A twelfth minute penalty from Paulo Carreiro was enough for Hong Kong to win their away game against the Maldives and keep their World Cup qualification campaign alive.
Hong Kong remain second in group C, two points behind Qatar, but three points ahead of China who they take on next week in Mongkok.
Hong Kong:
Hung Fai Yapp, Baise Festus, J Kilama, Kin Fung Cheung, Jack Sealy, He Bai, Ka Wai Lam, Siu Ki Chan, Alexander Akande, Alessandro Ferreira, Paulo Carreiro Substitutes: Jaimes McKee, Chun Lok Tan, Chung Pong Leung, Zhenpeng Wang, Chi Ho Lee, Kwan Yee Lo, King Ho Cheng, Kin Pong Kwok, Chung Pong Leung, Ju Yingzhi, Deshuai Xu
