This was a matchday where traditional powers didn´t had problems to win their respective matches with big margins scores again and also it was good for Guam who still dream to reach the next stage.
All started in Guam where the local side hosted Oman looking for another home victory, it was an interesting match with situations for both sides and Oman having a lot of chances to score but Guam kept at bay the Omanians and it ended 0-0, deserved point for Guam who shares the lead of the group with Iran who won 3-0 vs India.
In other matches Australia didn´t had any problem to win vs Tajikistan 3-0 in Dushanbe, Jordan won 4-0 vs Bangladesh in Dhaka, Japan hammered Afghanistan 6-0 in Tehran, same score for Syria who destroyed Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Korea Republic had a comfortable win vs Lebanon 3-0, same score for China who won vs Maldives, Qatar resulted victorious in their visit to Hong Kong as it ended 3-2, Thailand came from behind to rescue a draw 2-2 vs Iraq in Bangkok while Vietnam got an away win vs Chinese Taipei 2-1, Kuwait won 2-0 vs Laos, Uzbekistan got an important victory in Manila and thrashed Philippines 5-1 and Bahrain got an away victory 4-0 vs Yemen.
The match between Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia was abandoned due to crowd disturbs and in the other group match Palestine recued a vital point vs UAE.
Tajikistan vs Australia 0-3
Afghanistan vs Japan 0-6