Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bangladesh |
Dates | 1–16 April |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Tajikistan (1st title) |
Runners-up | Sri Lanka |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 82 (2.65 per match) |
Attendance | 150,150 (4,844 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Fahed Attal (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | Ibrahim Rabimov |
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The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no qualification stage. The cup winner was Tajikistan. The fair play award was won by Sri Lanka and Tajik Ibrahim Rabimov won the most valuable player award.[1]
The AFC classed seventeen nations as emerging associations, which need time to develop their football.[2] They were selected in August 2005 to take part. Laos, Mongolia, and Timor-Leste were initially selected to participate, but were later replaced by Bangladesh and India of the developing associations class, reducing the number of participating teams to sixteen.
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The AFC decided at its annual meeting, that Bangladesh would host the opening ceremony and that Nepal would host the final unless Bangladesh makes it into the last two, in which case it would be held in Dhaka, its capital.[3][4] It was originally planned that the teams in Groups A and B would play their games in Nepal and that teams in Groups C and D would play in Bangladesh, but due to the political unrest that shook Nepal, it was decided that only Bangladesh would host the tournament.[5][6][7][8] The Challenge Cup was originally scheduled to take place between 26 March to 9 April 2006 but was changed to avoid clashes with Bangladesh's Independence Day on 26 March.[9] The two stadia that were selected to be used during this tournament were: the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka and the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. However, the Bangladesh Army Stadium in Dhaka was later used to make-up the matches that were abandoned due to heavy rain.
Dhaka | Chittagong | |
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Bangabandhu National Stadium | Bangladesh Army Stadium | M. A. Aziz Stadium |
Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 40,000 |
Some teams did not take part with their 'main' national squad, as noted below:
All times are Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) – UTC+6
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top two placed teams advance to the quarter-finals |
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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India U20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
India U20 | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
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Vimal 35', 60' | Report |
Philippines | 1–1 | India U20 |
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Valeroso 19' | Report | Vimal 8' |
Afghanistan | 2–2 | Chinese Taipei |
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Qadami 20', 23' | Report | Chuang Wei-lun 48' Liang Chien-wei 73' |
Philippines | 1–1 | Afghanistan |
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Valeroso 59' | Report | Maqsood 28' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
Nepal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Brunei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Palestine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
Cambodia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
Palestine | 11–0 | Guam |
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Keshkesh 6' Attal 14', 20', 25', 32', 45+1', 86' Atura 22' Al Amour 39' Al-Kord 59', 67' |
Report |
Guam | 0–3 | Bangladesh |
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Report | Ameli 49' Abul 83', 85' |
Palestine | 1–1 | Bangladesh |
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Attal 30' | Report | Tapu 55' |
Cambodia | 3–0 | Guam |
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S. Buntheang 37' Kosal 40' K. Kumpheak 63' |
Report |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Macau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0–1 | Pakistan |
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Report | Essa 59' |
Pakistan | 0–2 | Tajikistan |
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Report | Hakimov 14' Irgashev 20' |
Tajikistan | 0–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Report | Krasnov 22' |
Macau | 0–2 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Report | Ablakimov 35' Ishenbaev 58' |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
8 April - Chittagong | ||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
12 April – Chittagong | ||||||||||
Sri Lanka | 3 | |||||||||
Sri Lanka (PSO) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
9 April - Chittagong | ||||||||||
Nepal | 1 (3) | |||||||||
India U20 | 0 | |||||||||
16 April – Dhaka | ||||||||||
Nepal | 3 | |||||||||
Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||||||
9 April - Dhaka | ||||||||||
Tajikistan | 4 | |||||||||
Palestine | 0 | |||||||||
13 April - Dhaka | ||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | |||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | |||||||||
10 April - Dhaka | ||||||||||
Tajikistan | 2 | |||||||||
Bangladesh | 1 | |||||||||
Tajikistan | 6 | |||||||||
Palestine | 0–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Report | Djamshidov 90+1' |
Tajikistan | 6–1 | Bangladesh |
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Rabimov 2' Mahmudov 20' Mukhidinov 31' Hakimov 51' Rabiev 65' Nematov 81' |
Report | Alfaz 17' |
Sri Lanka | 1–1 | Nepal |
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Kasun 65' | Report | Basanta 82' |
Penalties | ||
Fuard Chathura Gunaratne Channa Ratnayaka |
5 – 3 | Anjan Tashi Nabin Pradeep |
Kyrgyzstan | 0–2 | Tajikistan |
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Report | Rabiev 51', 90+2' |
Sri Lanka | 0–4 | Tajikistan |
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Report | Mukhidinov 1', 61', 71'[note 1] Mahmudov 45' |
2006 AFC Challenge Cup champions |
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Tajikistan First title |
Fair Play Award | Golden Shoe | Most Valuable Player | ||||||
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Sri Lanka | Fahed Attal | Ibrahim Rabimov |