The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is welcoming groups beyond the Philippines Football League (PFL) to complete for the very first time in the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the nation’s leading residential mug competitors.
Plans are for 9 non-PFL clubs to participate in the event called after the late Filipino excellent, that played for Barcelona, to place in result a strategy that has actually remained in the jobs for the previous couple of years.
“The expansion of the upcoming Copa Paulino Alcantara is a much-needed shot-in-the-arm to elevate the domestic club football scene. More teams mean more matches and football experience,” claimed PFL commissioner Coco Torre.
Previous versions have actually just seen PFL clubs take part in the Copa, however Torre has actually been bring up the concept of possibly allowing those from the college rankings or groups in the Armed Forces to take part.
Kaya-Iloilo won in 2018 as well as 2021, Ceres-Negros ruled the 2019 version while United City asserted the 2022 title.
The Copa is various from the PFL, which is taken part by groups that have actually fulfilled the club guideline criteria of the PFF with the champion being disputed in a round-robin layout.“[The] PFF shall send out invitations to qualified and interested clubs/teams within the coming weeks in preparation for the cup season. A workshop shall then be conducted to discuss all match organizational matters,” the PFF claimed in its news release.
Sixty suits are being considered for the season slated June to September.
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