XIAN, China: Hosts China on Tuesday relied on two second-half goals to beat Qatar 2-0 in the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in Group C. Backed by a vociferous crowd at Shaanxi Province Stadium, striker Huang Bowen opened the scoring for China in the 57th minute after both teams failed to score in the first half. Four minutes from time, Wu Lei doubled the lead for the home team with an easy goal. By virtue of this win, China sneak past Hong Kong in the points table. China have 17 points from eight matches while Qatar remain at the top of Group C with 21 points. Hong Kong, who lost to Qatar last week, are in third place with 14 points from eight matches. Tuesday's loss was Qatar's first under coach Daniel Carreno who started 'Al Anabi's' qualifying campaign last year in June. After an enterprising first half, Carreno gave a run to Akram Afif (63), Karim Boudiaf (63) and Mohammed Muntari (75). Qatar arrived in China with an unbeaten streak that lasted seven wins on the run. Carreno's team boys will now wait for the draw of the next stage to be announced in April. Qatar will resume training at the end of May when they playa friendly against Albania. Qatar line-up: Amine Lecomte (GK), Mohammed Musa, Abdulrahman Mohammed, Abdulaziz Hatem, Khalid Muftah, Luiz Martin, Rodrigo Tabata, Meshal Abdullah ©, Ahmed Al Sayed, Pedro Correira and Ismaiel Mohammed Substitutes: Karim Boudiaf, Akram Afif and Mohammed Muntari China line-up: Zheng C(GK), Ren Hang, Li X.P, Feng X.T ©, Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin, Zhao Mingjian, Huang Bowen, Jiang Ning Substitutes: Yu Dabao, Yu Hai and Cai Huikang