Muslim Hands is organising the Schools Football Championship 2023 in Wazirabad with teams from all over Pakistan to promote the game as the fever of football continues to grow in the country.
Muslim Hands, a charity organisation, has been heavily active for years and has done a lot to promote football on the grassroots level and their latest step of holding a school championship is taking their efforts to the next level.
A total of 12 teams from all over Pakistan are competing in the championship at Mohammad Rasheed Football Ground.
The matches are being broadcast live on their Facebook page named “Maidaan” with great quality.
About five matches on a daily basis are being played in the four-day championship which is set to conclude on November 19 where two teams will go head-to-head to clinch the title.
It must be noted that Muslim Hands has been greatly contributing to promoting football in Pakistan.
In July 2023, they gathered and formed a team which competed in the Norway Cup in Oslo, Norway where Pakistan’s team participated with the name of “Muslim Hands FC”.
Notably, the Muslim Hands FC finished as the runners-up of the Norway Cup after falling to a 9-10 defeat on penalties against Sola FK in Oslo.
They remained unbeaten in seven games on their road to the final and scored the most goals by any team in the tournament.
They also recorded the largest victory in the tournament’s history when they blew Frigg Oslo FK 11-1.
For an exceptional tournament, Pakistan’s Asad Nasir was adjudged the player of the Norway Cup 2023.
It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan qualified for the finals of the Norway Cup for the second time, after ending up as runners-up in Norway Cup 2015.
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