Iran's national team became the second team after Brazil, which won a ticket to the final tournament of the 2018 World Cup.

Having defeated the national team of Uzbekistan with a score of 2: 0, the national team of Iran led by Carlos Queiroz scored 20 points and for two rounds to the finish, secured a minimum of the second place in Group A of the third round of the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Asia and, accordingly, In the final tournament mundialya.

In the Asian qualifying tournament, the first two teams from groups A and B receive direct tickets to the final tournament of the 2018 World Cup, and the third will compete for the right to play in the intercontinental playoffs.

At the moment, in group A the second place is occupied by Korea (13 points), and the third place by Uzbekistan (12). At the same time, neither Syria (8), nor China (5), nor Qatar (4) have not yet lost the chance to go to the final. But in the group B places from the first to the third occupy Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, who gained 16 points each. Theoretical chances for participation in the mundiale are preserved by the UAE (9 points), and Iraq (4) and Thailand (1) have already said goodbye to their hopes.