{"id":36127,"date":"2024-05-13T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T08:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=36127"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T08:44:04","slug":"wapda-crowned-national-challenge-cup-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/wapda-crowned-national-challenge-cup-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wapda crowned National Challenge Cup champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ISLAMABAD, May 13 (APP)<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wapda defended their <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/sa-gardens-wapda-face-off-in-national-challenge-cup-final-today\/\">National Challenge Cup<\/a> title with a 1-0 win over SA Gardens at Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Yousaf&#8217;s 17th min decisive freekick assisted by Shayek Dost was enough to secure victory in the final game <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of the National Challenge Cup 2023-24 <\/span>for Wapda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p class=\"css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">SA Gardens came close with Murtaza Hussain unlucky missed the volley <\/span>in the game\u2019s dying moments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wapda captain, Rao Umer Hayat, was awarded the Best Player of the Tournament award, while SA Gardens\u2019 goalkeeper, Salman Ul Haq \u2018Kaka\u2019, earned the title of Best Goalkeeper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wapda&#8217;s Shayek Dost received the title of the Best Goal-scorer with 8 goals in the tournament, with HEC being awarded the Fair Play Trophy for their sportsmanship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, the <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pakistan Army clinched a bronze medal after defeating<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> HEC for third place in the tournament finishing their campaign on a solid note.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-defeat-ireland-by-seven-wickets-to-level-series\/\">Pakistan defeat Ireland by seven wickets to level series<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Highlights of WAPDA&#8217;s 1-0 win over SA Gardens in Final of 2023-24 National Challenge Cup last night at Jinnah Stadium Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Yousaf Ahmed gave WAPDA an early lead. But Murtaza Hussain came so close to equalizing for SA Gardens late.<\/p>\n<p>Video via PFF <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakistanFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakistanFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SLKl6nN3Xa\">pic.twitter.com\/SLKl6nN3Xa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballPak\/status\/1789883271012143357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SA Gardens and Wapda reached the final after defeating the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Army respectively in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the first semifinal, SA Gardens held their nerve and defeated the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by 4-2 in a thrilling penalty shootout, confirming their maiden entry in the National Challenge Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>In the second semi-final, Wapda showed their championship grit against the Pakistan Army defeating them by 2-0, with Ahmed Fahim scoring the first goal from a free kick in the 58th minute and Shayek Dost scoring the second goal in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A total of 16 teams participated in the National Challenge Cup (NCC), divided into four groups, each comprising four teams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, May 13 (APP): Wapda defended their National Challenge Cup title with a 1-0 win over SA Gardens at Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad.\u00a0 Muhammad Yousaf&#8217;s 17th min decisive freekick assisted by Shayek Dost was enough to secure victory in the final game of the National Challenge Cup 2023-24 for Wapda. 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