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 ; Чемпионат мира по футболу 2006 (девушки до 20 лет)
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
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(s)	Ma Xiaoxu
Fair play award	North Korea; Russia
	← 2004 2008 →

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 association football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow stadiums (Dynamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadium) and one in Saint Petersburg (Petrovsky Stadium).

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.

North Korea won the tournament. They became the first Asian team to win a FIFA women's tournament and the first Asian football team to win any FIFA tournaments since Saudi Arabia's triumph in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. the official mascot, is a little fox called Alissa. It is a figure that is very popular in children's literature in Russia, and one frequently said to possess beauty, intelligence, speed and craftiness; traits it shares with many of Russia's promising young women footballers.

Alissa sports a football strip in the colours of the Russian flag, a fitting choice for the proud host country of this world championship. Naturally, they never go anywhere without their loyal friend, a football, whose company it enjoys immensely. This lively little fox is unquestionably female, as demonstrated by Alissa's long tied-back hair and sports skirt, but then again this is a women's festival of football.

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

Qualified Teams

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

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	China North Korea¹ Australia
CAF (Africa)	2006 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Nigeria DR Congo¹
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2006 CONCACAF Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament	United States Canada Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	2006 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship	Brazil Argentina¹
OFC (Oceania)	2004 OFC Under-19 Women's Qualifying Tournament	New Zealand¹
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Russia
UEFA (Europe)	2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	France Germany Finland¹ Switzerland¹

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Group stage

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.

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
	(Report)	McCallum 39' 80' Shipard 90+3'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

17 August 2006
19:00

Russia	0–0	Brazil
	(Report)

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 10,200

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

20 August 2006
16:00

Brazil	2–0	Australia
Francielle 42' Fabiana 69'	{Report}

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 700

Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

20 August 2006
19:00

Russia	3–2	New Zealand
Kozhnikova 5' Terekhova 14' Akimova 90+3'	(Report)	Erceg 18' Humphries 56'

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

23 August 2006
16:00

Brazil	0–0	New Zealand
	(Report)

Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo

Attendance: 500

Referee: Shane De Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

23 August 2006
16:00

Australia	1–1	Russia
Brogan 85'	(Report)	Kozhnikova 75'

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Group B

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

17 August 2006
16:00

China	2–1	Finland
Ma 37' (pen) Zi 72'	(Report)	Yuan 2' (o.g.)

Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana)

17 August 2006
19:00

Nigeria	3–2	Canada
Ishola 29' Uwak 82' 90+1'	(Report)	Kyle 25' Cicchini 71'

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 800

Referee: Bentla de Coth (India)

20 August 2006
16:00

Finland	0–2	Canada
	(Report)	Robinson 39' (pen) 70'

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 1200

Referee: Natalie Avdonchenko (Russia)

20 August 2006
19:00

China	3–0	Nigeria
Lou 9' Ma 31' 69'	(Report)

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

23 August 2006
19:00

Finland	0–8	Nigeria
	(Report)	Sabi 7' 42' Eke 13' 65' 79' Uwak 15' Chikwelu 47' 73'

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 400

Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

23 August 2006
19:00

Canada	0–1	China
	(Report)	Ma 48'

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

Group C

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

18 August 2006
16:00

Switzerland	2–4	Mexico
Bürki 12' 65'	(Report)	Corral 15' 45+2' Gordillo 30' Ocampo 90+2'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 3500

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

18 August 2006
19:00

North Korea	2–0	Germany
Jong P. 35' Jo 70'	(Report)

Dynamo Stadium

Attendance: 700

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

21 August 2006
16:00

Mexico	1–9	Germany
Cisneros 76'	(Report)	Okoyino Da Mbabi 24' Bajramaj 29' Keßler 31' Blässe 37' 44' 84' Laudehr 49' Maier 58' Oster 77'

Dynamo Stadium

Attendance: 500

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

21 August 2006
19:00

Switzerland	0–4	North Korea
	(Report)	Jong P. 45+1' Kim O. 50' Kim S. 78' 80'

Dynamo Stadium

Attendance: 600

Referee: Shane De Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

24 August 2006
16:00

Germany	6–0	Switzerland
Bajramaj 4' 62' Laudehr 21' Okoyino Da Mbabi 45' Keßler 85' Blässe 89'	(Report)

