Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov hailed the impact of Igor Sergeev and Ignatiy Nesterov as they guided Uzbekistan to an Asian Cup victory over North Korea.

Unspecified breaches of competition rules will be investigated by the AFC following its final round of qualifying matches for Russia 2018.

Japan Japan thrashed Uzbekistan 5-1 to make it two wins from as many games for coach Vahid Halilhodzic, with Toshihiro Aoyama scoring his first international goal.

Australia are a potential opponent for Uzbekistan and Japan in the last 16, but Hector Cuper is focused only on topping Asian Cup Group F.

There were no goals, but South Korea's draw in Uzbekistan means they are heading for a ninth consecutive World Cup appearance.

Iran Iran were one of five nations to book their place at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup on Tuesday with qualification victories.

Australia Asian Cup champions Australia will begin their quest to reach a fourth-successive World Cup finals against Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh.

Uzbekistan Win and a place in the quarter-finals awaits – that is the simple scenario ahead of Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.

Uli Stielike Son Heung-min's heroics sent South Korea to the Asian Cup semi-finals, but coach Uli Stielike insists his best is yet to come.

South Korea Zokhir Kuziboyev's debut goal ensured Uzbekistan held South Korea to a 1-1 draw in Friday's friendly at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium.