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,Turkmenistan soccer team withdraws from Asian Games 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.Yemen pulls out of Asiad soccer tournament
Later India also announced their retirement, however they remained in the tournament on a "no cost to government basis". Iran was taken out of competition prior to their first match, due to a suspension by FIFA.Iran out of football after FIFA ban However, FIFA lifted the suspension on Iran under-23 team on 26 November 2006 so they returned to the original Group D stage.
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.
Venues
There are 3 host cities, including 7 stadiums hosted the tournament.
City Stadium CapacityRef.Doha Al-Ahli Stadium 20,000Al-Arabi Stadium13,000 Qatar SC Stadium12,500Al RayyanAl-Gharrafa Stadium25,000 Al-Rayyan StadiumAl-Sadd Stadium12,000 Al Wakrah Al-Wakrah Stadium 20,000
Schedule QQualificationPPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchGGold medal match Event↓/Date → 18thSat 19thSun 20thMon 21stTue 22ndWed 23rdThu 24thFri 25thSat 26thSun 27thMon 28thTue 29thWed 30thThu 1stFri 2ndSat 3rdSun 4thMon 5thTue 6thWed 7thThu 8thFri 9thSat 10thSun 11thMon 12thTue 13thWed 14thThu 15thFri Men Q Q Q P P P P P P ¼ ½ BG Women P P P ½ BG
Medalists MenMohamed SaqrAbdulrahman MesbehAbdulla Al-BerikMajdi SiddiqAli NasserMesaad Al-HamadHussein YasserMagid MohamedIbrahim Al-GhanimTalal Al-BloushiAdel LamiWesam RizikWaleed JassemYusef AhmedAbdulla KoniQasem BurhanSebastián SoriaKhalfan IbrahimYounes AliBilal MohammedMohammed Noor Al-DeenMohammed AliHaidar RaheemMustafa KarimSamer SaeedAli MansourYounis MahmoudJassim MohammedHaidar SabahAli RehemaAli KhudhairAlaa Abdul-ZahraKarrar JassimSalam ShakerHaidar AboodiMohammed GassidAhmed Abid AliMuayad KhalidOsama AliAhmed JabbarAlireza HaghighiMohsen ArzaniJalal AkbariJalal HosseiniPejman MontazeriBehshad YavarzadehMilad NouriMaziar ZareMehrdad OladiArash BorhaniMohammad GholaminSheys RezaeiSaeid ChahjoueiHossein MahiniMohammad NouriKhosro HeidariEhsan KhorsandiAdel KolahkajMehrdad PouladiHassan RoudbarianWomenPhi Un-huiJang Ok-gyongOm Jong-ranSonu Kyong-sunSong Jong-sunRi Un-sukKim Yong-aeRi Un-gyongHo Sun-huiKim Hye-yongKim Tan-silKong Hye-okRi Kum-sukJong Pok-simRi Un-hyangJon Myong-huiKim Kyong-hwaKil Son-huiNozomi YamagoHiromi IsozakiAya ShimokozuruAkiko SudoKyoko YanoTomoe SakaiKozue AndoMiyuki YanagitaEriko ArakawaHomare SawaMiho FukumotoMaiko NakaokaAzusa IwashimizuKarina MaruyamaAya MiyamaShinobu OnoYuki NagasatoMizuho SakaguchiHan WenxiaLiu HuanaLi JieWeng XinzhiPu WeiYuan FanBi YanYue MinHan DuanMa XiaoxuZhang TongWang DandanWang KunRen LipingLiu YaliPan LinaZhang YanruQu Feifei
Medal table
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.
Round 1 – Group A
Round 1 – Group B
Round 2 – Group A
1st Round 1 – Group A
Round 2 – Group B
Round 2 – Group C
Round 2 – Group D
Round 2 – Group E
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
Group A
Group B
* Maldives withdrew, following this Thailand moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.
Squads
Final standing Men
Women
Impact on Qatar 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.
References
Official men football schedule Official women football schedule