Iran got their title defence off to a fantastic start, beating Maldives 17-0 with eight different players finding the back of the net. 

Salar Aghapour opened the scoring in the fifth minute and got his second in the 15th minute. Hamzeh Kadkhoda also scored twice - in the 34th and 35th minutes - while Masound Yousef Shavardazi got his brace with back-to-back efforts in the 37th minute.

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. 

Iran will look to continue their fine form against Turkmenistan on Monday, while Maldives will have to bounce back against Kyrgyz Republic.

After an intense but goalless first half, Turkmenistan's Allamyray Kurbanov broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, before Dayanch Garajayev doubled their lead a minute later. 

Kyrgyz Republic reduced their deficit in the 31st minute through Shokhrukh Makhmadaminov, but Turkmenistan captain Bayramov put the game beyond doubt when he scored in the final minute to bag all three points.

Khusniddin Nishonov gave Uzbekistan the lead in the second minute, before Akbar Usmonov and Ikhtiyor Ropiev scored in the 11th and 16th minutes respectively to make it 3-0 before the break.

Mani Kumar Lama pulled one back in the 28th minute for Nepal, but Ropiev restored their three-goal lead four minutes later, before Abbos Elmurodov sealed the win with his effort in the final minute. 

Uzbekistan will take on Afghanistan next, while Nepal face Tajikistan on Monday.

The match began with Tajikistan’s Muhamadjon Sharipov goal in the first minute, but the goalscoring action only truly kicked off in the second half. 

Fayzali Sardorov doubled Tajikistan’s lead in the 24th minute, but Afghanistan were back in contention with Farzad Mahmoodi and Abdul Ghafar Sadeqi scoring in the 25th and 26th minutes respectively, before an Idris Yorov own goal put Afghanistan ahead two minutes later. 

Afghanistan were two goals up in the 34th minute through Hamid Reza Hossaini’s effort, but Tajikistan’s persistence paid off with Yorov finding the back of the net twice in the final two minutes to salvage a draw.