With China needing to increase its goal share to stay in the running for Germany 2006, the country beat Hong Kong in an amazing game. Seven goals were made for the Chinese mainland side, and zero for Hong Kong.

　　However, the incredible victory wasn’t enough to put China ahead of Kuwait.

　　Li Jinyu raced in from the right flank and slid a left-foot shot into the goal to make it 1-nil.

　　In the 42nd minute, China added another goal when Hao Haidong’s effort from the left side was deflected to Shao Jiayi, who blasted a shot that hit the crossbar and fell in. And he fired in his second goal in the space of just two minutes to make it 3-nil.

　　In the 47th minute, Li Jinyu scored his second to make it 4-nil.

　　Two minutes later, Xu Yunlong scored the fifth goal for China when a corner kick was cleared off the line.

　　The key moment of the match came in the 75th minute, when Hong Kong’s Luk Koon-pong was penalized for handling ball in the penalty area.

　　A weak attempt at a penalty by Zheng Zhi was stopped by Hong Kong goalkeeper Fan Chun-yip.

　　Needing more goals, the Chinese side grabbed number six in the 87th minute when Yu Genwei headed in from a cross from Yan Song.

　　But, with Kuwait having beaten Malaysia 6-1, China was only able to score one in the 90th minute with Li Weifeng grabbing the last goal to make it 7-nil.

　　Despite three minutes of time added on, when the whistle was blown the hopes the 2002 World Cup finalists had of advancing to the final round of Asian qualifiers were over.

　　Instead, Kuwait will go through as Group Four champions.