Rock-bottom Bhutan secures World Cup passage

The world's lowest ranked team Bhutan reached the second phase of Asian qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by beating Sri Lanka 2-1 at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Tuesday.

Bhutanese and Sri Lankan football players vie for the ball during their 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Round qualifying match in Thimphu (Getty) Source: AFP

The Bhutan team secured the tie 3-1 on aggregate after it also won the first leg in Colombo last week.

Two goals from Checho Gyeltshen on either side of Zohar Mohamed Zarwan's strike saw 209-ranked Bhutan through in front of 20,000 fans.

Timor-Leste accompanied Bhutan into the next round by beating Mongolia 1-0 in Ulaan-Baatar for a comfortable 5-1 aggregate win.

India drew 0-0 with Nepal in Kathmandu to go through 2-0 on aggregate.

Elsewhere, Cambodia drew 1-1 at Macau to secure a comfortable 4-1 agregate win while Chinese Taipei accounted for Brunei 2-0 to win through 2-1 on aggregate.

The second leg of the tie between Pakistan and Yemen was postponed.