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	Russia

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.

Venues

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:

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
	2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	France  Germany  Finland1   Switzerland1

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

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
	(Report)	McCallum 39' 80' Shipard 93'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 1100

Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

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17 August 2006
19:00

Russia	0–0	Brazil
	(Report)

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 10200

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

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20 August 2006
16:00

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

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 700

Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)

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20 August 2006
19:00

Russia	3–2	New Zealand
Kozhnikova 5' Terekhova 14' Akimova 93'	(Report)	Erceg 18' Humphries 56'

Petrovsky Stadium

Attendance: 3400

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

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23 August 2006
16:00

Brazil	0–0	New Zealand
	(Report)

Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo

Attendance: 500

Referee: Shane De Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

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23 August 2006
16:00

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

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	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	2–1	Finland
Ma 37' (pen) Zi 72'	(Report)	Yuan 2' (o.g.)

Podmoskovie Stadium, Shchyolkovo

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana)

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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)

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20 August 2006
16:00

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

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 1200

Referee: Natalie Avdonchenko (Russia)

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20 August 2006
19:00

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

Podmoskovie Stadium

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

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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)

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

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 3500

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

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18 August 2006
19:00

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

Dynamo Stadium

Attendance: 700

Referee: Fatou Gaye (Senegal)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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	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
DR Congo	0	3	0	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)

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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)

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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)

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21 August 2006
19:00

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

Torpedo Stadium

Attendance: 130

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

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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)

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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

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

3rd place playoff

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)

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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
Russia

Scorers

5 goals

• Ma Xiaoxu
• Kim Song-hui

4 goals

• Anna Blässe
• Cynthia Uwak

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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.

References

External links

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report