[1][2] During the 1987 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup, Nepal entered a second string team under the title 'Nepal XI', as the full national team was playing Olympic qualifying matches during this period.

The tournament began well for Nepal Blue, who won their first match against the Bangladesh Army XI by 2-0.

However, their campaign was thwarted by Soongsil (a South Korean university team) at the semi-finals.

[5] However, the team did not perform as well as in 2000, but finished instead at the bottom of their group after losing to Sri Lanka in their opener.

[6] However, Nepal Red managed to scoop the title by winning the finals on penalties.