Asia's top 10 remained unchanged from February's rankings, with Japan, Korea Republic and Australia climbing one rung to 26th, 37th and 41st respectively.

Qatar and United Arab Emirates remained at 55th and 67th respectively.

Saudi Arabia and China PR both dropped two rungs to 72nd and 74th to stay as Asia's top seven and eight ranked teams.

Iraq, who earned victories over Syria and Jordan during the international break, moved up four spots to 76th, with the Qasioun Eagles rounding up the top 10 at 83rd.

The 24-year-old Azmoun, who joined Zenit from Rubin Kazan in February, also scored twice in their Europa League win over Fenerbahce and bagged a winner in the Russian league against Yekaterinburg.

The win keeps Zenit six points clear of defending champions Lokomotiv Moscow, who edged city rivals Dynamo 1-0 on Saturday.

Krasnodar, who thrashed Anzhi Makhachkala 5-0, sit third, also on 38 points.

Azmoun's club form augurs well for Iran ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers which will kick off later this year.

Both teams will savour the wins as they start their buildup for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers which kick off later this year.

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KOREA REPUBLIC 2-1 COLOMBIA

Seoul: Korea Republic edged Colombia 2-1 as captain Son Heung-min ended his international scoring drought at eight matches.

Son's first-half strike and Lee Jae-sung's tie-breaking goal in the second half before a sellout crowd of over 64,000 at Seoul World Cup Stadium gave 38th-ranked South Korea, who defeated Bolivia 1-0 last week, their second straight win over No 12 Colombia.

Luis Diaz had the lone goal for Colombia, whose strong push for an equaliser was foiled by the heroics of goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo.

THAILAND 0-4 URUGUAY

Thailand had to concede to Uruguay's superiority as the South Americans took the lead just six minutes into the tie with Matias Vecino Falero rising high to head home the ball.

Thailand did their best but Uruguay doubled their advantage seven minutes before the break, when a defensive lapse allowed an unmarked Gaston Pereiro to direct Cristhian Stuani's pass from the left flank into the goalmouth.

MYANMAR 0-2 INDONESIA

Mandalay: Indonesia fought hard to defeat Myanmar 2-0 at the Mandalarthiri Stadium on Monday as new head coach Simon McMenemy savoured his first victory.

The Scot took over the helm from Bima Sakti last December while Myanmar, who drew 0-0 with Chinese Taipei last week, have not registered a win in their last three matches.

The last time the two sides met was in 1999 in Honiara, in a match that ended in a 2-2 draw.

Chinese Taipei, who boasted an attacking line-up of Li Mao, Chen Hao-wei and Onur Dogan, raced off the blocks at the start of the game.

Solomon Islands suffered a scare in the 15th minute, when against the run of play, Dogan made a defence splitting run to fire a low drive to the back of the net but Chinese Taipei’s celebration was short-lived as the goal was ruled offside.

Singapore defeated Malaysia 1-0 in their semi-final courtesy of a solitary goal from Faris Ramli while Oman breezed past Afghanistan 5-0 to set-up the final.

The win for Oman is a welcome boost for Erwin Koeman who took charge of the coaching duties less than a week before the start of the tournament.