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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Challenge Cup
| year = 2006
| other_titles =
| image = 2006 AFC Challenge Cup logo.svg
| size = 180px
| caption = 
| country = Bangladesh
| dates = 1–16 April
| finalists = 16
| venues = 3
| cities = 2
| champion = TJK
| count = 1
| second = SRI
| matches = 31
| goals = 82
| attendance = 150150
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|PLE}} [[Fahed Attal]] (8 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|TJK}} [[Ibrahim Rabimov]]
| nextseason = [[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]]
}}

The '''2006 [[AFC Challenge Cup]]''' was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in [[Bangladesh]]. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no qualification stage. The cup winner was [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]]. The fair play award was won by [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]] and Tajik [[Ibrahim Rabimov]] won the most valuable player award.<ref name="ref10">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5658 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912193937/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5658 |url-status = dead|archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Victory a boost for Tajikistan football: Nazarov |access-date=21 October 2009 |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation }}</ref>

==Selection of teams==
The [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] classed seventeen nations as ''emerging associations'', which need time to develop their football.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124257|title=Big Soccer Forum Thread on AFC Challenge Cup 2006}}</ref> They were selected in August 2005 to take part. [[Laos national football team|Laos]], [[Mongolia national football team|Mongolia]], and [[Timor-Leste national football team|Timor-Leste]] were initially selected to participate, but were later replaced by [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] and [[India national football team|India]] of the ''developing associations'' class, reducing the number of participating teams to sixteen.

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|- valign="top"
|width=33%|
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*{{fb|BHU}}
*{{fb|BRU}}
*{{fb|CAM}}
*{{fb|TPE}}
*{{fb|GUM}}
*{{fb|KGZ|1992}}
|width=33%|
*{{fb|LAO}} (Removed)
*{{fb|MAC}}
*{{fb|MGL|1992}} (Removed)
*{{fb|NEP}}
*{{fb|PAK}}
*{{fb|PLE}}
*{{fb|PHI}}
|width=33%|
*{{fb|SRI}}
*{{fb|TJK}}
*{{fb|TLS}} (Removed)

;Replacements
*{{fb|BAN}}
*{{fbu|20|IND|name=India U20}}
|}

==Host and stadiums==
The [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] decided at its annual meeting, that [[Bangladesh]] would host the opening ceremony and that [[Nepal]] would host the final unless Bangladesh makes it into the last two, in which case it would be held in [[Dhaka]], its capital.<ref name="ref2">{{Cite news|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200511/30/eng20051130_224462.html|title=Opening ceremony of AFC Challenge Cup to be held in Bangladesh|access-date=30 November 2005|work=Xinhua News Agency}}</ref><ref name="ref3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=4586 |title=AFC Challenge Cup opening ceremony in Bangladesh |access-date=28 November 2005 |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831033853/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media |archive-date=31 August 2006 }}</ref> It was originally planned that the teams in Groups A and B would play their games in [[Nepal]] and that teams in Groups C and D would play in [[Bangladesh]], but due to the political unrest that shook Nepal, it was decided that only Bangladesh would host the tournament.<ref name="ref4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5152|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233345/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5152|url-status = dead|archive-date=27 September 2007|title=Bangladesh to be sole host of inaugural AFC Challenge Cup 2006|access-date=21 February 2006|publisher=The AFC}}</ref><ref name="ref5">{{Cite news|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=14&no=275597&rel_no=1 |title=Nepal Dumped as AFC Cup Host |access-date=23 February 2006 |work=OhmyNews |year=2006 |author=Acharya, Pawan |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203002029/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=14&no=275597&rel_no=1 |archive-date=3 December 2007 }}</ref><ref name="ref6">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C22%5Cstory_22-2-2006_pg2_20 |title=Nepal dumped as co-host of AFC Challenge Cup |access-date=22 February 2006 |work=Daily Times |location=Pakistan |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191251/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C22%5Cstory_22-2-2006_pg2_20 |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref><ref name="ref7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/sports.php?&nid=66189|title=AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006|access-date=20 February 2006|publisher=eKantipur.com|year=2006|author=Kantipur|archive-date=12 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212063539/http://www.kantipuronline.com/sports.php?&nid=66189|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Challenge Cup was originally scheduled to take place between 26 March to 9 April 2006 but was changed to avoid clashes with Bangladesh's [[Independence Day of Bangladesh|Independence Day]] on 26 March.<ref name="ref8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kol/kolnews.php?&nid=66189|title=AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006|access-date=20 February 2006|publisher=KantipurOnline.com|year=2006|author=Kantipur|archive-date=12 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212070901/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kol/kolnews.php?&nid=66189|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two stadia that were selected to be used during this tournament were: the [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]] in [[Dhaka]] and the [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]] in [[Chittagong]]. However, the [[Bangladesh Army Stadium]] in Dhaka was later used to make-up the matches that were abandoned due to heavy rain.

