MNA - In all five matches of the third day of the 16th-finals of the 29th season of Iran’s Hazfi Cup, Premiere division clubs were strong victors.

In line with 16th-finals of the 29th season of Iran’s Hazfi Cup, five other fixtures were held on Friday where the Premier league clubs Esteghlal of Tehran, Sepahan of Isfahan, Rah Ahan of Tehran, Zowbahan of Isfahan and Foulad of Khuzestan triumphed over their lower divisions’ opponents.

In Isfahan Sepahan of the city touched the net of Safir of Qazvin four times while the other club of the city Zowabahan edge passed visiting Badran of Tehran.

In Tehran Rah Ahan trounced Mantaghe Azad of Kish 5-1 and blue giants of the city Esteghlal of Tehran scored the same number of goals without giving in any to the visiting Shahrdari of Semnan.

In Ahvaz, Fould of Khuzestan achieved the best result of the day defeating Isar of Jiroft 6-0.

The remaining four matches of this round will be held on Saturday between Esteghlal of Ahvaz and Karay of Shiraz, Perspolis and Peykan of Tehran, Naft of Tehran and Diana of Baghershahr, Saipa of Tehran and Bazargani of Amol.

The Hazfi Cup is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation.

The first round of the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup kicked off on August 27 with competitions among seeders from Azadegan League, 2nd Division League, and Champions of Provinces.

The Second Round started on September 8, with two matches. In Mashhad, Padideh defeated Shahrdari of Kashan (Kashan’s municipality) 4-1 while Malavan of Anzali trounced Oghab of Tehran 3-1 in Takhti Stadium of Mashhad.

On Thursday, Gostaresh Foulad of Tabriz lined up against Omid Razakan of alborz in Gostaresh Foulad Stadium of Tabriz and Saba of Qom played with Nirouye Zamini in Yadegar-e Emam Stadium of Qom in which both Premier-division clubs Gostaresh Foulad of Tabriz and Saba of Qom defeated their lower division’s rivals; Gostaresh passed Omid Razakan 2-0 and Saba edge passed Nirouye Zamini 2-1.