Nepal Army Club secured semifinal spot as they defeated Nepal Police Club 4-2 on penalties in the third quarterfinal match of Birat Gold Cup 2074 at Sahid Maidan, Biratnagar on Wednesday.

The teams played goalless draw in the regulation time and extra time to force the match to spot-kick battle.



Spot kick battle:

Bharat Khawas George Prince Karki, Dipak Gurung and Bibek Basnet converted their kicks for Army

Suman Lama and Dinesh Rajbanshi could score but Nir Kumar Rai and Man Bdr Pariyar wasted their kicks for NPC.

Ravi Paswan on NPC was adjudged the man of the match. He received Rs 10,000 cash.

NPC Starting XI: Suman Lama (C), Ravi Paswan, Abhisek Rijal, Nir Kumar Rai, Ram Wajee, Tej Tamang, Ajit Bhandari, Buddha Lama, Santosh Hemroon, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Shatrughan Chaudhary(GK).

Nepal Army Starting XI: Bikesh Kuthu(GK), Jitendra Karki, Bimal Pandey, Dipak Gurung, Suman Aryal, Sesehang Limbu, Padam Tamang, Dinesh Henjan,Bharat Khawas (C), George Prince Karki, Nawayug Shrestha.

Army will meet Jhapa XI in the semifinal match on Chaitra 23.

MMC will take on Ruslan Three Star Club in the last quarterfinal match tomorrow.

Birat Gold Cup is organizing the championship that has a winning purse of Rs 12,71,000.

Ten teams are participating in the knock-out tournament.