{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =AFC Youth Championship
| year = 2006
| othertitles =
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = India
| dates = October 29 - November 12 
| finalists = 16
| venues = 4
| cities = 2
| champion = PRK
| count = 2
| second = JPN
| third = KOR
| fourth = JOR
| matches = 32
| goals = 91
| attendance = 51050
| top_scorer = Shim Young-Sung (5 goals)
| updated = March 21
}}

The Asian Football Confederations '''AFC Youth Championship 2006''' was the 32rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from October 29 to November 12 2006 in India. It was the first time for India to host this tournament. Sixteen teams from the AFC qualified to the finals. 

The tournament was won by North Korea, their second championship after sharing the trophy with Iran in 1976, defeating Japan 5&ndash;3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1&ndash;1 draw. South Korea defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third.

The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with a place for the 4 semi-finalists of the tournament.

== Qualification ==

33 Teams entered the Qualification, the teams were drawn into 14 groups. 11 groups with each three teams and 3 groups with two teams. The Qualification took part from India were except from the qualification.

== Final Tournament ==

=== Participants ===

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=== Venues ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!City
!Original stadium names
!Capacity
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| Kolkata
| Salt Lake Stadium
| style="text-align: center;" |120,000
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| Kolkata
| Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
| style="text-align: center;" |5,000
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| Bangalore
| Sree Kanteerava Stadium
| style="text-align: center;" |30,000
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| Banalore
| Bangalore Stadium
| style="text-align: center;" |15,000
|}

== Group Stage ==
=== Group A ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||13||0||+13
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||3||5||&minus;2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''2'''||3||0||2||1||1||8||&minus;7
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||3||7||&minus;4
|}

 |score = 3 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =report= |goals2 =| stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium, attendance= 500|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura (Japan)}}
----
 |score = 1 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Bhowmick  |report= |goals2 =Amirov | stadium= attendance= 600|referee= [[Mohsen Torky|Torky (Iran)}}
----
 |score = 3 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Abu Salim <br/>Nofal  |report= |goals2 =Cardozo <br/>Chongtam | stadium= attendance= 250|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov (Uzbekistan)}}
----
 |score = 0 &ndash; 7<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = |report= |goals2 =Miagkih <br/> stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium, attendance= 300|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura (Japan)}}
----
 |score = 3 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = report= |goals2 = | stadium= [[Salt Lake Stadium, attendance= 500|referee= [[Muhsen Basma|Basma (Syria)}}
----
 |score = 0 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = |report= |goals2 = | stadium= attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov (Uzbekistan)}}

=== Group B ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||4||1||+3
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| Australia
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||5||2||+3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||5||&minus;2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||2||6||&minus;4
|}

 |score = 1 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  Australia |goals1 =Xu |report= |goals2 =| stadium= attendance= 300|referee= [[Qassim Shaban|Shaban (Kuwait)}}
----
 |score = 2 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Dangda  <br/>Donchui |report= |goals2 =Ali  | stadium= attendance= 150|referee= [[Muhsen Basma|Basma (Syria)}}
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 |score = 3 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Burns  <br/>Vidosic |report= |goals2 =Phukom | stadium= attendance= 100|referee= [[Mohsen Torky|Torky (Iran)}}
----
 |score = 1 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Mesmari |report= |goals2 = Wang , | stadium= attendance= 100|referee= [[Qassim Shaban|Shaban (Kuwait)}}
----
 |score = 1 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Wang |report= |goals2 = | stadium= attendance= 500|referee= [[Yuichi Nishimura|Nishimura (Japan)}}
----
 |score = 2 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Williams  |report= |goals2 = | stadium= attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov (Uzbekistan)}}

