2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17 August – 3 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	106 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	52,630 (1,645 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ma Xiaoxu Kim Song-Hui (5 goals)
Best player	Ma Xiaoxu
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The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow stadiums (Dynamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadium) and one in Saint Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion).

This was the third women's world youth championship organized by FIFA, but the first with an age limit of 20. The first two events, held in Canada in 2002 and Thailand in 2004, had an age limit of 19. FIFA changed the age limit to prepare for the creation of an under-17 championship in 2008.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Saint Petersburg	Petrovsky Stadium	21,570
Moscow	Torpedo Stadium	13,400
Shchyolkovo	Podmoskovie Stadium	5,000
Moscow	Dynamo Stadium	36,540
Moscow	Locomotiv Stadium	28,800

Squads

Main article: 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship squads

Tournament

The draw for the tournament was held in Moscow's City Hall on 22 March 2006. 14 of the 16 competing teams (the two CAF teams were then still undecided) learned their first-round groupings.

The 16 participating U-20 women's teams from the six FIFA confederations are:

• AFC (3 slots): China, Korea DPR and Australia
• CAF (2 slots): Nigeria and DR Congo.
• CONCACAF (3 slots): United States, Canada and Mexico
• CONMEBOL (2 slots:) Brazil and Argentina
• OFC (1 slot): New Zealand
• UEFA (host + 4 slots): Russia, France, Germany, Finland and Switzerland

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
Russia	5	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
New Zealand	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

All times local (UTC+4)

17 August 2006 16:00	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 1100 Referee: Gyoengyi Gaal
		(Report)	McCallum  39'  80' Shipard  93'

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17 August 2006 19:00	Russia	0–0	Brazil	Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 10200 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist
		(Report)

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20 August 2006 16:00	Brazil	2–0	Australia	Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Jennifer Bennet
	Francielle  42' Fabiana  69'	{Report}

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20 August 2006 19:00	Russia	3–2	New Zealand	Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 3400 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah
	Kozhnikova  5' Terekhova  14' Akimova  93'	(Report)	Erceg  18' Humphries  56'

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23 August 2006 16:00	Brazil	0–0	New Zealand	Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo Attendance: 500 Referee: Shane De Silva
		(Report)

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23 August 2006 16:00	Australia	1–1	Russia	Torpedo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 1000 Referee: Christine Beck
	Brogan  85'	(Report)	Kozhnikova  75'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Nigeria	6	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6
Canada	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11

17 August 2006 16:00	China PR	2–1	Finland	Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo Attendance: 2000 Referee: Diane Ferreira-James
	Ma  37' (pen) Zi  72'	(Report)	Yuan  2' (o.g.)

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17 August 2006 19:00	Nigeria	3–2	Canada	Podmoskovie Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Bentla de Coth
	Ishola  29' Uwak  82'  90+1'	(Report)	Kyle  25' Cicchini  71'

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20 August 2006 16:00	Finland	0–2	Canada	Podmoskovie Stadium Attendance: 1200 Referee: Natalie Avdonchenko
		(Report)	Robinson  39' (pen)  70'

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20 August 2006 19:00	China PR	3–0	Nigeria	Podmoskovie Stadium Attendance: 2000 Referee: Christine Beck
	Lou  9' Ma  31'  69'	(Report)

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23 August 2006 19:00	Finland	0–8	Nigeria	Podmoskovie Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Jennifer Bennett
		(Report)	Sabi  7'  42' Eke  13'  65'  79' Uwak  15' Chikwelu  47'  73'

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23 August 2006 19:00	Canada	0–1	China PR	Torpedo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 100 Referee: Claudine Brohet
		(Report)	Ma  48'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	9	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
Germany	6	2	2	0	1	15	3	+12
Mexico	3	3	1	0	2	5	15	−10
Switzerland	0	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12

18 August 2006 16:00	Switzerland	2–4	Mexico	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 3500 Referee: Tammy Ogston
	Bürki  12'  65'	(Report)	Corral  15'  45+2' Gordillo  30' Ocampo  90+2'

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18 August 2006 19:00	North Korea	2–0	Germany	Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Fatou Gaye
	Jong  35' Jo  70'	(Report)

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21 August 2006 16:00	Mexico	1–9	Germany	Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Gyoengyi Gaal
	Cisneros  76'	(Report)	Okoyino Da Mbabi  24' Bajramaj  29' Kessler  31' Blaesse  37'  44'  84' Laudehr  58' Maier  58' Oster  77'

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21 August 2006 19:00	Switzerland	0–4	North Korea	Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Shane De Silva
		(Report)	Jong  45+1' Kim O.  50' Kim S.  78'  80'

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24 August 2006 16:00	Germany	6–0	Switzerland	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James
	Bajramaj  4'  62' Laudehr  21' Okoyino Da Mbabi  45' Kessler  85' Blaesse  89'	(Report)

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24 August 2006 16:00	Mexico	0–4	North Korea	Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko
		(Report)	Mi  33' Kim K.  35' Kil  42' Oh  59'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
France	6	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Argentina	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4
Congo DR	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6

18 August 2006 16:00	Congo DR	1–2	United States	Torpedo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 300 Referee: Claudine Brohet
	Nzuzi  70'	(Report)	O'Hara  33' Rodriguez  65' (pen)

