  27'
Sarah Walsh  53'
Kate Gill  62'
Lisa De Vanna  81'
Attendance: 400
North Korea 1–0 South Korea
Kim Yong-ae  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  10'
Joanne Peters  45'
Attendance: 4,000
China PR 1–0 North Korea
Ma Xiaoxu  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  43'
Yūki Nagasato  89'		 Ri Un-suk  23'
Ri Un-gyong  33', 39'
Attendance: 1,200

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