=== Group C ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||7||2||+5
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||6||2||+4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| Iran
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||5||7||&minus;2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||8||&minus;7
|}

 |score = 2 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Kawahara <br/>Kashiwagi  |report= |goals2 =| stadium= attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdulhameed Ibrahim|Ibrahim (Bahrain)}}
----
 |score = 3 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Goudarzi <br/>Chatrabgoon   |report= |goals2 =Khamrakulov | stadium= attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Chaiwat Kunsuta|Kunsuta (Thailand)}}
----
 |score = 5 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 = Iran |goals1 = report= |goals2 =| stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium, attendance= 2,000|referee=[[Salem Mujghef|Mujghef (Jordan)}}
----
 |score = 0 &ndash; 4<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = |report= |goals2 =  Morishima  <br/>Kashiwagi <br/>Morishige | stadium= attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali (Oman)}}
----
 |score = 1 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  Iran |goals1 = Umesaki |report= |goals2 =Kamyabinia <br/>Al-Khamis | stadium= attendance= 1,500|referee= [[Subrata Sarkar|Sarkar (India)}}
----
 |score = 1 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =report= |goals2 = | stadium= [[Bangalore Stadium, attendance=500|referee= [[Salem Mujghef|Mujghef (Jordan)}}

=== Group D ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''7'''||3||2||1||0||8||3||+5
|-
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"| 
|'''7'''||3||2||1||0||6||2||+4
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||&minus;3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||7||&minus;6
|}

 |score = 2 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Abdul-Zahra  <br/> Mohammed  |report= |goals2 = Kabee <br/>Al-Sahlawi | stadium= attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Huang Junjie|Huang (China)}}
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 |score = 1 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =Zambri  |report= |goals2 =Bakhtiar <br/>  stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium, attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Subrata Surkar|Surkar (India)}}
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 |score = 2 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 = |goals1 = Al-Sahlawi  <br/> Ataif  |report= |goals2 =| stadium= attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Chaiwat Kunsuta|Kunsuta (Thailand)}}
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 |score = 1 &ndash; 3<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = report= |goals2 = [[Osama Ali|Ali <br/>Abul-Zahra   | stadium= attendance= 2,000|referee= [[Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)}}
----
 |score = 3 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Khalaf <br/>Hussein <br/>Abdul-Zahra |report= |goals2 =| stadium= attendance= 500|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali (Oman)}}
----
 |score = 2 &ndash; 0<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 =J. Al-Bishi <br/>M. Al-Bishi  |report= |goals2 = | stadium= attendance= 1,000|referee= [[Huang Junjie|Huang (China)}}

== Knockout Stages ==
=== Knockout Map ===
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|November 6 - Kolkata|''''''|2||1
|November 6 - Bangalore|''''''|2||1
|November 6 - Kolkata||1|''''''|2
|November 6 - Bangalore||0|''''''|2
<!--semi finals  -->
|November 9 - Kolkata||2 (2)|''''''|2 (3)
|November 9 - Kolkata||0|''''''|1
<!--final  -->
|November 11 - Kolkata||1 (3)|''''''|1 (5)
<!--third place  -->
|November 11 - Kolkata|''''''|2||0
}}

=== Quarter Finals ===
 |score = 2 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  Australia |goals1 = report= |goals2 =[[Chris Grossman|Grossman  | stadium= attendance= 600|referee= [[Basma Muhsen|Muhsen (Syria)}}

----

 |score = 2 &ndash; 1<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Kawahara <br/>Aoki |report= |goals2 =J. Al-Bishi | stadium= attendance= 3,000|referee= [[Abdullah Al Hilali|Al Hilali (Oman)}}

----

 |score = 1 &ndash; 2<br/><small> |team2 =  |goals1 = Yang  |report= |goals2 =Al-Zaideh  <br/>Salim | stadium= attendance= 150|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov|Irmatov (Uzbekistan)}}

----

'''AFCユース選手権2006'''は、U-20ワールドカップに出場できる。

== 本大会 ==
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※予選AFCユース選手権2006 (予選)

== グループリーグ ==
=== グループ A ===
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=== グループ B ===
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=== グループ C ===
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=== グループ D ===
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== 決勝トーナメント ==

{{Template:Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--round of 8 -->
<!--準々決勝-->
|11月6日  ||'''2'''||1
|11月6日  ||'''2'''||1
|11月6日  ||1||'''2'''
|11月6日  ||0||'''2'''
<!--準決勝-->
|11月9日  ||1(PK2)||'''1(PK3)'''
|11月9日  ||0||'''1'''
<!--決勝戦-->
|11月12日  ||1(PK3)||'''1(PK5)'''
<!--3位決定戦-->
|11月12日  ||0||'''2'''
}}