TEHRAN -- Iran's Under 16 football team beat Bahrain 2-0 in its opening game at the AFC U-16 Championship at the Pakhtakor Stadium on Saturday night.

Iran’s Payam Sadeghian scored a goal in the 72nd minute. Kaveh Rezaei doubled the score in the 83rd minute.
Iran is in Group A along with Singapore, Bahrain and host Uzbekistan.
A total of 16 teams will compete in four groups in a round robin format. The top two teams will qualify for the quarterfinal stage from each group.
Iran is slated to play Uzbekistan on October 6 and will play Singapore two days later