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AFC U-16 Championship 2018  

Tasnim - Iran began its 2018 AFC U-16 Qualifiers campaign with a win over Lebanon on Monday in Karaj’s Enghelab Stadium, west of Tehran.

Abbas Chamanian’s boys defeated Lebanon 3-0 in the five-team Group C.

Iranian defender Hossein Shahverdi broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute, before Amirhossein Azizi doubled Iran’s advantage a minute later.

Mahdi Seyedi scored the final goal of the night as Iran began its campaign in style.

Iran will play Bhutan on Wednesday.

The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification is an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.

A total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Malaysia who qualified automatically as host.