2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

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2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines
Dates21 March – 22 May
Final positions
Champions Negros Occidental
Runner-up Iloilo
2013  

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.

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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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iloilo 3210122+107
Davao 311176+14
NCR A 310231183
Laguna 30213632

Bacolod

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
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

Iloilo 2 1 NCR B
Gustilo Soccerball shade.svg7'
Felongco Soccerball shade.svg23'
Report Melliza Soccerball shade.svg12'

Finals

First Leg
Iloilo 1 – 3 (aet) NOFA
Sobremisana Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.) Dolino Soccerball shade.svg13'
Dolino
Bedic
Central Philippines University, Iloilo
Second Leg
NOFA 9 – 0 Iloilo
Beloya Soccerball shade.svg6', 75'
Gino Palomo Soccerball shade.svg38', 45', 50'
Dolino Soccerball shade.svg21'
Layumas Soccerball shade.svg79', 80'
Morallo Soccerball shade.svg88'

NOFA won 12–1 on aggregate.

Awards

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

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