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]]>Futsal players grabbed the bronze after a six-round penalty shootout in the Coliseo El Pueblo stadium, in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
Iran suffered a 4-3 loss at the hands of Russia on Wednesday and lost the chance to reach the event’s final and entered the semifinals winning the play against Paraguay 4-3 on Sunday.
Portugal also lost to Argentina 5-2 and failed to book a place in the final and faced Iran in the match for the third place.
The eighth edition of the Futsal World Cup kicked off on September 10 and wrapped up on October 1 with Argentina defeated Russia 5-4 in the final and took its first ever title./MNA
Video: Iran Vs Portugal, Futsal world cup 2016
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The second day of the games for the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament was opened on Tuesday at Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Chinese city of Shenyang where footballers for natoonal team lined up against the players of the Chinese national team. Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh from Jordan officiated the event.
Despite numerous attacks, the Cheetahs did not manage to score a goal in the course of the event while the national team of South Korea had defeated the Dragons 3–2 on the opening day of the third round five days earlier.
Carlos Queiroz’s players produced some vibrant attacking football but the hosts did not concede to any goal to make the No. 1 of Asia leave China with just one point.
Two substitutions were made by Queiroz in the second half but still Iran didn’t manage to score.
Despite being held to a 0-0 draw by China, Iran still enjoys the top positoon of the Group A table with one victory (over Qatar), one draw, no defeat, and goal difference of 2 ahead of South Korea which is one goal difference short of Iran.
Video: IRAN vs China, World cup 2018 qualification
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Before the eyes of 80,000 spectators at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Team Melli (Iranian national men’s football team) lined up against the Maroons (Qatari national men’s football team) on Friday to open their first match of the third round on the way to Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.
While the regular time of the game ended with a scoreless draw, Reza Ghoochannejhad of Iran took advantage from the mistake by Qatar goalkeeper Amine Lacomte and put the hosts ahead four minutes into injury time.
After a brawl following the host’s goal, Alireza Jahanbaksh scored a magnificent goal for the Iranians to ensure the host a 2-0 victory.
Reza Ghoochannejhad was announced the best player of the event.
Video: IRAN vs Qatar, Highlight
The third round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification opened on Friday September 01, with three matches in the Group A and three matches in the Group B.
In Group A, South Korea defeated the People Republic of China 3-2, while Uzbekistan edge passed Syria 1-0, and Iran won over Qatar 2-0.
In Group B, the Australians thrashed their visitors from Iraq 2-0, Japan conceded to a defeat from their visitors from the UAE with a 2-1 score, and Saudi Arabia won a listless 1-0 victory over visiting Thais with the penalty kick of 84th minute of the event.
In the Group A of the third round of the AFC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification competitions, the Islamic Republic of Iran is pitted against South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria while Japan is drawn in Group B, along with Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Thailand.
A total of four teams, the winner and runner-up of each group, will qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, while the third-placed teams of each group (two teams in total) will head to the play-off round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The winner of the Asian play-off round will then face twice the fourth-placed squad in the fifth round of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying games.
video: Iran first goal to Qatar, By Reza Qouchannejad
Video: Iran super goal to qatar, By Alireza Jahanbakhsh
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