2006 AFC Challenge Cup

October 2017 AFC Challenge Cup 2006 2006 AFC Challenge Cup logo.svg 180px Bangladesh 1–16 April 3 2 TJK 1 SRI 31 82 150150 PLE Fahed Attal (8 goals) TJK Ibrahim Rabimov 2008 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5658 https://archive.today/20120912193937/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5658 dead 12 September 2012 Victory a boost for Tajikistan football: Nazarov 21 October 2009 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation Selection of teams The AFC classed seventeen nations as emerging associations, which need time to develop their football.http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124257 Big Soccer Forum Thread on AFC Challenge Cup 2006 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. AFG 2004 BHU BRU CAM TPE GUM KGZ 1992LAO (Removed) MAC MGL 1992 (Removed) NEP PAK PLE PHISRI TJK TLS (Removed) Replacements BAN 20 IND India U20 Host and stadiums 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.http://english.people.com.cn/200511/30/eng20051130_224462.html Opening ceremony of AFC Challenge Cup to be held in Bangladesh 30 November 2005 Xinhua News Agencyhttp://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=4586 AFC Challenge Cup opening ceremony in Bangladesh 28 November 2005 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060831033853/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media 31 August 2006 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.http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5152 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233345/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5152 dead 27 September 2007 Bangladesh to be sole host of inaugural AFC Challenge Cup 2006 21 February 2006 The AFChttp://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=14&no=275597&rel_no=1 Nepal Dumped as AFC Cup Host 23 February 2006 OhmyNews 2006 Acharya, Pawan dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071203002029/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=14&no=275597&rel_no=1 3 December 2007 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C22%5Cstory_22-2-2006_pg2_20 Nepal dumped as co-host of AFC Challenge Cup 22 February 2006 Daily Times Pakistan dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191251/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C22%5Cstory_22-2-2006_pg2_20 30 September 2007 http://www.kantipuronline.com/sports.php?&nid=66189 AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006 20 February 2006 eKantipur.com 2006 Kantipur 12 December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071212063539/http://www.kantipuronline.com/sports.php?&nid=66189 dead 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.http://www.kantipuronline.com/kol/kolnews.php?&nid=66189 AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006 20 February 2006 KantipurOnline.com 2006 Kantipur 12 December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071212070901/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kol/kolnews.php?&nid=66189 dead 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. Venues DhakaChittagong Bangabandhu National Stadium Bangladesh Army Stadium M. A. Aziz Stadium Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 40,000200pxcenter Bangladesh 150 Bangladesh 23.763889 90.388889 right Dhaka Bangladesh 22.335 91.8325 left Chittagong Teams Some teams did not take part with their 'main' national squad, as noted below: India decided to field their under-20 team in preparation for the AFC Youth Championship they were later hosting. Kyrgyzstan took part with a young squad, made up mostly of players from their under-20 team which had qualified for the AFC Youth Championship.http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5151 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184548/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5151 dead 30 September 2007 Podkorytov is Kyrgyzstan acting coach 21 February 2006 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation Squads 2006 AFC Challenge Cup squads Group stage All times are Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) – UTC+6 Key to colours in group tablesTop two placed teams advance to the quarter-finals Tie-breaking criteria Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria: points earned in the matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; kicks from the penalty mark (if only two teams are level and they are both on the field of play); fewer yellow and red cards received in the group matches; drawing of lots by the organising committee. Group A main WDL Group A Q n IND 20 IND India U20 TPE TPE PHI PHI AFG AFG 2004 1 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 1 April 2006 15:30 20 IND India U20 2–0 AFG 2004 Vimal 35 60 Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman) 1 April 2006 18:00 TPE 1–0 PHI Chuang Wei-lun 20 Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 4,000 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) 3 April 2006 15:30 PHI 1–1 20 IND India U20 Valeroso 19 Report Vimal 8 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) 3 April 2006 18:00 AFG 2004 2–2 TPE Qadami 20 23 Report Chuang Wei-lun 48 Liang Chien-wei 73 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) 5 April 2006 15:30 20 IND India U20 0–0 TPE Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,000 Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh) 5 April 2006 18:00 PHI 1–1 AFG 2004 Valeroso 59 Report Maqsood 28 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 3,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan) Group B main WDL Group B Q n SRI SRI NEP NEP BRU BRU BHU BHU 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 2 April 2006 15:30 SRI 1–0 BRU Kasun 74 Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,000 Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) 2 April 2006 18:00 NEP 2–0 BHU Pradeep 52 68 Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 3,500 Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh) 4 April 2006 15:30 BHU 0–1 SRI Report Karu 45 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 0 Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) 4 April 2006 18:00 BRU 2–1 NEP Adie 11 Riwandi 42 Report Tashi 60 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman) 