TEHRAN – Iran defeated Chinese Taipei 10-1 to book a place in the knockout stage of the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup on Friday.
Hossein Tayebi and Saeid Ahmad Abbasi scored three goals each and Salar Aghapour, Muhammadhossein Bazyar, Mehdi Karimi and Alireza Javan were on target as well.
Defending champions Iran started the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup with a 5-0 win over Indonesia in Group C on Wednesday.
Saeid Ahmad Abbasi opened the scoring for Iran in the first half and Mahdi Asadshir and Moslem Oladghobad also were on target before the interval.
Ahmad Abbasi scored his second goal in the second half and Hossein Tayebi made the scoreboard 5-0.
The competition is being held in Kuwait from Sept. 27 to Oct. 8.