Pakistan street child football team’s schedule for the Norway Cup has been revealed.
The Green Shirts touched down in Oslo on Saturday ahead of the tournament.
The team will participate in 11 aside matches in the U17 football event in Norway Cup — the largest tournament in the world for people between 10 and 19 years old.
Pakistan will participate in the tournament under the banner of Muslim Hands, a charity organization in Pakistan, and thus will play under the name of Muslim Hands FC.
A total of 2,350 teams and about 30,000 players are participating in the tournament across different competitions.
Pakistan’s squad
Tufail Shinwari ©, Saud Ahmed, Asad Nasir, Abid Ali, Faisal Ahmad, Mohammad Ali, Ahmad Raza, Abdul Wahab, Shahmir, Sahil Gull, Mohammad Adeel, Abdullah, Ubaid Ullah, Ali Asif.
Schedule
Muslim Hands FC vs Frigg Oslo Fk — July 30
Muslim Hands FC vs Arvoll IL — July 31
Muslim Hands FC vs Skjold IL — August 1
Playoffs and finals will be played between August 2-5.
It must be noted here that Pakistan team finished runners-up in the Street Child World Cup in Doha last year. They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament but lost the final against Egypt on penalties (4-3).
They were also the runners-up in the previous edition in Russia (2018), meanwhile in Brazil (2014) they finished third.