2006 A3 Champions Cup

2006 A3 Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates 2 – 8 August
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1st title)
Runners-up Japan Gamba Osaka
Third place Japan JEF United
Fourth place China Dalian Shide
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 26 (4.33 per match)
Attendance 70,950 (11,825 per match)
Top scorer(s) South Korea Lee Chun-Soo
(Ulsan Hyundai, 6 goals)
Best player South Korea Lee Chun-Soo
(Ulsan Hyundai)

The fourth edition of the A3 Champions Cup took place in Tokyo, Japan, between 2 and 8 August 2006. It was won by Korean team Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, who came back strongly from their defeat in the opening match to win the following two by margins of 6–0 and 4–0. It was the third time a Korean team has won this competition.

Participants

Group Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3201123+96
Japan Gamba Osaka 320158−36
Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba 311156−14
China Dalian Shide 301249−51

Matches

Round 1

Gamba Osaka Japan 3 – 2 China Dalian Shide
Yamaguchi  17'
Magno Alves  18', 53'		 Zou Jie  57'
Wang Sheng  71'
Attendance: 7,178
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i South Korea 2 – 3 Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Choi Sung-Kuk  24'
Lee Chun-Soo  42'		 Nakajima  21'
Maki  43'
Hanyu  44'
Attendance: 11,066

Round 2

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i South Korea 6 – 0 Japan Gamba Osaka
Kim Young-Sam  24'
Leandrão  34', 83'
Lee Chun-Soo  46', 74', 85'
Attendance: 13,688
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Japan 2 – 2 China Dalian Shide
Abe  53' (pen.)
Maki  65'		 Zou Jie  30'
Zhu Ting  57'
Attendance: 17,052

Round 3

Dalian Shide China 0 – 4 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Lee Chun-Soo  34', 72'
Leandrão  43'
Choi Sung-Kuk  48'
Attendance: 6,821
Gamba Osaka Japan 2 – 0 Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Endō  66'
Bando  81'
Attendance: 15,145

Awards

Winners

 A3 Champions Cup 2006 Winners  
South Korea
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
First title

Individual Awards

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player
South Korea Lee Chun-Soo (Ulsan) South Korea Lee Chun-Soo (Ulsan)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 South Korea Lee Chun-Soo South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6
2 Brazil Leandrão South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3
3 China Zou Jie China Dalian Shide 2
Brazil Magno Alves Japan Gamba Osaka
Japan Seiichiro Maki Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
South Korea Choi Sung-Kuk South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
7 China Wang Sheng China Dalian Shide 1
China Zhu Ting China Dalian Shide
Japan Ryūji Bando Japan Gamba Osaka
Japan Yasuhito Endō Japan Gamba Osaka
Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi Japan Gamba Osaka
Japan Yuki Abe Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Japan Koji Nakajima Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Japan Naotake Hanyu Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
South Korea Kim Young-Sam South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

References

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