Soccer: Uzbekistan mauls 10-man Mongolian squad 15-0 Thailand defeated Hong Kong in a first-round match at the 13th Asian Games; Iran defeats Laos BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) -- Defending champions Uzbekistan waltzed into the second round of the Asian Games soccer tournament with a record 15-0 victory over hapless Mongolia on Saturday. Iran, parading most of their World Cup team, also came out on top of their first round group with a 6-1 win over minnows Laos which was not as easy as the final score line suggested. Qatar also moved through with a 4-0 win over the Maldives with all four goals coming from Mohammed Salem Al Kawar. Uzbekistan topped their group by scoring more against the Mongolians than Kuwait, who emerged with a 11-0 win over the men from the Steppes -- then an Asian Games record which eclipsed China's 7-1 win over India in the 1974 Tehran games. Kuwait and Uzbekistan drew 3-3 and the Uzbeks might wish they had scored fewer goals against Mongolia as topping the group puts them into a tougher looking second round line-up. To get into the quarterfinal knockout stage, the Uzbeks will have to win one of the top two places in a second round group which also includes World Cup 2002 co-hosts Japan and South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Kuwait go into a second round group with Turkmenistan, North Korea and India, who edged out neighboring Nepal 1-0 to clinch their berth with a 46th minute goal from Carlton Chapman. But on Saturday, it was all too easy for the Uzbeks to score against a Mongolian side who were a defensive shambles and rarely managed to penetrate into the Uzbekistan penalty area. Mongolia's debacle began in the 7th minute when defender Altangereil Battulga stopped a goal bound shot with his hand and was sent off. The Uzbeks were awarded a penalty and Sergey Libedev converted the first of his two first half spot kicks. By the time 15 minutes had gone, Igor Shkvirin had scored a hat trick and the Uzbeks were 5-0 up, a total they had doubled by halftime and they were looking set to beat Iran's record 17-0 win over the Maldives in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France. But they eased off -- to the point of almost walking the ball around in the last 15 minutes -- and scored only five goals in the second half. Libedev ended up with four goals and there were also hat tricks for Nagmetulla Kutibayev and Mirdjajai Kasimov. By contrast, Iran had to work hard for their win over tough tackling Laos, who defended in numbers and broke swiftly to give the Iranian defense some anxious moments. Only three goals in the last eight minutes gave the score line some respectability for Iran, who struggled to break down the Lao defense despite a considerable height advantage in lanky Bayern Munich striker Ali Daei. The Iranians, who had been expected to score several goals on their way to a second round group also including China, Oman and Qatar, had to wait 26 minutes before cracking the Lao defense. When they added another four minutes later, they looked well on the way to a comfortable victory. But on the stroke of halftime, Laos, who had come close a couple of times, staged another swift breakaway and Soubinh Keophet cracked home a fine goal from the edge of the area. Urged on by a largely Thai crowd yelling for their neighbors, Laos held out, occasionally looking dangerous, until the 74th minute, when Ali-Reza Mansourian finished off a fine move from close range. Darioush Yazdani scored with a long-range shot which took a wicked deflection off a defender eight minutes later and then Ali Daie finally got on the score sheet in the 83rd and 87th minutes. Daie's second goal summed up the Lao day -- goalkeeper Phasomphou pushed a 25-metre free kick onto the bar only for the ball to bounce into the net off his back as he lay on the ground. Results of Taekwondo in Asian Games BANGKOK (Dec. 7) XINHUA - Following are the results of taekwondo competitions on Monday in the 13th Asian Games: Men: Fin weight 1/16 finals: Lee Hou-Kun, Chinese Taipei, bt T. Tsheringla, Bhutan, 3-0 Evgeniy Ogay, Uzbekistan, bt Wadah Al Maqrami, Yemen, 3-1 Deddavong Bothnakho, Laos, bt Ammar Al-Sweti, Palestine, 3-1 Roberto Cruz, Philippines, bt Ak Gandi Jos, Brunei, 5-0 Middle weight 1/8 finals: Hussein Tahleh, Jordan, bt S. Robert, Indonesia, 2-0 Chang Yu-Chung, Chinese Taipei, bt Alessandro Lubiano, Philippines, 3-1 Fin weight 1/8 finals: Lee Hou-Kun, Chinese Taipei, bt H. Salafzoon, Qatar, 4-0 Park Hee-Kang, South Korea, bt Mohammad Alhamed, Jordan, 2-1 Wirat Pimthon, Thailand, bt Dashkhuu Galbayar, Mongolia, (by withdraw) Evgeniy Ogay, Uzbekistan, bt Khalid Alomairi, Kuwait (by withdraw) Kishor Shrestha, Nepal bt Deddavong Bothnakho, Laos, 3-0 Matin Boboev, Tajikstan, bt Islambek Osmonov, Kirgystan (by withdraw) Duy-Khuong Nguyen, Vietnam, bt Takeshi Sannomiya, Japan, (by superiority) Roberto Cruz, Philippines, bt Ratha Pov, Cambodia, 5-0 Middle weight 1/4 finals: Hussein Tahleh, Jordan, bt Abdel-Qader Aladhmi, Qatar, 2-0 Prawes Sattakom, Thailand, bt H. Fernando, Sri Lanka, 5-0 Majid Amintorabi, Iran, Edmond younes, Lebanon (by withdraw) Kang Dong-Kuk, South Korea, bt Chang Yu-Chung, Chinese Taipei, 2-0 Fin weight 1/4 finals: Park Hee-Kang, South Korea, bt Lee Hou-Kun, Chinese Taipei, 2-1 Wirat Pimthon, Thailand, bt Evgeniy Ogay, Uzbekistan, 2-0 Kishor Shrestha, Nepal, bt Matin Boboev, Tajikstan (by superiority) Duy-Khuong Nguyen, Vietnam, bt Roberto Cruz, Philippines (by superiority) Official Results of Women's Marathon at Asian Games BANGKOK (Dec. 6) XINHUA - Following are the official results of the women's marathon in the 13th Asian Games here this morning: 1. Takahashi Naoko, Japan, two hours 21 minutes 47 seconds (Asian best) 2. Kim Chang, DPR Korea, 2:34:55 3. Kai Tomoko, Japan, 2:35:01 4. Pan Jinhong, China, 2:37:29 5. Ruwiyati Ruwiyati, Indonesia, 2:37:34 6. Sunisa Pechpongprai, Thailand, 2:42:39 7. Kim Hye-Yong, South Korea, 2:44:37 8. Wang Yanfang, China, 2:58:13 9. Sirivanh Ketavong, Laos, 3:28:40 10. Shrestha Radha, Nepal, 3:35:13 Lrina Bogacheva of Kyrgyzstan and Guilsara Dadabaeva of Tajikistan retired, Kwak Hye-Soon of South Korea did not start.