The 2019-2020 National Women Football Championship was the 12th season of the National Women Football Championship, the top-tier of women's

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. The tournament took place in two phases: qualifying round in November 2019 and final round from 1 to 12 January 2020 in Karachi.

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were able to defend their title by beating Karachi United 7-1 in the final.

Qualifying round

The qualifying round with 20 teams was held in November and December 2019 in three cities: Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. The following 8 teams qualified for the final round: *

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* Gilgit-Baltistan FA * JAFA Soccer Academy * Karachi Kickers * Karachi United *

* Punjab * WAPDA

Final round

Teams

For this edition, the qualifying round gathered 20 teams in November and December 2019 in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and 8 teams were selected for the final competition, instead of 14 during the 2018 edition and 20 during the 2021 edition starting in March. Football authorities were alleged to favour Karachi United as the competition took place in their home stadium and criticized because the playing field was not suitable for 11-a-side matches

Group stages

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Semi-finals

Third place

Finals

Awards

* Best goalkeeper to

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, WAPDA's

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. * Golden boot to WAPDA's Sahar Zaman for scoring 27 goals. * Most valuable player to Suha Herani of Karachi United.

References

External links

Global Sports Archives - 2020 National Women Football Championship
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