Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament

Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament

Organising body	Pakistan Football Federation
Founded	1976;49 years ago (1976)
Abolished	1987;38 years ago (1987)
Region	Asia

The Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament was an annual football tournament held in Pakistan. The tournament was established to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first leader of Pakistan, known as Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader). It was last played in 1987, and a total of five editions were played starting from 1976. The tournament was played with a round robin format in 1976, 1982 and 1986, while the other two editions in 1985 and 1987, were played in a double group format. Both senior national team alongside club teams took part in the tournament. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth place	Teams
1976 Details	Guangdong	Pakistan Greens	Afghanistan	None	3
1982 Details	Iran	Pakistan Blues	Pakistan Greens	Oman	7
1985 Details	North Korea XI	Bangladesh [4]	Indonesia Youth	Pakistan Greens	6
1986 Details	China	Pakistan Greens	South Korea XI	Sri Lanka	6
1987 Details	Guangzhou	Pakistan Whites	Pakistan Greens	Bangladesh	8

Stadiums

Year	Stadium	Location
1976	Hockey Club of Pakistan [1]	Karachi, Sindh
1982	National Stadium [5] [6]	Karachi, Sindh
1985	Qayyum Stadium [7]	Peshawar
1986	Jinnah Sports Stadium	Islamabad
1987	Railway Stadium [8] [9]	Lahore

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Year	Player	Team
1982	Abdolali Changiz	Iran

Top goalscorer

Year	Player	Team	Goals
1976	Rong Zhixing	Guangdong	3
1982	Kamil Anjini Mahmood Anwar	Iran Pakistan Blues	5
1985	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1986	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1987	Ghulam Sarwar Sharafat Ali Ma Jianqiang	Pakistan Whites Pakistan Greens Guangzhou	4

See also

• Football in Asia
• Football in Pakistan

References

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