World's largest 5 aside football tournament F5WC has completed its qualifying rounds in Peshawar, Quetta and Mirpur Azad Kashmir. Qualifiers for Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi will take places from 5th to 21st September 2019 in attempt to find the best team in Pakistan. The winning team of the nationwide tournament would represent Pakistan in the finals being held in Cape Town, South Africa next month. It would be for the first time that Pakistan would be taking part in F5WC World finals where they would compete against 31 countries including football giants like Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Denmark and Japan.

Syed Farrukh Ali Qandhari, CEO Origo Limited said it is a proud moment for Pakistan to be participating at an international stage, adding that the credit goes to Origo Limited for promoting Sports and football in Pakistan. He said the popularity of F5WC in all cities of Pakistan shows the passion of youngster and footballers of Pakistan. "Organizing and participating in such tournaments gives us a chance to promote local talent at international stage and also showcase our that Pakistan is a sports and peace loving nation", he added.

During the qualifiers in Peshawar, Quetta and Mirpur Azad Kashmir, the emerging winners are Pak Afghan FC, Quetta Sports and Seri Friends respectively. After completing the Qualifiers in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, the national finals will begin.

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