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Article: Pakistan to play Chinese Taipei in AFC Challenge Cup.
- Article from:
- The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2008
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By OUR STAFF REPORTERLAHORE, February 8 (THE NATION): Pakistan-Chinese Taipei clash in international soccer arena will be recorded after 50 years when both the teams will face each other in the second AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers (Group-A) in April 2008. The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national football team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The first match between two nations was held in third Asian Games fifty years ago when Taiwan, representing China, brought off 3-1 win at Tokyo on 25 May 1958.
Chinese Taipei will host four-team Group-A, where other teams are last edition's runner-up Sri Lanka and ...