2008 National Women's Football Championship (Pakistan)

Last updated
2008 National Women's Football Championship
Tournament details
Country Pakistan
City Islamabad
Venue(s) Jinnah Sports Stadium
Dates20 August 2008 - 30 August 2008
Teams13
Defending champions Malavan FC
Final positions
Champions Young Rising Stars (1st title)
Runners-upWAPDA
Third placeSports Sciences
Fourth place Islamabad
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored74 (3.22 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Hajra Khan (Diya)
Awards
Nadia Bhatti (Young Rising Stars)
Best goalkeeper Saba Awan (Sports Sciences)
←  2007
2009  →

The 2008National Women's Football Championship was the fourth season of the National Women's Football Championship , the top-tier of women's football in Pakistan.

Contents

The tournament took place from 20 to 30 August 2008 at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad, and was organized by the Islamabad Football Association under the directives of the Pakistan Football Federation. [1]

Young Rising Stars won their first title [2] by beating WAPDA 5-3 on penalties in the final after the match had ended goalless in regular time. [3]

Teams

Thirteen teams took park in the event: [4]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Islamabad 3–1 (a.e.t.)Vehari United
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad
Sports Sciences2–0Balochistan
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad
Diya 1–2 Young Rising Stars
Marium Laghari Soccerball shade.svg46' (pen.) Report Nadia Bhatti Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.), 42' (pen.)
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad
Referee: Hidayat Ullah
WAPDA4–0 Higher Education of Pakistan
Azra Nasir Soccerball shade.svg26'
Humera Soccerball shade.svg34'
Shabana Kausar Soccerball shade.svg40'
Aqeela Nasim Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad

Semi-finals

Young Rising Stars 0–0 (a.e.t.)Sports Sciences
Report
Penalties
Nadia Bhatti Soccerball shad check.svg1-0
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad
WAPDA1–0 Islamabad
Naila Rani Soccerball shade.svg86' Report
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad

Third-place match

Sports Sciences2–0 Islamabad
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad

Final

Young Rising Stars 0–0 (a.e.t.)WAPDA
Report
Penalties
5-4
Jinnah Sports Stadium , Islamabad

References

  1. ↑ "National Women's Football starts today". DAWN.COM. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  2. ↑ Agencies (2010-12-07). "Pakistan's women team for SAFF Championship announced". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Giant-killer Rising Star stun Wapda". The Nation. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan (Women Tournaments) 2008". RSSSF . Retrieved 2022-01-30.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.