Yasser Al-Qahtani opened the score three minutes only after the kick off and assisted Ahmed Moussa to the second in the 72th minute.

Pavel Solomin scored Uzbekistan’s consolation goal three minutes later.

In the other match of the day South Korea and Iran had to battle for 120 minutes without breaking the deadlock. The Koreans won it on penalties 4-2.

The 2002 World Cup semi-finalists will face Iraq while Saudi Arabia will have to be up for the defending champions, Japan.