2019–20 National Women Football Championship

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2019-2020 National Women Football Championship
Tournament details
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Venue(s) Karachi United Stadium
KPT Stadium
DatesQualifying Round: November–December 2019;
Final Round: 1–12 January 2020
Teams8
Defending champions Pakistan Army
Final positions
Champions Pakistan Army (2nd title)
Runner-up Karachi United
Third placeWAPDA
Fourth placePunjab
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored102 (6.38 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Sahar Zaman (27 goals)
Suha Herani
Best goalkeeper Syeda Mahpara (4 clean sheets)
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The 2019-2020 National Women Football Championship was the 12th season of the National Women Football Championship , the top-tier of women's football in Pakistan. The tournament took place in two phases: qualifying round in November 2019 and final round from 1 to 12 January 2020 in Karachi. [1]

Contents

Pakistan Army were able to defend their title by beating Karachi United 7-1 in the final. [2]

Qualifying round

The qualifying round with 20 teams was held in November and December 2019 in three cities: Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. The following 8 teams qualified for the final round:

Final round

Teams

For this edition, the qualifying round gathered 20 teams in November and December 2019 in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad [1] [3] and 8 teams were selected for the final competition, [4] instead of 14 during the 2018 edition [5] and 20 during the 2021 edition starting in March. [6]

Football authorities were alleged to favour Karachi United as the competition took place in their home stadium and criticized because the playing field was not suitable for 11-a-side matches [7]

Group stages

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 WAPDA 3300170+179Advance to Knockout round
2 Karachi United 3201121+116
3JAFA Soccer Academy310219−83
4 Gilgit-Baltistan FA 3003020−200
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2020. Source: GSA
JAFA Soccer Academy0–5WAPDA
Report
Karachi United 0–8Gilgit-Baltistan FA
Report
WAPDA11-0Gilgit-Baltistan FA
Report
JAFA Soccer Academy0–4 Karachi United
Report
JAFA Soccer Academy1–0Gilgit-Baltistan FA
Report
Karachi United 0–1WAPDA
Report

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Punjab3300170+179Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Army 3201191+186
3 Diya W.F.C. 31023303
4Karachi Kickers3003035−350
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2020. Source: GSA
Diya 0–11 Pakistan Army
Report
Karachi Kickers0–14Punjab
Report
Karachi Kickers0–18 Pakistan Army
Report
Diya 0–2Punjab
Report
Pakistan Army 0–1Punjab
Report
Diya 3–0Karachi Kickers
Report

Knockout round

Semi-finals

Punjab0–2 Karachi United
Report
WAPDA1-2 (a.e.t.) Pakistan Army
Report

Third place

WAPDA10–0Punjab
Report

Finals

Karachi United 1–7 Pakistan Army
Report

Awards

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