Bangladesh ended their World Cup Qualifying campaign on a disappointing note as they suffered a huge 8-0 defeat to Jordan in their last and final Group B match at the Amman National Stadium yesterday.

The charges of Spanish coach Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno had promised to put up a good show against the mighty Jordan to erase their poor performances in the recently concluded SAFF Suzuki Cup and Bangabandhu Gold Cup, but it was a distant dream for Bangladesh, who conceded five goals in the first half. The margin was Bangladesh's biggest defeat, surpassing identical 5-0 drubbings to Australia and Tajikistan in their World Cup campaigns.

With seven defeats and a solitary draw against Tajikistan, Bangladesh conceded 32 goals and scored only twice, once apiece against Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The defeat also saw Bangladesh finish bottom of the five-nation group with one point from eight matches and now they must play the play-off round to ensure a third round berth in the Asian Cup Qualifiers.

The expectations were to keep the defeat to a respectable margin but the four-man backline, marshalled by Nasirul Islam, Ariful Islam, Raihan Hasan and Shakil Ahmed could not stop Jordan. Harry Redknapp's charges are only two points behind leaders Australia, who raised their points tally to 18 from seven match after beating Tajikistan 7-0 yesterday. Australia and Jordan will play final group match on March 29.

Hamza Al Daradreh put Jordan ahead in the seventh minute, doubled the lead in the 23rd minute and completed his hattrick in the 40th minute after Abdullah Deeb and Yusuf Ahmed scored the third and fourth goals in the 30th and 32nd minutes respectively.

After resumption, Bah Faisal and Yousuf Mazen added one goal each in the 63rd and 81st minutes, before Ahmed Saleh scored in stoppage time to complete the rout.