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2|[[Dhaka]]
! colspan=1|[[Chittagong]]
|-
| [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu National Stadium]]
| [[Bangladesh Army Stadium]]
| [[District Stadium, Chittagong|M. A. Aziz Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''36,000'''
| Capacity: '''20,000'''
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
|-
|[[File:Bangabandhu_National_Stadium,_Dhaka,_Bangladesh.jpg|200px]]
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=3|{{location map+ |float=center |Bangladesh |width=150 |caption=|places=
{{Location map~ |Bangladesh |lat=23.763889 |long=90.388889 |position=right |label= '''[[Dhaka]]'''}}
{{Location map~ |Bangladesh |lat=22.335 |long=91.8325 |position=left |label= '''[[Chittagong]]'''}}
}}
|}

==Teams==
Some teams did not take part with their 'main' national squad, as noted below:

*India decided to field their [[India national under-20 football team|under-20 team]] in preparation for the [[2006 AFC Youth Championship|AFC Youth Championship]] they were later hosting.
*Kyrgyzstan took part with a young squad, made up mostly of players from their under-20 team which had qualified for the [[2006 AFC Youth Championship|AFC Youth Championship]].<ref name="ref9">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5151|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184548/http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/challengeCup/news/default.asp?action=newsDetails&newsID=5151|url-status = dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|title=Podkorytov is Kyrgyzstan acting coach|access-date=21 February 2006|work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation}}</ref>

==Squads==
{{main|2006 AFC Challenge Cup squads}}

==Group stage==
All times are [[Bangladesh Standard Time]] (BST) – [[UTC+6]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Key to colours in group tables
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|Top two placed teams advance to the quarter-finals
|}

===Tie-breaking criteria===
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:
# points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
# goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
# number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
# goal difference in all group matches;
# number of goals scored in all group matches;
# kicks from the penalty mark (if only two teams are level and they are both on the field of play);
# fewer yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
# drawing of lots by the organising committee.

===Group A===
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|team2=TPE|name_TPE={{fb|TPE}}
|team3=PHI|name_PHI={{fb|PHI}}
|team4=AFG|name_AFG={{fb|AFG|2004}}
|win_IND=1|draw_IND=2|loss_IND=0|gf_IND=3|ga_IND=1
|win_TPE=1|draw_TPE=2|loss_TPE=0|gf_TPE=3|ga_TPE=2
|win_PHI=0|draw_PHI=2|loss_PHI=1|gf_PHI=2|ga_PHI=3
|win_AFG=0|draw_AFG=2|loss_AFG=1|gf_AFG=3|ga_AFG=5

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|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html RSSSF]
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  | date = 1 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IND|name=India U20}}
  | score = 2–0
  | team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
  | goals1 = [[Vimal Pariyar|Vimal]] {{goal|35||60}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204425/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1060.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 1 April 2006
  | time = 18:00
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}
  | score = 1–0
  | team2 = {{fb|PHI}}
  | goals1 = [[Chuang Wei-lun]] {{goal|20}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204432/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1061.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 4,000
  | referee = [[Lee Gi-Young]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 3 April 2006
  | time = 15:30
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI}}
  | score = 1–1
  | team2 = {{fbu|20|IND|name=India U20}}
  | goals1 = [[Alvin Valeroso|Valeroso]] {{goal|19}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204457/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1062.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Vimal Pariyar|Vimal]] {{goal|8}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Salem Mujghef]] ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 3 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2004}}
  | score = 2–2
  | team2 = {{fb|TPE}}
  | goals1 = [[Hafizullah Qadami|Qadami]] {{goal|20||23}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204512/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1063.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Chuang Wei-lun]] {{goal|48}} <br> [[Liang Chien-wei]] {{goal|73}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Lee Gi-Young]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 5 April 2006
  | time = 15:30
  | team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IND|name=India U20}}
  | score = 0–0
  | team2 = {{fb|TPE}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204517/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1064.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Ram Krishna Gosh]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 5 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI}}
  | score = 1–1
  | team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
  | goals1 = [[Alvin Valeroso|Valeroso]] {{goal|59}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204533/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1065.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Sayed Maqsood Hashemi|Maqsood]] {{goal|28}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 3,000
  | referee = [[Salem Mujghef]] ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
}}

