2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:	AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Year:	2006
Dates:	12 June – 17 June 2006 (first round) 19 June – 20 June 2006 (first round)
Num Teams:	12
Confederations:	1
Matches:	16
Goals:	75
Nextseason:	2008

The 2006 AFC Women's Championship qualification is the qualification for the 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. All matches were played at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi. The two top teams in each group qualified for the play-off stage. This was the first ever AFC qualifiers for the Women's Asian Cup in the history, having previously only invited teams to take part.

First round

Group A

GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
2	2	0	7	1	6
2	1	1	4	2	3
2	0	2	2	10	0

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Group B

GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
2	2	0	13	1	6
2	1	1	11	2	3
2	0	2	0	21	0

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Group C

GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
2	2	0	9	0	6
2	1	1	4	3	3
2	0	2	0	10	0

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Group D

GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2	2	0	0	8	0	6
2	0	1	1	1	5	1
2	0	1	1	0	4	1

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Singapore advanced on a coin toss.

Second round

The winners of each match qualified for the main tournament.

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Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in AFC Women's Asian Cup¹
	Second round winners		3 (1999, 2001, 2003)
	Second round winners	19 June 2005	11 (1997, 1999, 2001)
	Second round winners	20 June 2005	1
	Second round winners	20 June 2005	13 (1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.