PFF National Men's U-23 Championship

Last updated
2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
Founded 2011
Folded 2013
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Last champions Negros Occidental
(2011)
Most championships Negros Occidental (2)

The PFF National Men's Under-23 Championship (known as the PFF-Suzuki U-23 National Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football tournament in the Philippines organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) sponsored Japanese automaker Suzuki.

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Suzuki Japanese multinational corporation

Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. In 2016, Suzuki was the eleventh biggest automaker by production worldwide. Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries. The worldwide sales volume of automobiles is the world's tenth largest, while domestic sales volume is the third largest in the country.

The tournament was announced after the two bodies agreed on a P3.2 million sponsorship deal for the national tournament. [1]

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References

  1. Tupas, Cedelf P. "Suzuki backs PFF Under-23 tournament". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.