Hosts Chinese Taipei were rampant against Macau to take the early lead in the group standings while 10-man Australia showed great determination to salvage a point against Laos.

Tajikistan are the early birds through, having qualified as Group C winners in October while Group G, which swung into action on Saturday, saw Matchday Three action.

Group A of the Qualifiers - featuring Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Kuwait and Pakistan - has been postponed with new dates to be announced in due course.

The 11 group winners and four best runners-up will join hosts Uzbekistan in the 2020 Finals.

Should Uzbekistan finish either top of Group F of the Qualifiers or are among the best four second-placed teams, the fifth best runners-up will qualify.

Thailand were simply unstoppable as they registered a 9-0 win over Brunei Darussalam while Cambodia, defeated 5-4 by Malaysia on Matchday One, also beat Northern Mariana Islands 9-0.

Malaysia, reduced to nine players by the 59th minute, survived a late Cambodian revival to win 5-4, while Brunei saw off a spirited Northern Mariana Islands 4-3 at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh.

Forward Shahrom Samiev's 23rd minute goal proved to be the difference as the hosts ended their qualifying campaign with a perfect record of three wins, having scored 11 goals and conceded none.

Lebanon, meanwhile, finished second ahead of Syria on goal difference after a 2-0 win over Maldives earlier on Sunday.

The hosts, however, will have to brace themselves for another tough encounter as they will face Syria, who defeated Maldives 3-2 earlier on Friday, in their final qualifying tie on Sunday.

Syria, on four points after having played to a 1-1 draw in their opener against Lebanon on Wednesday, will have to win to seal top spot and confirm their place in the 2020 Finals.

Syria and Lebanon, meanwhile, played to a 1-1 draw in Wednesday's other match.

Group C is the first of 11 to have kicked off the qualifying campaign where the group winners and four best runners-up will join hosts Uzbekistan in the 2020 Finals. The remaining groups will be contested in November.