The 2013 National Football Challenge Cup was the 23rd season of

National Challenge Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the country's oldest ongoing national soccer competition. The competition was first held duri ...

, the main cup competition in Pakistani football. A total of 16 clubs entered the competition that was held from 15 to 26 May 2018.

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were the hosts for the tournament, thus earning DFA Bahawalpur a spot in the tournament, courtesy of being the hosts.

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, the defending champions, were knocked out in quarter finals, losing 5–4 on penalties to the eventual winners National Bank. National Bank defeated

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1–0 in the finals. This was the first major trophy for National Bank since 1993, when they had won the National Challenge Cup.

Teams

The 16 participating teams are as below: *

^TH, ^PPL *

WAPDA The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (), colloquially known as WAPDA, is a Pakistani government-owned public utility agency maintaining hydropower and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power plants. WAPDA includes ...

* DFA Bahawalpur ^H *

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

* Pakistan Airlines * Pakistan Airforce * National Bank * Habib Bank * Pak Afghan Clearing *

Sui Southern Gas The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), () formerly known as Sui Gas Transmission Company Limited, is a Pakistani state-owned natural gas supply company based in Karachi, Pakistan. Sui Southern Gas Company is Pakistan's leading integrated gas comp ...

* Ashraf Sugar Mills * National U-18 * Bhatti United * Higher Education *

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;Notes: TH = Challenge Cup title holders; PPL = Pakistan Premier League winners; H = Host

Group stages

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout round

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third place

Finals

Top scorers

References

External links

2013 NFCC RSSSF
{{2013 in Asian Football (AFC) PFF National Challenge Cup

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