Iran sweeps Kyrgyzstan 4-0 at 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifier
Iran national under-16 football team has booked its spot in the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship after clinching four consecutive victories at the qualification tournament for the continental event.
On Sunday evening, the Iranian team beating the Kyrgyz squad 4-0 in a Group C fixture played at the multi-purpose Enghelab Stadium in the Iranian city of Karaj, situated 35 kilometers west of the capital Tehran.
Amir Ja’fari scored his first goal of the match 16 minutes into the game, before Shervin Rezaei added a second for Iran 10 minutes later.
Later on, the Kyrgyz team mounted fine resistance against the Persians and disallowed them to score more goals.
Abbas Chamanian’s boys finally succeeded in breaching the Kyrgyz defense, and captain Alireza Bavieh found the back of the net in the 72nd minute.
Ja’fari scored his second five minutes later and ended Iran’s campaign for a berth in next year’s tournament on a high note.
Iran was pitted against Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon in Group C of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification tournament.
Bahrain was drawn in Group A and had joined Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.
The Maldives, Oman, Syria, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were in Group B.
Group D consisted of India, Iraq, Nepal and Palestine. Bangladesh, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen formed Group E.
While Brunei, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau and North Korea shaped Group F, Indonesia, Laos, Northern Mariana Islands, Thailand and Timor-Leste were in Group G.
China, Myanmar, the Philippines and South Korea are drawn in Group H. Group I consisted of Australia, Cambodia, Mongolia and Vietnam.
Group J had Guam, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Malaysia has clinched an automatic berth for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship as the host nation.
Jordan, Tajikistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Indonesia, Australia and Japan have won also their tickets as Group A, B, D, D, E, F, G, I and J winners respectively.
India, Oman, Thailand and Vietnam ended their qualifying campaign as best runners-up in Groups B, G and H.
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