===Group B===
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{{#invoke:sports table
|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=SRI|name_SRI={{fb|SRI}}
|team2=NEP|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|team3=BRU|name_BRU={{fb|BRU}}
|team4=BHU|name_BHU={{fb|BHU}}
|win_SRI=2|draw_SRI=1|loss_SRI=0|gf_SRI=3|ga_SRI=1
|win_NEP=1|draw_NEP=1|loss_NEP=1|gf_NEP=4|ga_NEP=3
|win_BRU=1|draw_BRU=1|loss_BRU=1|gf_BRU=2|ga_BRU=2
|win_BHU=0|draw_BHU=1|loss_BHU=2|gf_BHU=0|ga_BHU=3

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html RSSSF]
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{{footballbox
  | date = 2 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 1–0
  | team2 = {{fb|BRU}}
  | goals1 = [[Kasun Jayasuriya|Kasun]] {{goal|74}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204545/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1066.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Rustam Saidov (referee)|Rustam Saidov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 2 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
  | score = 2–0
  | team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
  | goals1 = [[Pradeep Maharjan|Pradeep]] {{goal|52||68}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204549/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1067.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 3,500
  | referee = [[Ram Krishna Gosh]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 4 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
  | score = 0–1
  | team2 = {{fb|SRI}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211214191034/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1068.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Chandradasa Karunaratne|Karu]] {{goal|45}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 0
  | referee = [[Rustam Saidov (referee)|Rustam Saidov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 4 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BRU}}
  | score = 2–1
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Adie Arsham Salleh|Adie]] {{goal|11}} <br> [[Riwandi Wahit|Riwandi]] {{goal|42}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211214191042/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1069.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Tashi Tsering (footballer)|Tashi]] {{goal|60}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 6 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 1–1
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Mohamed Izzadeen|Izzadeen]] {{goal|19}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204602/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1070.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Pradeep Maharjan|Pradeep]] {{goal|75|pen.}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Lee Gi-Young]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 6 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
  | score = 0–0
  | team2 = {{fb|BRU}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211214191053/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1071.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,000 
  | referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}

===Group C===
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{{#invoke:sports table
|main|style=WDL
|section=Group C
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|PLE}}
|team2=BAN|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}|status_BAN=H
|team3=CAM|name_CAM={{fb|CAM}}
|team4=GUM|name_GUM={{fb|GUM}}
|win_PLE=2|draw_PLE=1|loss_PLE=0|gf_PLE=16|ga_PLE=1
|win_BAN=2|draw_BAN=1|loss_BAN=0|gf_BAN=6|ga_BAN=2
|win_CAM=1|draw_CAM=0|loss_CAM=2|gf_CAM=4|ga_CAM=6
|win_GUM=0|draw_GUM=0|loss_GUM=3|gf_GUM=0|ga_GUM=17

