55th National Badminton Championship starts
55th edition of National Badminton Championship commences in Gymnasium hall Punjab University New Campus, Lahore organized by Pakistan Badminton Federation.
Seventeen Men and eleven women teams to take part in 55th National Badminton championship and WAPDA is the defending champions in both men and women singles events. Awais Zahid and Mahoor Shahzad from WAPDA to defend their titles.
More than 200 men and women players from Sindh, Punjab, KPK, Balochistan, Islamabad, AJK, WAPDA, NBP, SNGPL, PTCL, KPT, PMAD, Pakistan Railway, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Police and FATA are showcasing their talent in the competition. On the opening day of championship, a number of matches were decided in Men’s singles and team categories.
The results of team event and men singles qualifying matches
Team Event Men
Punjab Beat beat Balochistan by 3-0
| 1 | Gohar Azam (Pb) | def. | Shujaat Ali (Bal) | 21-7, 21-17 |
| 2 | Ahmar & Raja Zulqarnain (Pb) | def. | Shujaat Ali & Ali Akbar (Bal) | 21-10, 21-8 |
| 3 | Ahmer Jalal (Pb) | def. | Ali Akbar (Bal) | 21-5, 21-14 |
Pakistan Army beat Islamabad by 3-0
| 1 | Ihtisham (Army) | def. | Junaid (Isl) | 21-17, 21-10 |
| 2 | Ali & Yousaf (Army) | def. | Shahab & Junaid (Isl) | 21-18, 21-1 |
| 3 | Ahmad Khalid (Army) | def. | Shahab Khan (Isl) | 21-10, 21-18 |
SNGPL beat Pakistan Railway by 3-0
| 1 | Anjum Bashir (SNGPL) | def. | M. Omer (RLY) | 21-5, 21-13 |
| 2 | Mohammad Ali Larosh & Noman (SNGPL) | def. | Zohaib & Nabeel (RLY) | 21-12, 14-21, 21-17 |
| 3 | Ahmed Tariq (SNGPL) | def. | Nadeem Sarwar (RLY) | 21-16, 21-12 |
Pakistan Pakistan Police beat Sindh by 3-0
| 1 | Haroon Ur Rehman (Police) | def. | Maaz Ali (Sindh) | 21-15, 21-18 |
| 2 | Tahir Khan & Masood (Police) | def. | Qasim & Hamza (Sindh) | 21-11, 21-11 |
| 3 | Tahir Khan (Police) | def. | Mawan (Sindh) | 21-4, 21-8 |
Karachi Port Trust beat Pakistan Military Account by 3-0
| 1 | Ahsan Rana (KPT) | def. | Muhammad Ali (PMAD) | 21-8, 21-6 |
| 2 | Tariq & Asad (KPT) | def. | Asif & Abdul Salam (PMAD) | 21-12, 21-9 |
| 3 | Mohtsim Jamil (KPT) | def. | Asim Alvi (PMAD) | 21-11, 21-12 |
Higher Education Commission beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 3-1
| 1 | Hamza (KPK) | def. | Ammar Masood (HEC) | 17-21, 22-20, 21-9 |
| 2 | Uaakeph & Muteeb (HEC) | def. | Tehseen & Basit (KPK) | 21-17, 20-22, 21-14 |
| 3 | Muqeet Tahir (HEC) | def. | Farzal Rehman (KPK) | 21-13, 21-15 |
| 4 | Ammar Masood & Muqeet Tahir (HEC) | def. | Hayyan & Fazal Rehman (KPK) | Walkover |
Men Singles - Qualifiers
| 1 | Nabeel (RLY) | def. | Muneeb (Lahore) | 21-12 |
| 2 | Hamza (Sindh) | def. | Imran Ali (Balo) | 21-15 |
| 3 | Musaddaq (Army) | def. | Mutaba (Chkwal) | 21-18 |
| 4 | Ariz (Gujranwal) | def. | Abdul Manan (Lahore) | 21-19 |
| 5 | Yousaf (Army) | def. | Shahab (ISL) | 21-17 |
| 6 | Hayyan (KPK) | def. | Farzan Bin Khalid (Silakot) | 21-1 |
| 7 | Usama (Punjab) | def. | Raza Ali (Lahore) | 21-11, |
| 8 | Ahmad Janjua (Army) | def. | beat Hafiz Wasif (Punjab) | 21-13 |
| 9 | Faizan Ahmad (Wapda) | def. | M Sultan (Punjab) | 21-17 |
| 10 | Rohan Haseeb (Gujranwala) | def. | Abdul Wahab (Samundri) | 21-10 |
| 11 | Zunain (New Khan) | def. | Shoaib (Army) | 21-7 |
| 12 | Ozair (KPK) | def. | Saqib (Lahore) | 21-4 |
| 13 | Zohaib (Police) | def. | Awais (RLY) | 21-16 |
| 14 | Mohtasim (Punjab) | def. | Shahzad (RLY) | 21-14 |
Team events semifinals will be played tomorrow, Saturday morning at 9:00 am and team events finals will be played at 3:00 pm.
