Two goals from Payam Sadeghian’s 3rd minute penalty and the second from Yaghoub Karimi from Sadeghian’s fine assist , was enough to defeat Tajikistan and maintain Iran’s perfect record.
This win keeps Iran at the top of the table and assured qualification to the next round. in the final match against Bahrain , Iran’s U22 team required to avoid defeat for the qualification.
| Teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRAN | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| QATAR * | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| KUWAIT * | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BAHRAIN * | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| MALDIVES | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 0 |
* The standings are based on points, goal-difference and number of goals of the teams tied