Iran’s national futsal team defeated the Maldives 17 – 0 in their first match of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers.
This was the first official match for the new coach Vahid Shamsaei the holder of the record goals scored at the international level.
Iran got their title defence off to a fantastic start, beating Maldives 17-0 with eight different players finding the back of the net.
Mohammadhossein Derakhshani, Mahdi Karimi and Alireza Rafiei Poir also got into the goalscoring action with a goal each in the sixth, 20th and 38th minutes respectively.
Hossein Tayebi secured a hat-trick with goals in the 11th, 25th and 26th minutes, but the most valuable player was surely Saeid Ahmadabbasi with five goals to his name – two in the 20th minute, his hat-trick in the 23rd minute, before adding two more in the 33rd minute.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 3 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 4 | Maldives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |