2013 UFL Pre-season Cup

Football tournament season

The 2013 UFL Pre-Season Cup is the inaugural Filipino association football friendly tournament. It is composed of 14 United Football League teams from, 7 Division I and 7 Division II clubs, with the aim of getting the teams some competitive games going into the UFL Cup.^[1]It also features the U-23 Azkals as their preparation for the upcoming 2013 Southeast Asian Games.^[2] Loyola declared as the cup winner by default against Global.^[3]

Format

The tournament begins with three groups of five teams playing round-robin. The two teams per group with the best record then move on. Those six qualifying teams will then be split into two groups of three for the second group stage, which will also see round-robin play. From there, the top two teams of each group will be drawn into the semifinals, with pairings to be arranged at a later date.

First round

All times are in Philippine Standard Time (PST) – UTC+8.

Group A

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Green Archers United v Union Internacional Manila

Global v Laos

Manila All-Japan v Laos

Green Archers United v Global

Manila All-Japan v Green Archers United

Union Internacional Manila v Global

Union Internacional Manila v Manila All-Japan

Laos v Green Archers United

Global v Manila All-Japan

Laos v Union Internacional Manila

Group B

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Pachanga Diliman v Manila Nomads

Loyola v Philippine Army

Dolphins United v Loyola

Pachanga Diliman v Philippine Army

Manila Nomads v Philippine Army

Dolphins United v Pachanga Diliman

Manila Nomads v Dolphins United

Loyola v Pachanga Diliman

The remaining matches for Group B was postponed due to weather condition and safety concerns as cited by the UFL official Facebook and Twitter account.^[5] However, the said matches was not played without further details and the cup proceed to the second round.

Group C

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Forza v Philippines U-23

Stallion v Philippine Navy

Kaya v Stallion

Forza v Philippine Navy

Philippine Navy v Philippines U-23

Kaya v Forza

Stallion v Forza

Philippines U-23 v Kaya

Philippine Navy v Kaya

Stallion v Philippines U-23

Second round

Group D

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Manila Nomads v Stallion

Stallion v Green Archers United

Green Archers United v Manila Nomads

Group E

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Global v Loyola

Global v Kaya

Kaya v Loyola

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Loyola v Manila Nomads

Green Archers United v Global

Third place playoff

Manila Nomads v Green Archers United

Finals

Global v Loyola

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the tournament are as follows:

Notes

1. The UFL declared Manila Nomads as the winner by default as stated in the UFL official Twitter account.^[4]
2. Referee declared the match in favored of Philippine Navy as a result of Philippines U-23 unable to field their starting eleven upon kick-off cited by UFL official Twitter account.^[6]
3. UFL Disciplinary Committee awarded Loyola a 3–0 win as a result of Global fielding the ineligible player Rufo Sánchez. The match originally ended 3–1 in favor to Global.^[7]
4. The UFL awarded Loyola a 3–0 win by default after Global failed to show up for the championship game Thursday night at the Emperador Stadium in McKinley Hill.^[3]

References

1. Moore, Roy (3 September 2013). "UFL preseason tournament to kick off this weekend with U23 Azkals in the mix". GMA News Online. GMA Network Inc. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
2. AKTV (30 August 2013). "Under-23 Azkals join UFL preseason tilt". Interaksyon.com/TV5. ABC Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
3. Decena, Karl (10 October 2013). "Loyola Meralco Sparks win UFL preseason title after Global FC default". Interaksyon.com/TV5. ABC Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
4. "UFL Pre-season Cup - Saturday". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
5. "UFL Preseason cup postponed". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
6. "UFL Pre-season Cup - Sunday". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 15 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
7. "Global, Loyola, Nomads and Green Archers Advance to Semis". Filipino Football (Philippine Football News). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.