Asian Women's Championship 2006

Participants (20): 

Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, 
India, Hongkong, Singapore, Guam, Philippines, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, 
Indonesia, Malaysia,Maldives, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Laos.

NB: Sri Lanka withdrew due to tsunami on Dec 26, 2004;
    Kyrgyzstan withdrew due to political unrest;
    Nepal withdrew due to lack of funds;
    Turkmenistan and Brunei also withdrew.

Qualifying Tournament (Vietnam, June 12-23, 2005)

China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea all have byes to the final tournament. 

Laos, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Tajikistan all withdrew before the start 
of the tournament. Myanmar were then moved into group A.

All games at My Dinh Stadium. 

Group Stage

NB: top-2 of all groups to quarterfinals

Group A
Jun 12: Vietnam      6-1 Philippines
Jun 14: Myanmar      4-1 Philippines 
Jun 16: Vietnam      1-0 Myanmar 

Group B
Jun 12: India       10-0 Guam
Jun 14: Taiwan       2-1 India 
Jun 16: Taiwan      11-0 Guam 

Group C
Jun 13: Uzbekistan   6-0 Maldives 
Jun 15: Uzbekistan   3-0 Hongkong 
Jun 17: Hongkong     4-0 Maldives 

GROUP D
Jun 13: Indonesia    0-0 Singapore 
Jun 15: Thailand     4-0 Singapore 
Jun 17: Thailand     4-0 Indonesia 
NB: Singapore won coin toss for second place

Quarterfinals
Jun 19: Uzbekistan   1-2 Myanmar
Jun 19: Taiwan       3-0 Singapore
Jun 20: Vietnam      4-1 Hongkong
Jun 20: Thailand     3-2 India 

NB: quarterfinal winners advance to AFC Women's Championship next year.


Final Tournament

originally to be held in Japan July 21-30, 2006 but moved to Australia
in order to give Australia the chance to reach the World Cup after
changing confederation.

Participants: Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea,
              Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

NB: qualifying tournament for the 2007 Women's World Cup.

All matches in Adelaide

Group A
Jul 19: China        2-0 Taiwan
Jul 19: Japan        5-0 Vietnam
Jul 21: China        2-0 Vietnam
Jul 21: Japan       11-1 Taiwan
Jul 23: China        0-1 Japan
Jul 23: Taiwan       0-1 Vietnam
 
 1.JAPAN            3  3  0  0 17- 1  9
 2.CHINA            3  2  0  1  4- 1  6
 3.Vietnam          3  1  0  2  1- 7  3
 4.Taiwan           3  0  0  3  1-14  0

Group B
Jul 16: Australia    4-0 South Korea
Jul 16: Thailand     2-1 Myanmar
Jul 18: North Korea  9-0 Thailand
Jul 18: Australia    2-0 Myanmar
Jul 20: North Korea  3-0 Myanmar
Jul 20: South Korea 11-0 Thailand
Jul 22: Australia    0-0 North Korea
Jul 22: South Korea  3-1 Myanmar
Jul 24: Australia    5-0 Thailand
Jul 24: North Korea  1-0 South Korea
 
 1,NORTH KOREA      4  3  1  0 13- 0 10
 2.AUSTRALIA        4  3  1  0 11- 0 10
 3.South Korea      4  2  0  2 14- 6  6
 4.Thailand         4  1  0  3  2-26  3
 5.Myanmar          4  0  0  4  2-10  0
   
Semifinals
Jul 27: Japan        0-2 Australia
Jul 27: North Korea  0-1 China

Third Place Match
Jul 30: Japan        2-3 North Korea

Final
Jul 30: Australia    2-2 China               [aet, 2-4 pen]
          [Caitlin Munoz 29, Jo Peters 33; Duan Han 68, Xiaoxu Ma 73]

Australia and North Korea advance to 2007 World Cup (China qualified
as organisers); Japan to face Mexico (third in CONCACAF Gold Cup).

AFC/CONCACAF Playoff (March 2007)

First Leg
Mar 10: Japan        2-0 Mexico

Second Leg
Mar 17: Mexico       2-1 Japan
Overview
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About this document

Prepared and maintained by Todd Roman for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Todd Roman (Toad8098@aol.com)
Last updated: 31 Mar 2011