2018 National Challenge Cup final explained

2018 National Challenge Cup final
Event:	National Challenge Cup
Team1:	WAPDA
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Pakistan Air Force
Team2score:	2
Date:	10 May 2018
Stadium:	KPT Football Stadium
City:	Karachi
Referee:	Muhammad Ahmad Rauf^[1]
Attendance:	2,500
Previous:	2016
Next:	2019

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. Pakistan Air Force won their second National Challenge Cup title after having won the first in 2014.^[2]

Road to final

WAPDA	Round	Pakistan Air Force
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 Team WAPDA 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Sui Southern Gas 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Karachi United 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0		Final standings	Group C winner Team Pakistan Air Force 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 State Life 2 1 0 1 2 3 –1 3 Pakistan Police 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
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.)

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Muzammil Hussain (c) RB 4 Saadat Hussain CB 5 Shahram Babar CB 6 Muhammad Umar LB 8 CM 15 Muhammad Bilal CM 14 Ali Uzair RW 7 AM 10 Naeemullah LW 29 Adeel Ali CF 11 Muhammad Ali Substitutes: GK 18 Bilal Khalid DF 3 Mohsin Ali DF 21 Arbab Basit MF 9 Usman Manzoor MF 12 Muhammad Wasim MF 13 Adnan Saeed MF 20 Muhammad Khurram Manager: Muhammad Habib

width=25 ! width=25 GK 18 Ghazanfer Yaseen RB 3 Muhammad Asif CB 4 Muhammad Sohail CB 15 Mehdi Hasan LB 16 Muhammad Alam DM 8 Amir Khan CM 10 Muhammad Mujahid (c) CM 17 Sohail Khan RW 19 Samad Khan LW 7 Mansoor Khan CF 9 Irfan Ali Substitutes: GK 1 Muhammad Mubashir DF 13 Mudassir Wasim DF 20 Muhammad Junaid MF 21 Abdul Rehman FW 6 Salman Khan FW 11 Muhammad Zeeshan Manager: Aslam Khan

Assistant referees 2,500 Adnan Anjum Jahangir Khan Fourth official 2,500 Mehboob Ali

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Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WAPDA FC 1 : 2 Pakistan Air Force FC . Global Sports Archive . May 10, 2018 . globalsportsarchive.com . July 23, 2019.
2. Web site: K-Electric FC 1 : 3 EPakistan Air Force FC . Global Sports Archive . April 5, 2014 . globalsportsarchive.com . July 23, 2019.