2013 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

2013 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Dates	May 17–30, 2013
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Negros Occidental
Runner-up	Davao
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	48 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Joshua Beloya Rudane Tamon Juven Benitez (4 goals)
←  2011

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. ^[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. ^[3] The one-game finals showdown played on May 30 at 2:30 pm in the same venue. ^[4]

Schedule

• May 17 to 26, 2013 - Final Qualifying Round - Dumaguete
• May 28, 2013 - Semi-finals - Dumaguete
• May 30, 2013 - Finals - Dumaguete

Groups

Group A

• Matches to be played at Perdices Memorial Coliseum in Dumaguete, on 17–26 May 2013 (all times UTC+8).

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group B

• Matches to be played at Perdices Memorial Coliseum in Dumaguete, on 17–26 May 2013 (all times UTC+8).

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

28 May 2013

14:30 UTC+8

NOFA	2 – 0	Iloilo
Ariola 50' Beloya 70'

Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete

Third-place Playoff

30 May 2013

08:30 UTC+8

North Cotabato	3 – 0	Iloilo

Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete

Finals

30 May 2013

14:30 UTC+8

Davao	0 – 1	NOFA
		Valmayor 81'

Perdices Memorial Coliseum, Dumaguete

Awards

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

• Golden Boot Awards: Joshua Beloya (NOFA), Rudane Tamon (North Cotabato) and Juven Benitez (North Cotabato)
• Most Valuable Player: Joshua Beloya (NOFA)
• Best Defender: Anthony Tongson (NOFA)
• Best Goalkeeper: Dominador Tato (Davao)
• Best Midfielder: Joshua Beloya (NOFA)
• Fair Play Award: Davao

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. abs-cbnnews.com/sports. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
3. The Visayan Daily Star (May 16, 2013). "PFF Suzuki U23 regionals, semis set in Dumaguete City". The Visayan Daily Star. visayandailystar.com/. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
4. Alder Almo (May 29, 2013). "Ceres-Negros, Medvil-Davao clash in PFF-Suzuki U23 finals". philstar.com/sports. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
5. Bob Guerrero (May 30, 2013). "Negros Occidental-Ceres repeats as Suzuki U23 National Football Champs". ph.sports.yahoo.com. The Passionate Fan blog. Retrieved 31 May 2013.