6 April 2006 15:30 SRI 1–1 NEP Izzadeen 19 Report Pradeep 75 pen. MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) 6 April 2006 18:00 BHU 0–0 BRU Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,000 Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman) Group C main WDL Group C Q n PLE PLE BAN BAN H CAM CAM GUM GUM 2 1 0 16 1 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 3 0 17 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 1 April 2006 15:30 PLE 11–0 GUM Keshkesh 6 Attal 14 20 25 32 45+1 86 Atura 22 Al Amour 39 Al-Kord 59 67 Report Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 3,000 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) 1 April 2006 18:00 BAN 2–1 CAM Alfaz 31 Ameli 64 Report C. Rithy 68 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 35,000 Tan Hai (China PR) 3 April 2006 15:30 CAM 0–4 PLE Report Keshkesh 10 Al-Sweirki 12 75 Attal 30 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,500 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) 3 April 2006 18:00 GUM 0–3 BAN Report Ameli 49 Abul 83 85 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 18,000 Win Cho (Myanmar) 5 April 2006 15:30 PLE 1–1 BAN Attal 30 Report Tapu 55 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 22,000 Hedayat Mombini (Iran) 6 April 2006 14:00 CAM 3–0 GUM S. Buntheang 37 Kosal 40 K. Kumpheak 63 Report Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka 500 Win Cho (Myanmar) Group D main WDL Group D Q n TJK TJK KGZ KGZ 1992 PAK PAK MAC MAC 2 0 1 6 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 1 2 2 8 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 2 April 2006 15:30 TJK 4–0 MAC Mahmudov 9 Rabiev 13 Rabimov 56 Khojaev 77 Report Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,000 Hedayat Mombini (Iran) 2 April 2006 18:00 KGZ 1992 0–1 PAK Report Essa 59 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,500 Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 4 April 2006 15:30 PAK 0–2 TJK Report Hakimov 14 Irgashev 20 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 5,000 Tan Hai (China PR) 6 April 2006 14:00 TJK 0–1 KGZ 1992 Report Krasnov 22 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,000 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) 6 April 2006 16:00 PAK 2–2 MAC Adeel 12 Essa 43 Report Chan Kin Seng 16 52 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 1,000 Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) 7 April 2006 14:00 MAC 0–2 KGZ 1992 Report Ablakimov 35 Ishenbaev 58 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 1,000 Tan Hai (China PR) Knockout stage white-space:nowrap 8 April – Chittagong TPE 0 SRI 3 9 April – Chittagong 20 IND India U20 0 NEP 3 9 April – Dhaka PLE 0 KGZ 1992 1 10 April – Dhaka BAN 1 TJK 6 12 April – Chittagong SRI 1 (5) NEP 1 (3) 13 April – Dhaka KGZ 1992 0 TJK 2 16 April – Dhaka SRI 0 TJK 4 Quarter-finals 8 April 2006 15:30 SRI 3–0 TPE Izzadeen 44 Sanjaya 70 Ratnayaka 90 Report MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman) 9 April 2006 15:30 20 IND India U20 0–3 NEP Report Pradeep 16 26 Basanta 28 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 3,000 Ram Krishna Gosh (Bangladesh) 9 April 2006 15:30 PLE 0–1 KGZ 1992 Report Djamshidov 90+1 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 150 Win Cho (Myanmar) 10 April 2006 15:30 TJK 6–1 BAN Rabimov 2 Mahmudov 20 Mukhidinov 31 Hakimov 51 Rabiev 65 Nematov 81 Report Alfaz 17 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 15,000 Ala Abdul Kadir Nema (Iraq) Semi-finals 12 April 2006 15:30 SRI 1–1 NEP Kasun 65 Report Basanta 82 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2,500 Lee Gi-Young (Korea Republic) Fuard Chathura Gunaratne Channa Ratnayaka 5 – 3 Anjan Tashi Nabin Pradeep 13 April 2006 15:30 KGZ 1992 0–2 TJK Report Rabiev 51 90+2 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,000 Tan Hai (China PR) Final 2006 AFC Challenge Cup final 16 April 2006 15:30 SRI 0–4 TJK Report Mukhidinov 1 61 71Although the match summary indicates that Mukhidinov scored three goals, a match review article published by the AFC on 19 April 2006 indicates that he only scored two goals while teammate Numonjon Hakimov scored one goal.http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657 https://archive.today/20130203153915/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657 dead 3 February 2013 Tajikistan lift inaugural AFC Challenge Cup The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 19 April 2006 8 July 2011 "note" Mahmudov 45 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka 2,000 Hedayat Mombini (Iran) Winner fb 2006 AFC Challenge Cup champions Tajikistan First Awards Fair Play Award Golden Shoe Most Valuable PlayerSRIPLE Fahed AttalTJK Ibrahim Rabimov Goalscorers 8 goals PLE Fahed Attal 5 goals NEP Pradeep Maharjan 4 goals TJK Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov TJK Yusuf Rabiev 3 goals IND Vimal Pariyar TJK Khurshed Makhmudov 2 goals AFG 2004 Hafizullah Qadami BAN Alfaz Ahmed BAN Zahid Hasan Ameli BAN Mohamed Abul Hossain TPE Chuang Wei-lun MAC Chan Kin Seng NEP Basanta Thapa PAK Muhammad Essa PLE Ziyad Al-Kord PLE Ibrahim Al-Sweirki PLE Ahmed Keshkesh PHI Alvin Valeroso SRI Kasun Jayasuriya SRI Mohamed Izzadeen TJK Numonjon Hakimov TJK Ibrahim Rabimov 1 goal AFG 2004 Sayed Maqsood BAN Mehedi Hassan Tapu BRU Adie Arsham Salleh BRU Riwandi Wahit CAM Sok Buntheang CAM Keo Kosal CAM Chan Rithy CAM Kouch Sokumpheak TPE Liang Chien-wei KGZ 1992 Roman Ablakimov KGZ 1992 Ruslan Djamshidov KGZ 1992 Azamat Ishenbaev KGZ 1992 Andrey Krasnov NEP Tashi Tsering PAK Adeel Ahmed PLE Ismail Al-Amour PLE Francisco Atura SRI Sanjaya Pradeep Arachchige SRI Chandradasa Karunaratne SRI Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka TJK Odil Irgashev TJK Rustam Khojaev TJK Shujoat Nematov Notes "note" References 2 External links Official site of the AFC Challenge Cup Bangladesh 2006 AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at RSSSF AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at FutbolPlanet.de 2006 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Category:2006 in Bangladeshi football 2006 Category:April 2006 sports events in Asia Category:April 2006 in Bangladesh Category:2000s in Dhaka Category:2000s in Chittagong 2006 2006