2013 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

2013 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
Country  Philippines
Dates May 17–30, 2013
Teams 9
Champions Negros Occidental
Runners-up Davao
Matches played 20
Goals scored 48 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Joshua Beloya
Rudane Tamon
Juven Benitez
(4 goals)

The 2013 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship (known as the PFF-Suzuki U-23 Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second edition of a football tournament in the Philippines organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and Japanese automaker Suzuki. It is the national competition of Men's Under-23 players representing the member associations of Philippine Football Federation.[1]

Host

On March 19, it was reported that the Final Qualifying Round will be held at Perdices Stadium in Dumaguete City.[2]

After a month-long delay, the regional qualifying and semi-final rounds of the 2013 PFF Suzuki Under 23 Championship resumed on May 17 until May 28 in Dumaguete City.[3] The one-game finals showdown played on May 30 at 2:30 pm in the same venue.[4]

Schedule

Groups

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
North Cotabato 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9
Iloilo 4 3 0 1 3 2 +1 9
Cebu 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
Baguio-Benguet 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 2
Iligan-Lanao Del Norte 4 0 1 3 2 6 4 1

Updated: May 25, 2013

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Negros Occidental 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9
Davao 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 6
Zamboanga-Dipolog 3 1 0 2 2 10 8 3
Masbate 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0

Updated: May 22, 2013

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals Finals
      
A1 North Cotabato 0
B2 Davao 1
Davao 0
NOFA 1
B1 NOFA 2
A2 Iloilo 0

Semi-finals

28 May 2013
08:30 UTC+8
North Cotabato 0 1 Davao
Abalunan  90+5'
Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete City

28 May 2013
14:30 UTC+8
NOFA 2 0 Iloilo
Ariola  50'
Beloya  70'
Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete City

Third-place Playoff

30 May 2013
08:30 UTC+8
North Cotabato 3 0 Iloilo
Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete City

Finals

30 May 2013
14:30 UTC+8
Davao 0 1 NOFA
Valmayor  81'
Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete City

Awards

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

References

  1. suzuki.com.ph. "Suzuki and PFF Seals 2012 U23 National Cup MOA; 2nd PFF Suzuki U23 National Cup to Kick Off by March". suzuki.com.ph. suzuki.com.ph. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. Olmin Leyba (Mar 19, 2013). "PFF eyes Nat'l Cup for SEAG aspirants". The Philippine Star. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports. Retrieved April 1, 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. The Visayan Daily Star (May 16, 2013). "PFF Suzuki U23 regionals, semis set in Dumaguete City". The Visayan Daily Star. http://www.visayandailystar.com/. Retrieved May 22, 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. Alder Almo (May 29, 2013). "Ceres-Negros, Medvil-Davao clash in PFF-Suzuki U23 finals". http://www.philstar.com/sports. http://www.philstar.com/sports. Retrieved May 29, 2013. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  5. Bob Guerrero (May 30, 2013). "Negros Occidental-Ceres repeats as Suzuki U23 National Football Champs". http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/thepassionatefan. http://ph.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
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