Event | National Challenge Cup | ||||||
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Date | 10 May 2018 | ||||||
Venue | KPT Football Stadium, Karachi | ||||||
Referee | Muhammad Ahmad Rauf [1] | ||||||
Attendance | 2,500 [1] | ||||||
The 2018 National Challenge Cup final was a football match between Pakistan Air Force and WAPDA played on 10 May 2018 at KPT Football Stadium in Karachi. [2] Pakistan Air Force won their second National Challenge Cup title after having won the first in 2014. [3] [4]
WAPDA | Round | Pakistan Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sui Southern Gas | 1–0 | Matchday 1 | Pakistan Police | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karachi United | 3–0 | Matchday 2 | State Life | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group F winner
| Final standings | Group C winner
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Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pakistan Navy | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Pakistan Army | 0–0 (aet) (2–4 p.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pakistan Petroleum | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Civil Aviation Authority | 1–1 (aet) (4–3 p.) |
WAPDA | 1–2 | Pakistan Airforce |
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Ahmed 11' | Report | M. Mujahid 32' Samad Khan 66' |
WAPDA | Pakistan Air Force |
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Assistant referees:2,500 [1] | Match rules
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