KARACHI: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is organising KPT-PFF Cup from February 22 to March 7, here at KPT — Benazir Sports Complex.
PFF has asked sports officers of organisational teams and presidents of Provincial/Regional Associations of 16 participants to confirm their availability by February 5 and submit registration form before February 10.
National Football Championship (Tier I) is named as Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) while National Championship (Tier-II) is known as PFF League.
KPT-PFF Cup will see top eight teams of Pakistan Premier League and provincial/regional teams vying for top honours.
Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), who will represent Pakistan in 6th AFC President’s Cup coming May, Pakistan Army, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Navy, Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Lahore’s Pak Elektron Limited, Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) earned passage into the event by finishing among top eight in PPFL 2009.
Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, NWFP, Islamabad, FATA, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan will join them. The stand bye teams will be Habib Bank Limited (HBL), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) who earned ninth, tenth and eleventh position respectively in PPFL 2009.
