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QNI North Queensland Trophy

Field	Value
title	QNI North Queensland Challenge Trophy
founded	2006
teams	4
country	AUS
champion	Melbourne Victory

The QNI North Queensland Challenge Trophy was a football (soccer) friendly tournament the summer of 2006, hosted in Townsville.

Overview

The tournament was intended to warm up the Young Socceroos for the 2007 U-20 World Cup. The Young Socceroos were automatically invited to the tournament as hosts. Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory were then invited to the tournament to represent the A-League and Changchun Yatai of the Chinese Super League were invited to represent Asia.

Teams that participated

Young Socceroos
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne Victory
Changchun Yatai

Tournament

Each team played each other once in a round robin, after each team had played each other, the team that came 1st in the group played the team that came 2nd in the Grand Final, and the teams that finished 3rd and 4th played each other in a consolation match. Melbourne Victory finished 1st in the group followed by Changchun Yatai while the Young Socceroos and Central Coast Mariners finished 3rd and 4th respectively. Melbourne then played Changchun in the Grand Final where Melbourne finished the game 6-1 and broke the club record for biggest win.

Summary

Group Round

Melbourne Victory 3-1 Changchun Yatai
Young Socceroos 1-2 Central Coast Mariners
Changchun Yatai 2-0 Central Coast Mariners
Young Socceroos 0-4 Melbourne Victory
Central Coast Mariners 1-3 Melbourne Victory
Young Socceroos 1-4 Changchun Yatai

Consolation Match

Central Coast Mariners 2-0 Young Socceroos

Grand Final

Year	Crowd	Grand Final	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
2006
5,234	Melbourne Victory	6–1	Changchun Yatai

Overall Results

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place	4th place
	2006		Rockhampton Stadium		Australia Melbourne Victory		China Changchun Yatai		Australia Central Coast Mariners		Australia Young Socceroos

References

link. (September 13, 2009)

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