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|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html RSSSF]
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{{footballbox
  | date = 1 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}}
  | score = 11–0
  | team2 = {{fb|GUM}}
  | goals1 = [[Ahmed Keshkesh|Keshkesh]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Fahed Attal|Attal]] {{goal|14||20||25||32||45+1||86}} <br> [[Francisco Atura|Atura]] {{goal|22}} <br> [[Ismail Al Amour|Al Amour]] {{goal|39}} <br> [[Ziyad Al-Kord|Al-Kord]] {{goal|59||67}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204715/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1048.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 3,000
  | referee = [[Ala Abdul Kadir Nema]] ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 1 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
  | score = 2–1
  | team2 = {{fb|CAM}}
  | goals1 = [[Alfaz Ahmed|Alfaz]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Mohamed Zahid Hossain Ameli|Ameli]] {{goal|64}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204725/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1049.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Chan Rithy|C. Rithy]] {{goal|68}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 35,000
  | referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 3 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|CAM}}
  | score = 0–4
  | team2 = {{fb|PLE}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204740/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1050.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed Keshkesh|Keshkesh]] {{goal|10}} <br> [[Ibrahim Al-Sweirki|Al-Sweirki]] {{goal|12||75}} <br> [[Fahed Attal|Attal]] {{goal|30}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Ala Abdul Kadir Nema]] ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 3 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}
  | score = 0–3
  | team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180930193251/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1051.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Mohamed Zahid Hossain Ameli|Ameli]] {{goal|49}} <br>  [[Mohamed Abul Hossain|Abul]] {{goal|83||85}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 18,000
  | referee = [[Win Cho]] ([[Myanmar Football Federation|Myanmar]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 5 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}}
  | score = 1–1
  | team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
  | goals1 = [[Fahed Attal|Attal]] {{goal|30}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204745/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1052.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Mehedi Hassan Tapu|Tapu]] {{goal|55}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 22,000
  | referee = [[Hedayat Mombini]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 6 April 2006
  | time = 14:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|CAM}}
  | score = 3–0
  | team2 = {{fb|GUM}}
  | goals1 = [[Sok Buntheang|S. Buntheang]] {{goal|37}} <br> [[Keo Kosal|Kosal]] {{goal|40}} <br> [[Kouch Sokumpheak|K. Kumpheak]] {{goal|63}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211214191106/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1110.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[Bangladesh Army Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 500
  | referee = [[Win Cho]] ([[Myanmar Football Federation|Myanmar]])
}}

===Group D===
<onlyinclude>
{{#invoke:sports table
|main|style=WDL
|section=Group D
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=TJK|name_TJK={{fb|TJK}}
|team2=KGZ|name_KGZ={{fb|KGZ|1992}}
|team3=PAK|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}
|team4=MAC|name_MAC={{fb|MAC}}
|win_TJK=2|draw_TJK=0|loss_TJK=1|gf_TJK=6|ga_TJK=1
|win_KGZ=2|draw_KGZ=0|loss_KGZ=1|gf_KGZ=3|ga_KGZ=1
|win_PAK=1|draw_PAK=1|loss_PAK=1|gf_PAK=3|ga_PAK=4
|win_MAC=0|draw_MAC=1|loss_MAC=2|gf_MAC=2|ga_MAC=8

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
  | date = 2 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}
  | score = 4–0
  | team2 = {{fb|MAC}}
  | goals1 = [[Khurshed Mahmudov|Mahmudov]] {{goal|9}} <br> [[Yusuf Rabiev|Rabiev]] {{goal|13}} <br> [[Ibrahim Rabimov|Rabimov]] {{goal|56}} <br> [[Rustam Khojaev|Khojaev]] {{goal|77}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204811/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1054.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Hedayat Mombini]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 2 April 2006
  | time = 18:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|KGZ|1992}}
  | score = 0–1
  | team2 = {{fb|PAK}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204831/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1055.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Muhammad Essa|Essa]] {{goal|59}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Tayeb Shamsuzzaman]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 4 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
  | score = 0–2
  | team2 = {{fb|TJK}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204839/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1056.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Numonjon Hakimov|Hakimov]] {{goal|14}} <br> [[Odil Irgashev|Irgashev]] {{goal|20}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 5,000
  | referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 6 April 2006
  | time = 14:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}
  | score = 0–1
  | team2 = {{fb|KGZ|1992}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204859/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1058.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Andrey Krasnov|Krasnov]] {{goal|22}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Ala Abdul Kadir Nema]] ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]])
}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 6 April 2006
  | time = 16:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
  | score = 2–2
  | team2 = {{fb|MAC}}
  | goals1 = [[Adeel Ahmed|Adeel]] {{goal|12}} <br> [[Muhammad Essa|Essa]] {{goal|43}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213204927/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1059.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Chan Kin Seng]] {{goal|16||52}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 1,000
  | referee = [[Tayeb Shamsuzzaman]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 7 April 2006
  | time = 14:00 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC}}
  | score = 0–2
  | team2 = {{fb|KGZ|1992}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205013/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1111.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Roman Ablakimov|Ablakimov]] {{goal|35}} <br> [[Azamat Ishenbaev|Ishenbaev]] {{goal|58}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 1,000
  | referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|8 April – [[District Stadium, Chittagong|Chittagong]]|{{fb|TPE}}|0|'''{{fb|SRI}}'''|'''3 '''
|9 April – [[District Stadium, Chittagong|Chittagong]]|{{fbu|20|IND|name=India U20}}|0|'''{{fb|NEP}}'''|'''3''' 
|9 April – [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Dhaka]]|{{fb|PLE}}|0|'''{{fb|KGZ|1992}}'''|'''1'''
|10 April – [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Dhaka]]|{{fb|BAN}}|1|'''{{fb|TJK}}'''|'''6'''