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18 August 2006 19:00	France	5–0	Argentina	Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Shane de Silva
	Boulleau  12' Delie  28'  65' Necib  51' Houra  85'	(Report)

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21 August 2006 16:00	United States	4–1	Argentina	Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Fatou Gaye
	Rostedt  13' Adams  38' Long  62' Nogueira  90+1'	(Report)	Pereyra  53'

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21 August 2006 19:00	Congo DR	0–1	France	Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 130 Referee: Tammy Ogston
		(Report)	Henry  45'

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24 August 2006 19:00	Argentina	4–0	Congo DR	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 450 Referee: Bentla de Coth
	Manicler  13'  17'  45+2' Potassa 15'	(Report)

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24 August 2006 19:00	United States	1–0	France	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 300 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah
	Rostedt  61'	(Report)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

26 August 2006 16:00	Brazil	2–1	Nigeria	Torpedo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 700 Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko
	Fabiana  45+2' Adriane  90+5'	(Report)	Uwak  65'

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26 August 2006 19:00	China PR	4–0	Russia	Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gyoengyi Gaal
	Zi  8' Ma  19' Zhang  40' You  60'	(Report)

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27 August 2006 16:00	North Korea	2–1	France	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 550 Referee: Jennifer Bennet
	Kim K.  46' Hong  90'	(Report)	Thomis  62'

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27 August 2006 19:00	United States	4–1	Germany	Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist
	O'Hara  36' Adams  37'  70' Rodriguez  90'	(Report)	Neumann  65'

Semifinals

31 August 2006 16:00	Brazil	0–1	North Korea	Locomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 1000 Referee: Christine Beck
		(Report)	Ri U.  87'

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31 August 2006 19:00	China PR	0–0 (AET) (5–4 PSO)	United States	Locomotiv Stadium Attendance: 1000 Referee: Tammy Ogston
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Zhuang Zhang Yuan Zi Ma Zhu	5–4	Dew Adams Poach Lopez Bock Cheney

3rd Place Playoff

3 September 2006 16:00	Brazil	0–0 (AET) 6–5 (PSO)	United States	Locomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Daiane Costa Aliane Francielle Monica Fabiana Erika Maurine	6–5	Dew Long Angeli Heath Adams Lopez Rodriguez Poach

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Final

3 September 2006 19:00	North Korea	5–0	China PR	Locomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Jennifer Bennet
	Jo  29' Kim S.  39'  45+2'  52' Kil  56'	(report)

Awards

2006 U-20 Women's World Championship Winners
North Korea First title

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Ma Xiaoxu	Ma Xiaoxu	North Korea

All star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Zhang Yanru Valerie Henderson	Daiane Coralie Butcher Babett Peter Hong Myong-Gum Ri Jin-Ok Ri Un-Hyang	Collette McCallum Cynthia Uwak Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi Kim Kyong-Hwa Kim Chun-Hui Amanda Poach	Fabiana Ma Xiaoxu Amandine Henry Rita Chikwelu Kil Son-Hui Elena Danilova Danesha Adams

Scorers

5 goals

• Ma Xiaoxu
• Kim Song-Hui

4 goals

• Anna Blaesse
• Cynthia Uwak

3 goals

• Ludmila Manicler
• Fatmire Bajramaj
• Maureen Eke
• Danesha Adams

2 goals

Collette McCallum Fabiana Jodi-Ann Robinson Zi Jingjing Marie-Laure Delie Nadine Keßler Simone Laudehr Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi Charlyn Corral Rita Chikwelu

Akudo Sabi Jo Yun-Mi Jong Pok-Hui Kil Song-Hui Kim Kyong-Hwa Anna Kozhnikova Vanessa Buerki Amy Rodriguez Jessica Rostedt Kelley O'Hara

1 goal

Mercedes Pereyra Maria Potassa Danielle Brogan Sally Shipard Adriane Francielle Amanda Chiccini Kaylyn Kyle Lou Xiaoxu You Jia Zhang Weishuang Tresorine Nzuzi Laure Boulleau Amadine Henry Jessica Houara Louisa Necib Juliane Maier

Lydia Neumann Jennifer Oster Monique Cisneros Maria de Lourdes Gordillo Mónica Ocampo Abby Erceg Emma Humphries Tawa Ishola Myong Gum Hong Oh Song-Hui Ri Un-Hyang Mi Hyang Kim Ok-Sim Svetlana Akimova Elena Terekhova Alexandra Long Casey Nogueira

Own goals

• Yuan Fan (for Finland)

Further information

• This was the first time an Australian football team has played in a worldwide competition as an Asian Football Confederation team. However, the country's senior men's team was the first to play as an AFC team, competing in its first 2007 Asian Cup qualifier in February 2006, two months before the AFC qualifiers for this competition. Before 1 January 2006, Australia was a member of the Oceania Football Confederation.

• This was the first U-20 Women's tournament in which a Canadian has not won the Golden Shoe award, given to the top goal scorer of the tournament. Canadians Christine Sinclair and Brittany Timko won the award in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

External links

• 2006 U-20 Championship official site