Turkmenistan beat Bhutan 2:0 in the Asia Cup-2026 qualifier

Turkmenistan's youth national soccer team (under 23) has won its second victory in the qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2026, beating the Bhutan team 2-0 in a match held in Amman. Arzuw.news reports with reference to Turkmenistan: Golden Age.

The wards of coach Akhmed Agamuradov opened the scoring in the 12th minute of the match. Sohbet Durdiyev realized a penalty awarded after a foul by Kelzang Jigmi on Dayanch Meredov. The final score was set in the compensatory time - in the 93rd minute Dayanch Meredov, playing for the club "Kopetdag", took advantage of a mistake of goalkeeper substitute Sonam Choda.

Earlier, Turkmen soccer players defeated Chinese Taipei 5-1 in the opening match of Group A. In the second match of the second round hosts from Jordan defeated Chinese Taipei 6:0, with Mo'men Al-Saket scoring a double.

After two rounds, both Jordan and Turkmenistan have 6 points each, but the Jordanians lead the group thanks to a better goal difference. In the decisive third round these teams will meet each other - the result of this confrontation will determine which of them will qualify for the final part of the tournament.

The qualifying tournament involves 44 teams divided into 11 groups. The winners of all groups and the top four second-placed teams will qualify for the final stage. The final tournament of the Asian Cup-2026 among youth teams will be held from January 7 to 25, 2026 in Saudi Arabia.