Football at the 2006 Asian Games

Football
at the 2006 Asian Games
Football ; at the 2006 Asian Games
Venues	Al-Wakrah Stadium; Al-Ahli Stadium; Al-Sadd Stadium; Al-Gharafa Stadium; Al-Rayyan Stadium; Al-Arabi Stadium; Qatar SC Stadium
Dates	18 November – 15 December
Competitors	697 from 29 nations
Medalists
	Qatar (men); North Korea (women)
	Iraq (men); Japan (women)
	Iran (men); China (women)
	← 2002 2010 →

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.

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.

Venue[edit]

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There are 3 host cities, including 7 stadiums hosted the tournament.

Qatar
City	Stadium	Capacity
Doha	Al-Gharafa Stadium	25,000
	Al-Ahli Stadium	20,000
	Qatar SC Stadium	20,000
	Al-Sadd Stadium	15,000
	Al-Arabi Stadium	13,000
Al Rayyan	Al-Rayyan Stadium	25,000
Al Wakrah	Al-Wakrah Stadium	20,000

Schedule[edit]

Q	Qualification	P	Preliminary round	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	G	Gold medal match

Event↓/Date →	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	1st Fri	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed		14th Thu	15th Fri
Men	Q			Q			Q				P	P			P	P		P	P			¼			½			B	G
Women													P				P			P			½			B	G

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	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 details	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[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
1	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	0	1
3	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	0	1
3	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
5	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
5	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Draw[edit]

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

Men[edit]

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

Round 1 – Group A

Round 1 – Group B

Round 2 – Group A

Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
1st Round 1 – Group A

Round 2 – Group B

Round 2 – Group C

Round 2 – Group D

Round 2 – Group E

China
Oman
Malaysia
1st Round 1 – Group B

Round 2 – Group F

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

Women[edit]

Group A

Group B

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

Squads[edit]

Final standing[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Qatar	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15
	Iraq	9	6	1	2	17	3	+14	19
	Iran	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
4	South Korea	6	4	0	2	9	2	+7	12
5	China	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10
6	Uzbekistan	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	9
7	Thailand	4	3	0	1	4	3	+1	9
8	North Korea	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
9	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
10	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
11	Japan	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
12	Syria	6	2	3	1	6	2	+4	9
13	Hong Kong	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
14	India	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
15	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
16	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
17	Kyrgyzstan	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8
18	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
19	Jordan	6	1	3	2	15	7	+8	6
20	Maldives	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0
21	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0
22	Palestine	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0
23	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
24	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0
25	Tajikistan	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
26	Singapore	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
27	Indonesia	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1
28	Macau	3	0	0	3	1	25	−24	0

Women[edit]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	North Korea	5	4	1	0	16	2	+14	13
	Japan	5	4	1	0	21	1	+20	13
	China	5	3	0	2	22	4	+18	9
4	South Korea	5	2	0	3	7	10	−3	6
5	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
6	Thailand	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
7	Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
8	Jordan	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Impact on Qatar[edit]

Scholars suggest that the 2006 Asian Games had long-term consequences for Qatar by boosting its tourist economy, aiding in economic diversification away from oil, and encouraging infrastructural development, while anticipating Qatar's bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[7]

References[edit]

^ Turkmenistan soccer team withdraws from Asian Games
^ Yemen pulls out of Asiad soccer tournament
^ "It's official, footballers will have a ball". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
^ "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
^ Iran out of football after FIFA ban Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
^ Mirgani, Suzi (2019). "Consumer Citizenship: National Identity and Museum Merchandise in Qatar". Middle East Journal. 73 (4): 555–72, see p. 563. doi:10.3751/73.4.12. S2CID 214424661.

[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.

[7] Mirgani, Suzi (2019). "Consumer Citizenship: National Identity and Museum Merchandise in Qatar". Middle East Journal. 73 (4): 555–72, see p. 563. doi:10.3751/73.4.12. S2CID 214424661.

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