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.
Results YearWinnerRunner-upThird placeFourth placeTeams1976 Details Guangdong Pakistan GreensNone31982 Details Iran Pakistan Blues Pakistan Greens Oman71985 Details North Korea XI Bangladesh Indonesia Youth Pakistan Greens61986 Details China Pakistan Greens South Korea Works Selection Sri Lanka61987 Details Guangzhou Pakistan Whites Pakistan Greens Bangladesh8
Stadiums YearStadiumLocation1976Hockey Club of PakistanKarachi, Sindh1982National StadiumKarachi, Sindh1985Qayyum StadiumPeshawar1986Jinnah Sports StadiumIslamabad1987Railway StadiumLahore
Awards
Most Valuable Player YearPlayerTeam1982 Abdolali Changiz
Top goalscorer YearPlayerTeamGoals1976 Rong Zhixing Guangdong31982 Kamil Anjini Mahmood Anwar Pakistan Blues51985UnknownUnknownUnknown1986UnknownUnknownUnknown1987 Ghulam Sarwar Sharafat Ali Ma Jianqiang Pakistan Whites Pakistan Greens Guangzhou4
See also Football in Asia Football in Pakistan
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