Abdul Football Club emerged triumphant from a 72-team Leisure Leagues Karachi Intra-City Six-a-Side Championship here at KMC Stadium on Sunday night and qualified for the Leisure Leagues National Championship to be played in July.
Abdul FC defeated Jigroo FC by 1-0 score in the summit clash of the Leisure Leagues' biggest Intra-City Championship. Abdullah scored the decisive goal in the all-important match. Abdul FC's Shahrukh Khattak was declared 'Best Player of the Tournament' while Jigroo FC's Tanveer was adjudged 'Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament'.
According to Leisure Leagues' Regional Manager Shahroze Rizvi, it was the biggest city championship with respect to number of teams participating in the event. All of the participating 72 teams were either winner or runner-up in previous 36 leagues held in Karachi. The organizers also improved its record books by organizing 56 matches in a single day.
The 72 teams were been divided into two groups of 36 teams each. The bottom four teams in the groups played one extra match to claim a spot in 32-team knockout phase.