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

24 August 2006
16:00

Mexico	0–4	North Korea
	(Report)	Kim Hyang-mi 33' Kim K. 35' Kil 42' O 59'

Dynamo Stadium

Attendance: 500

Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

Group D

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

18 August 2006
16:00

DR Congo	1–2	United States
Nzuzi 70'	(Report)	O'Hara 33' Rodriguez 65' (pen)

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

18 August 2006
19:00

France	5–0	Argentina
Boulleau 12' Delie 28' 65' Necib 51' Houra 85'	(Report)

Torpedo Stadium

Attendance: 250

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

21 August 2006
16:00

United States	4–1	Argentina
Rostedt 13' Adams 38' Long 62' Nogueira 90+1'	(Report)	Pereyra 53'

Torpedo Stadium

Attendance: 200

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

21 August 2006
19:00

DR Congo	0–1	France
	(Report)	Henry 45'

Torpedo Stadium

Attendance: 130

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

24 August 2006
19:00

Argentina	4–0	DR Congo
Manicler 13' 17' 45+2' Potassa 15'	(Report)

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 450

Referee: Bentla de Coth (India)

24 August 2006
19:00

United States	1–0	France
Rostedt 61'	(Report)

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 August – Moscow (Torpedo)

Brazil	2
		31 August – Moscow (Lokomotiv)
Nigeria	1
		Brazil	0
27 August – Saint Petersburg
		North Korea	1
North Korea	2
				3 September – Moscow (Lokomotiv)
France	1
				North Korea	5
26 August – Moscow (Torpedo)
				China	0
China	4
		31 August – Moscow (Lokomotiv)
Russia	0
		China (p)	0 (5)
27 August – Saint Petersburg
		United States	0 (4)	Third place play-off
United States	4
				3 September – Moscow (Lokomotiv)
Germany	1
				Brazil (p)	0 (6)

				United States	0 (5)

Quarterfinals

26 August 2006
16:00

Brazil	2–1	Nigeria
Fabiana 45+2' Adriane 90+5'	(Report)	Uwak 65'

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 700

Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

26 August 2006
19:00

China	4–0	Russia
Zi 8' Ma 19' Zhang 40' You 60'	(Report)

Torpedo Stadium

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

27 August 2006
16:00

North Korea	2–1	France
Kim K. 46' Hong 90'	(Report)	Thomis 62'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 550

Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

27 August 2006
19:00

United States	4–1	Germany
O'Hara 36' Adams 37' 70' Rodriguez 90'	(Report)	Neumann 65'

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 750

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Semifinals

31 August 2006
16:00

Brazil	0–1	North Korea
	(Report)	Ri Un-hyang 87'

Locomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

31 August 2006
19:00

China	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	(Report)
Penalties
Zhuang Zhang Yuan Zi Ma Zhu	5–4	Dew Adams Poach Lopez Bock Cheney

Locomotiv Stadium

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Third place play-off

3 September 2006
16:00

Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	(Report)
Penalties
Daiane Costa Aliane Francielle Monica Fabiana Erika Maurine	6–5	Dew Long Angeli Heath Adams Lopez Rodriguez Poach

Locomotiv Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Final

3 September 2006
19:00

North Korea	5–0	China
Jo 29' Kim S. 39', 45+2', 52' Kil 56'	(report)

Locomotiv Stadium

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

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

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[1]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Ma Xiaoxu	Zhang Yanru	Danesha Adams
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Ma Xiaoxu	Kim Song-hui	Anna Blässe
5 goals	5 goals	4 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award^{[note 1]}
North Korea and Russia

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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Mercedes Pereyra
Belén Potassa
Danielle Brogan
Sally Shipard
Adriane
Francielle
Amanda Chiccini
Kaylyn Kyle
Lou Xiaoxu
You Jia
Zhang Weishuang
Trésorine Nzuzi
Laure Boulleau
Amandine 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
Hong Myong-gum
O Kum-hui
Ri Un-hyang
Kim Hyang-mi
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.

Notes

^ According to FIFA Committee for Fair Play and Social Responsibility, two team won this award in 2006.

References

^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006 - Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.

External links

[2] According to FIFA Committee for Fair Play and Social Responsibility, two team won this award in 2006.

[1] FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006 - Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.

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