Football at the 2006 Asian Games

Football at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Doha, Qatar from 18 November to 15 December 2006. The opening match was played 14 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, some 30 teams played in the men's competition, and 8 teams participated in women's competition.

Football
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenuesAl-Wakrah Stadium
Al-Ahli Stadium
Al-Sadd Stadium
Al-Gharafa Stadium
Al-Rayyan Stadium
Al-Arabi Stadium
Qatar SC Stadium
Dates18 November – 15 December
Competitors697 from 29 nations

Turkmenistan,[1] and Yemen withdrew from the competition before playing their first match. The organisation announced a new competition format because of this. Instead of only the group winners of the first round to go through to the second round, now also both runners-up qualified.[2]

Later India also announced their retirement, however they remained in the tournament on a "no cost to government basis".[3] Iran was taken out of competition prior to their first match, due to a suspension by FIFA.[4][5] However, FIFA lifted the suspension on Iran under-23 team on 26 November 2006 so they returned to the original Group D stage.[6]

Age limit for the men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.

Schedule

QQualification PPreliminary round ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals BBronze medal match GGold medal match
Event↓/Date →18th
Sat
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MenQQQPPPPPP¼½BG
WomenPPP½BG

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 Qatar
Mohamed Saqr
Abdulrahman Mesbeh
Abdulla Al-Berik
Majdi Siddiq
Ali Nasser
Mesaad Al-Hamad
Hussein Yasser
Magid Mohamed
Ibrahim Al-Ghanim
Talal Al-Bloushi
Adel Lami
Wesam Rizik
Waleed Jassem
Yusef Ahmed
Abdulla Koni
Qasem Burhan
Sebastián Soria
Khalfan Ibrahim
Younes Ali
Bilal Mohammed
 Iraq
Mohammed Noor Al-Deen
Mohammed Ali
Haidar Raheem
Mustafa Karim
Samer Saeed
Ali Mansour
Younis Mahmoud
Jassim Mohammed
Haidar Sabah
Ali Rehema
Ali Khudhair
Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Karrar Jassim
Salam Shaker
Haidar Aboodi
Mohammed Gassid
Ahmed Abid Ali
Muayad Khalid
Osama Ali
Ahmed Jabbar
 Iran
Alireza Haghighi
Mohsen Arzani
Jalal Akbari
Jalal Hosseini
Pejman Montazeri
Behshad Yavarzadeh
Milad Nouri
Maziar Zare
Mehrdad Oladi
Arash Borhani
Mohammad Gholamin
Sheys Rezaei
Saeid Chahjouei
Hossein Mahini
Mohammad Nouri
Khosro Heidari
Ehsan Khorsandi
Adel Kolahkaj
Mehrdad Pouladi
Hassan Roudbarian
Women
 North Korea
Phi Un-hui
Jang Ok-gyong
Om Jong-ran
Sonu Kyong-sun
Song Jong-sun
Ri Un-suk
Kim Yong-ae
Ri Un-gyong
Ho Sun-hui
Kim Hye-yong
Kim Tan-sil
Kong Hye-ok
Ri Kum-suk
Jong Pok-sim
Ri Un-hyang
Jon Myong-hui
Kim Kyong-hwa
Kil Son-hui
 Japan
Nozomi Yamago
Hiromi Isozaki
Aya Shimokozuru
Akiko Sudo
Kyoko Yano
Tomoe Sakai
Kozue Ando
Miyuki Yanagita
Eriko Arakawa
Homare Sawa
Miho Fukumoto
Maiko Nakaoka
Azusa Iwashimizu
Karina Maruyama
Aya Miyama
Shinobu Ono
Yuki Nagasato
Mizuho Sakaguchi
 China
Han Wenxia
Liu Huana
Li Jie
Weng Xinzhi
Pu Wei
Yuan Fan
Bi Yan
Yue Min
Han Duan
Ma Xiaoxu
Zhang Tong
Wang Dandan
Wang Kun
Ren Liping
Liu Yali
Pan Lina
Zhang Yanru
Qu Feifei

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 North Korea (PRK)1001
 Qatar (QAT)1001
3 Iraq (IRQ)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
5 China (CHN)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
Totals (6 nations)2226

Draw

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha.

Men

Eight teams who did not enter 2002 had to play in Round 1; 22 other teams qualify directly for the tournament proper.

* Turkmenistan and Yemen withdrew from the competition and were replaced by 2nd placed teams from Round 1.

Women

* Maldives withdrew, following this Thailand moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

Squads

Final standing

Men

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar6501132+1115
 Iraq9612173+1419
 Iran6411106+413
4  South Korea640292+712
5  China431084+410
6  Uzbekistan430174+39
7  Thailand430143+19
8  North Korea421134−17
9  Bahrain320173+46
10  Kuwait320151+46
11  Japan320154+16
12  Syria623162+49
13  Hong Kong31113304
14  India311134−14
15  Vietnam310265+13
16  Oman310245−13
17  Kyrgyzstan6222127+58
18  United Arab Emirates301237−41
19  Jordan6132157+86
20  Maldives300326−40
21  Pakistan300326−40
22  Palestine300306−60
23  Malaysia3003210−80
24  Bangladesh3003213−110
25  Tajikistan312073+45
26  Singapore302113−22
27  Indonesia3012211−91
28  Macau3003125−240

Women

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea5410162+1413
 Japan5410211+2013
 China5302224+189
4  South Korea5203710−36
5  Chinese Taipei310237−43
6  Thailand3102511−63
7  Vietnam3003211−90
8  Jordan3003030−300

References

  1. Turkmenistan soccer team withdraws from Asian Games
  2. Yemen pulls out of Asiad soccer tournament
  3. "It's official, footballers will have a ball". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  4. "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  5. Iran out of football after FIFA ban Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
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