With half-time approaching defender Maksimilian Fomin broke the deadlock shortly before his Pakhtakor team-mate Abbosbek Makhstaliev doubled Uzbekistan's advantage on the hour-mark.

Nguyen Thanh Long inadvertently extended the Uzbeks' lead with a 69th minute own goal and with four minutes remaining it was four, with Azizbek Muratov heading home the final goal for Uzbekistan, who will meet Iran in Saturday's final.

The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship will be held in the UAE from November 4 to 17 withthe Uzbeks and Vietnam drawn together in Group C alongside Jordan and reigning champions DPR Korea while Iran have been pooled with hosts UAE, Japan and Kuwait.