2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
Country  Philippines
Dates March - May 2011
Champions Negros Occidental
Runners-up Iloilo

The 2011 PFF National Men's Under-23 Championship (known as the PFF-Suzuki Under-23 Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a football tournament in the Philippines organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and Japanese automaker Suzuki. It is the first of its kind in the country.

The tournament was announced after the two bodies agreed on a P3.2 million sponsorship deal for the national tournament.[1] It aims to get the finest under-23 players that would represent the country in the upcoming Under-23 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) tournament late in 2011.

On 22 May 2011, Negros Occidental defeated Iloilo with a 12–1 aggregate scoreline to win the title.[2]

The rules

The Under-23 Suzuki championship will adopt the rules and guidelines set by the ASEAN Football Federation.

The tournament will be divided into four clusters: National Capital Region, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The top two of each will advance to the national championship in June 2011. In the Finals, the remaining teams will follow a home-and-away format.

Schedule

The officials

Timeline

Mission

In addition, standout players in the tournament will be considered as part of the national team for the 26th South East Asian Games and the AFF U-23 tournament in July, which both events will happen in Indonesia this year.

PFF Suzuki Cup Under-23 National Championship

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals will divided into two groups and two venues, the Laguna group and the Bacolod group.

The University of the Philippines-Los Baños pitch will be the site for the Laguna group that includes host and Luzon second placer Laguna; Mindanao overall leader Davao; NCR Team A, and Visayas’ number two seed, Iloilo.

Panaad Stadium will be the venue for the group of Visayas’ top seed Bacolod, NCR Team B, Mindanao second placer Dipolog, and Luzon topnotcher, Masbate.

Laguna

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iloilo 3210122+107
Davao 311176+14
NCR A 310231183
Laguna 30213632

Bacolod

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bacolod 3210102+87
NCR B 320182+66
Masbate 31111104
Dipolog 3003115140

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals Finals
      
L1 Iloilo 2
B2 NCR B 1
L1 Iloilo 1
B1 NOFA 12
B1 NOFA 3
L2 Davao 2

Semi-finals

15 May 2011
14:30 UTC+8
Iloilo 2 1 NCR B
Gustilo  7'
Felongco  23'
Report Melliza  12'
Barotac Nuevo Football Field, Iloilo

16 May 2011
14:30 UTC+8
NOFA 3 2 Davao
Beloya
Rayumas
Dolino
Report Tiboron
Arobo

Finals

First Leg

19 May 2011
14:00 UTC+8
Iloilo 3 – 1 (aet) NOFA
Sobremisana  54' (pen.) Dolino  13'
Dolino
Bedic
Central Philippines University, Iloilo
Second Leg

22 May 2011
18:00 UTC+8
NOFA 9 – 0 Iloilo
Beloya  6', 75'
Gino Palomo 38', 45', 50'
Dolino 21'
Layumas 79', 80'
Morallo  88'

NOFA won 12–1 on aggregate.

Awards

The following were the competition’s top individual awardees.[4][5]

References

  1. "Suzuki backs PFF". Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  2. RCJ, GMA News (May 22, 2011). "Negros Occidental sweeps Iloilo, bags PFF Suzuki U-23 title". http://www.gmanetwork.com (http://www.gmanetwork.com). Retrieved 21 March 2013. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  3. "Suzuki Partners". Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  4. RCJ, GMA News (May 22, 2011). "Negros Occidental sweeps Iloilo, bags PFF Suzuki U-23 title". http://www.gmanetwork.com (www.gmanetwork.com). Retrieved 21 March 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  5. rick olivares (May 23, 2011). "Bacolod romps to inaugural PFF Suzuki U23 title". bleachersbrew.blogspot.com (Business Mirror). Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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