<!-- semi finals -->
|12 April – [[District Stadium, Chittagong|Chittagong]]|{{nobr|'''{{fb|SRI}}''' {{pso}}}}|{{nobr|'''1 (5)'''}}|{{fb|NEP}}|1 (3)
|13 April – [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Dhaka]]|{{fb|KGZ|1992}}|0|'''{{fb|TJK}}'''|'''2''' 

<!--final -->
|16 April – [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Dhaka]]|{{fb|SRI}}|0|'''{{fb|TJK}}'''|'''4'''
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{footballbox
  | date = 8 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 3–0
  | team2 = {{fb|TPE}}
  | goals1 = [[Mohamed Izzadeen|Izzadeen]] {{goal|44}} <br> [[Sanjaya Pradeep Arachchige|Sanjaya]] {{goal|70}} <br> [[Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka|Ratnayaka]] {{goal|90}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205022/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1113.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = 
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 9 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IND|name=India U20}}
  | score = 0–3
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205058/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1114.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Pradeep Maharjan|Pradeep]] {{goal|16||26}} <br> [[Basanta Thapa|Basanta]] {{goal|28}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 3,000
  | referee = [[Ram Krishna Gosh]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 9 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}}
  | score = 0–1
  | team2 = {{fb|KGZ|1992}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205106/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1112.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Ruslan Djamshidov|Djamshidov]] {{goal|90+1}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 150
  | referee = [[Win Cho]] ([[Myanmar Football Federation|Myanmar]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 10 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}
  | score = 6–1
  | team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
  | goals1 = [[Ibrahim Rabimov|Rabimov]] {{goal|2}} <br> [[Khurshed Mahmudov|Mahmudov]] {{goal|20}} <br> [[Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov|Mukhidinov]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Numonjon Hakimov|Hakimov]] {{goal|51}} <br> [[Yusuf Rabiev|Rabiev]] {{goal|65}} <br> [[Shujoat Nematov|Nematov]] {{goal|81}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205128/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1115.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Alfaz Ahmed|Alfaz]] {{goal|17}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 15,000
  | referee = [[Ala Abdul Kadir Nema]] ([[Iraq Football Association|Iraq]])
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
  | date = 12 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 1–1
  | team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
  | goals1 = [[Kasun Jayasuriya|Kasun]] {{goal|65}}
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205137/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1116.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Basanta Thapa|Basanta]] {{goal|82}}
  | stadium = [[District Stadium, Chittagong|MA Aziz Stadium]], [[Chittagong]]
  | attendance = 2,500
  | referee = [[Lee Gi-Young]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]])
  | penalties1   = [[Fuard Kamaldeen|Fuard]] {{pengoal}} <br> [[Chathura Madurange Weerasingha|Chathura]] {{pengoal}} <br> [[Chathura Gunarathna|Gunaratne]] {{pengoal}} <br> [[Channa Ediri Bandanage|Channa]] {{pengoal}} <br> [[Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka|Ratnayaka]] {{pengoal}}
  | penaltyscore = 5 &ndash; 3
  | penalties2   = {{pengoal}} [[K.C. Anjan|Anjan]] <br> {{pengoal}} [[Tashi Tsering (footballer)|Tashi]] <br> {{pengoal}} [[Nabin Neupane|Nabin]] <br> {{penmiss}} [[Pradeep Maharjan|Pradeep]]
}}
----
{{footballbox
  | date = 13 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|KGZ|1992}}
  | score = 0–2
  | team2 = {{fb|TJK}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20211213205145/https://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1117.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Yusuf Rabiev|Rabiev]] {{goal|51||90+2}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
}}

