AFC Challenge Cup 2006

AFC Challenge Cup 2006
AFC Challenge Cup 2006 ™
Number of nations	16
winner	Tajikistan (1st title)
venue	Bangladesh
Opening game	April 1, 2006
Endgame	April 16, 2006
Games	31
Gates	82  (⌀: 2.65 per game)
Top scorer	Fahed Attal (8 goals)
Best player	Ibraguim Rabimov

The 1st AFC Challenge Cup was held between April 1st and 16th, 2006 in Bangladesh . This tournament has not yet been seen as qualifying for the Asian Cup. Therefore, Tajikistan , as the winner of the tournament, did not qualify for a major tournament.

Venues

Two stadiums in two cities were chosen as the venues:

city	Stadion	capacity
Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Chittagong	MA Aziz Stadium	30,000

Games and results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	India	3: 1	5
2	Taiwan	3: 2	5
3	Philippines	2: 3	2
4th	Afghanistan	3: 5	2

April 1, 2006, Chittagong
India	-	Afghanistan	2-0
April 1, 2006, Chittagong
Taiwan	-	Philippines	1-0
April 3, 2006, Chittagong
Afghanistan	-	Taiwan	2: 2
April 3, 2006, Chittagong
Philippines	-	India	1: 1
April 5, 2006, Chittagong
India	-	Taiwan	0-0
April 5, 2006, Chittagong
Philippines	-	Afghanistan	1: 1

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sri Lanka	3: 1	7th
2	Nepal	4: 3	4th
3	Brunei	2: 2	4th
4th	Bhutan	0: 3	1

April 2, 2006, Chittagong
Nepal	-	Bhutan	2-0
April 2, 2006, Chittagong
Sri Lanka	-	Brunei	1-0
April 4, 2006, Chittagong
Brunei	-	Nepal	2: 1
April 4, 2006, Chittagong
Bhutan	-	Sri Lanka	0: 1
April 6, 2006, Chittagong
Bhutan	-	Brunei	0-0
April 6, 2006, Chittagong
Sri Lanka	-	Nepal	1: 1

Group C

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Palestine	16: 1	7th
2	Bangladesh	6: 2	7th
3	Cambodia	4: 6	3
4th	Guam	0:17	0

April 1, 2006, Dhaka
Bangladesh	-	Cambodia	2: 1
April 1, 2006, Dhaka
Palestine	-	Guam	11: 0
April 3, 2006, Dhaka
Guam	-	Bangladesh	0: 3
April 3, 2006, Dhaka
Cambodia	-	Palestine	0: 4
April 5, 2006, Dhaka
Palestine	-	Bangladesh	1: 1
April 6, 2006, Dhaka
Cambodia	-	Guam	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Tajikistan	6: 1	6th
2	Kyrgyzstan	3: 1	6th
3	Pakistan	3: 3	4th
4th	Macau	2: 8	1

April 2, 2006, Dhaka
Kyrgyzstan	-	Pakistan	0: 1
April 2, 2006, Dhaka
Tajikistan	-	Macau	4-0
April 4, 2006, Dhaka
Pakistan	-	Tajikistan	0: 2
April 6, 2006, Dhaka
Tajikistan	-	Kyrgyzstan	0: 1
April 6, 2006, Dhaka
Pakistan	-	Macau	2: 2
April 7, 2006, Dhaka
Macau	-	Kyrgyzstan	0: 2

Final round

In the quarter and semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system was used . If the games in the final round were tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and possibly (if there was still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .

Quarter finals

Semi-finals Chittagong , Dhaka

Final Dhaka

A1

India

0

B2

Nepal

3

Nepal

4th

Chittagong

Sri Lanka

6th

B1

Sri Lanka

3

A2

Taiwan

0

Sri Lanka

0

Tajikistan

4th

C1

Palestine

0

D2

Kyrgyzstan

1

Kyrgyzstan

0

Dhaka

Tajikistan

2

D1

Tajikistan

6th

C2

Bangladesh

1

Quarter finals

April 8, 2006	Chittagong	Sri Lanka	-	Taiwan		3-0
April 9, 2006	Chittagong	India	-	Nepal		0: 3
April 10, 2006	Dhaka	Palestine	-	Kyrgyzstan		0: 1
April 11, 2006	Dhaka	Tajikistan	-	Bangladesh		6: 1

Semifinals

April 12, 2006	Chittagong	Nepal	-	Sri Lanka		1: 1 a.d., 3: 5 i. E.
April 13, 2006	Dhaka	Kyrgyzstan	-	Tajikistan		0: 2

final

Tajikistan		Sri Lanka
	April 16, 2006 in Dhaka ( Bangabandhu National Stadium ) Result: 4: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Hedayat Mombini ( Iran )
	Aslidin Khabibulloev (69. Alexandr Mukanin ) - Subkhon Khujamov , Alexei Negmatov , Naim Nosirov , Dzhamolidin Oev - Ibraguim Rabimov , Khurshed Makhmudov (75th Shukhrat Dzhabarov ), Odil Irgashev (77. Kamil Saidov ), Yusuf Rabiev - Numondzhon Hakimov , Dzhomikhon Muhidinov Coach: Sharif Nazarov	Sugath Dammika Thilakaratne - Dumidu Wasanthaka Hettiharachige , Fuard Kamaldeen , Rohana Ruwan Well Don , Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer , Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara Arachchige (65 Nisal Nilanga Kaluthanthrige ), Dudley Lincolnstein Wall - Chathura Maduranga Weerasinghe , Rajitha Jayawilal Biyagama Acharige (86. Chathura Gunaratne Wellala Hettige ) - Channa Ediri Bandanage (78th Chandradasa Karunaratne Galbodapayagalage ), Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Trainer: Kolonnage Mayura Sampath Perera
	1-0 Dzhomikhon Muhidinov (1st) 2-0 Khurshed Makhmudov (45th) 3-0 Dzhomikhon Muhidinov (61st) 4-0 Dzhomikhon Muhidinov (71st)
	Alexei Negmatov (13th), Odil Irgashev (21st)	Dumidu Wasanthaka Hettiharachige (34.)

Goalscorer list

8 goals

• Fahed Attal

5 goals

• Pradeep Maharjan

4 goals

• Yusuf Rabiev

Web links

• Results of the AFC Challenge Cup 2006 on ergebnisselive.com
• AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at RSSSF