2018 National Challenge Cup final

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]

2018 National Challenge Cup final

Event	National Challenge Cup
WAPDA Pakistan Air Force 1 2
Date	10 May 2018
Venue	KPT Football Stadium, Karachi
Referee	Muhammad Ahmad Rauf[1]
Attendance	2,500[1]
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Road to final

Further information: 2018 National Challenge Cup

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 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

WAPDA	1–2	Pakistan Airforce
Ahmed 11'	Report	M. Mujahid 32' Samad Khan 66'

10 May 2018 (2018-05)

16:00 PST

KPT Stadium, Karachi

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Mohammad Ahmad Rauf

WAPDA

Pakistan Air Force

GK 1 Muzammil Hussain (c) RB 4 Saadat Hussain CB 5 Shahram Babar CB 6 Muhammad Umar LB 8 Muhammad Ahmed  27'  71' CM 15 Muhammad Bilal CM 14 Ali Uzair RW 7 Ahmed Faheem 11' 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  78' MF 12 Muhammad Wasim MF 13 Adnan Saeed MF 20 Muhammad Khurram  71' Manager: Muhammad Habib

GK 18 Ghazanfer Yaseen RB 3 Muhammad Asif CB 4 Muhammad Sohail CB 15 Mehdi Hasan LB 16 Muhammad Alam  22' DM 8 Amir Khan  90+2' CM 10 Muhammad Mujahid (c) 32' CM 17 Sohail Khan  10' RW 19 Samad Khan 66'  90+5' 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[1] Adnan Anjum Jahangir Khan Fourth official:2,500[1] Mehboob Ali

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.