===Final===
{{main|2006 AFC Challenge Cup final}}
{{footballbox
  | date = 16 April 2006
  | time = 15:30 
  | team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
  | score = 0–4
  | team2 = {{fb|TJK}}
  | goals1 = 
  | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180618102326/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1134.pdf Report]
  | goals2 = [[Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov|Mukhidinov]] {{goal|1||61||71}}{{#tag:ref|Although the match summary indicates that Mukhidinov scored three goals, a match review article published by the AFC on 19 April 2006 indicates that he only scored two goals while teammate Numonjon Hakimov scored one goal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203153915/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/5657 |url-status = dead|archive-date=3 February 2013 |title=Tajikistan lift inaugural AFC Challenge Cup |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=19 April 2006 |access-date=8 July 2011 }}</ref>|group="note"}} <br> [[Khurshed Mahmudov|Mahmudov]] {{goal|45}}
  | stadium = [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
  | attendance = 2,000
  | referee = [[Hedayat Mombini]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
}}

==Winner==
{{winners|fb|2006 AFC Challenge Cup champions|Tajikistan|First}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
!colspan="3"| Fair Play Award
!colspan="3"| Golden Shoe
!colspan="3"| Most Valuable Player
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{fb|SRI}}
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Fahed Attal]]
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Ibrahim Rabimov]]
|}

==Goalscorers==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;8 goals
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Fahed Attal]]

;5 goals
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Pradeep Maharjan]]

;4 goals
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Yusuf Rabiev]]

;3 goals
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vimal Pariyar]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Khurshed Makhmudov]]

;2 goals
*{{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Hafizullah Qadami]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Alfaz Ahmed]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Zahid Hasan Ameli]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Mohamed Abul Hossain]]
*{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Wei-lun]]
*{{flagicon|MAC}} [[Chan Kin Seng]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Basanta Thapa]]
*{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Essa]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Ziyad Al-Kord]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Ibrahim Al-Sweirki]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Ahmed Keshkesh]]
*{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Alvin Valeroso]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Kasun Jayasuriya]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Mohamed Izzadeen]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Numonjon Hakimov]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Ibrahim Rabimov]]

{{col-2}}
;1 goal
*{{flagicon|AFG|2004}} [[Sayed Maqsood Hashemi|Sayed Maqsood]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Mehedi Hassan Tapu]]
*{{flagicon|BRU}} [[Adie Arsham Salleh]]
*{{flagicon|BRU}} [[Riwandi Wahit]]
*{{flagicon|CAM}} [[Sok Buntheang]]
*{{flagicon|CAM}} [[Keo Kosal]]
*{{flagicon|CAM}} [[Chan Rithy]]
*{{flagicon|CAM}} [[Kouch Sokumpheak]]
*{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Liang Chien-wei]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ|1992}} [[Roman Ablakimov]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ|1992}} [[Ruslan Djamshidov]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ|1992}} [[Azamat Ishenbaev]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ|1992}} [[Andrey Krasnov]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Tashi Tsering (footballer)|Tashi Tsering]]
*{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Adeel Ahmed]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Ismail Al-Amour]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Francisco Atura]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Sanjaya Pradeep Arachchige]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Chandradasa Karunaratne]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Odil Irgashev]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Rustam Khojaev]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Shujoat Nematov]]
{{col-end}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group="note"}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016003932/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006 Official site of the AFC Challenge Cup Bangladesh 2006]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html AFC Challenge Cup 2006] at [[RSSSF]]
*[http://www.futbolplanet.de/asia/challenge_cup/challenge_cup_2006.htm AFC Challenge Cup 2006] at FutbolPlanet.de

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