Football at the National Games of Pakistan

Football at the National Games of Pakistan

Founded	Men: 1982 Women: 2012
Region	Pakistan
Current champions	M: Pakistan Police W: Pakistan Army (2023)
Most successful team(s)	M: Pakistan Army (5 titles) W: Pakistan Army and Punjab (1 title each)
2023

Football has been a sport at the National Games of Pakistan since 1982, ^[1] while the women's tournament was introduced in 2012. It comprises various disciplines in which sportsmen from the provinces and departments of Pakistan compete against each other. The winners get awarded the Quaid-e-Azam Shield. ^[2]

Pakistan Army is currently the most successful team in the men's category with five gold medals, while Pakistan Army and Punjab are the most successful women's team with one gold medal each.

Results

Men's tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1982 [1]	Peshawar		Pakistan Air Force	−	−		−	−	−
1986 [1]	Quetta		Balochistan	−	−		−	–	−
1990 [1]	Nowshera		Punjab	−	−		−	–	−
1992 [3] [2]	Lahore		WAPDA	2−0	Punjab Reds		Punjab Greens [a]	2−0	NWFP
1995 [2]	Quetta		Pakistan Army	−	−		−	–	–
1997 [2]	Karachi		Pakistan Army	−	−		−	−	−
1998 [2]	Peshawar		Punjab	−	−		−	−	−
2001 [4]	Lahore		Pakistan Army	−	Punjab		WAPDA	−	Pakistan Navy
2004 [5]	Quetta		Pakistan Army	2−0	Balochistan		−	−	−
2007 [6]	Karachi		Pakistan Army	0−0 (7−6 p)	Sindh		WAPDA	−	Punjab
2010 [7] [8]	Peshawar		WAPDA	1−0	Pakistan Air Force		Pakistan Navy	0−0 (4−2 p)	Pakistan Army
2012 [9] [10]	Lahore		WAPDA	4−0	Pakistan Police		Punjab	−	−
2013	Islamabad		Football not held				Football not held
2019 [11] [12]	Peshawar		Football not held				Football not held
2023 [13] [14]	Quetta		Pakistan Police	3−0	Pakistan Air Force		Balochistan	0−0 (4−2 p)	Pakistan Army

Women's tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
2012 [15]	Lahore		Punjab	1−0	WAPDA		Higher Education Commission	−	−
2013	Islamabad		Football not held				Football not held
2019	Peshawar		Football not held				Football not held
2023 [14] [16]	Quetta		Pakistan Army	4−3	WAPDA		Higher Education Commission	−	−

Medal table

Men's

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pakistan Army	5 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007)	−	−
WAPDA	3 (1992, 2010, 2012)	1 (1992)	2 (2001, 2007)
Punjab	3 (1990, 1998, 2012)	2 (1992, 2001)	1 (2012)
Pakistan Air Force	1 (1982)	2 (2010, 2023)	−
Balochistan	1 (1986)	1 (2004)	1 (2023)
Pakistan Police	1 (2023)	1 (2012)	−
Sindh	−	1 (2007)	−
Punjab Greens [a]	−	−	−
Pakistan Navy	−	−	1 (2010)
NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	−	−	1 (1992)

Note: Silver medallists of the 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998 editions, and Bronze medallists of the 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004 editions are unknown

Women's

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pakistan Army	1 (2023)	0	0
Punjab	1 (2012)	0	0
WAPDA	0	2 (2012, 2023)	0
Higher Education Commission	0	0	2 (2012, 2023)

See also

• National Football Championship

Notes

1. Title holders Punjab entered the competition as Punjab Reds, while Punjab Greens was a separate selection mainly comprised of players from Crescent Textile Mills football team.

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