The 2011

PFF National Men's Club Championship The Philippine Football Federation National Men's Club Championship was an annual football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation and contested by Filipino clubs. It lasted for four seasons from 2011 to 2014–15. It was ...

(known as the PFF–Smart Men's Club Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 1st season of a Filipino association football competition organized by the

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and sponsored by mobile phone and Internet service provider

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. It revives a national tournament discontinued since 2006. The last nationwide competition was a National Men's Open Tournament held in

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under the presidency of Juan Miguel Romualdez. Plans were conceived for a similar national competition under Romualdez's successor Jose Mari Martinez but did not push through for a variety of reasons. Global Teknika emerged the champions on August 22, 2011 after winning against San Beda F.C. on a 3-2 aggregate.

Competition format

Member Associations (MA) of the

organize their own tournaments as part of Provincial Qualifying Rounds in March 2011 to determine their representatives to the Group Stages. The Cluter Qualifying Rounds was held in a single-round robin competition from April 1–16, 2011. Each MA is only allowed one club as a representative. Clubs from the

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region (

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has be ...

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental ( hil, Nakatungdang Negros; tl, Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. ...

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) and the

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competed in the Regional Qualifying Rounds while waiting for the winners of the

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and

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clusters. Top four teams from the Luzon Cluster Qualifying Round and the top team from each of the Mindanao group clusters will advance to All-Luzon and All-Mindanao Championship. The top two clubs from NCR, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will advance to the finals which was played in

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and

from August 9–13, 2011. The four teams that emerged from the group stage Quarterfinals were Teknika and

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, San Beda of Football Association of Rizal, and

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of Iloilo Football Association. Crossover Semifinals were held on August 16–17, 2011 while the home-and-away finals was held on August 21 and 22, 2011. The Semifinals and the Finals were held at

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Qualifying Round

Regional qualifying rounds were conducted in single round robin tournament. The single-round robin competition took place from April 1–16 when football associations contested in the Cluster Qualifying Rounds where one club represented each Member Association. Clubs were allowed up to five foreign players but only four can play on the field at any given time.

National Capital Region Cluster

First and second best teams for National Capital Region Cluster earn a bye for the quarterfinals group stage. Teknika¹ and

qualified for the quarterfinals group stage. At least 10 clubs from

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took part in the qualifiers. *¹''

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competed under this name due to sponsorship reasons.'' *

Luzon Cluster

North, Central and South Luzon Cluster *San Beda FC of Football Association of Rizal *Baguio United FC, champions of 1st Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan Football Cup, represented Baguio City Football Association. *Laguna Football Association * Quezon Football Association *Football Association of Tarlac Southeast Luzon Cluster *ABC Stars FC represented Naga City-Camarines Sur Football Association * Football Association of Masbate *Camarines Norte Football Association *Legaspi City-Albay Federated Football Association *Oriental Mindoro Football Association

Visayas Cluster

First and second best teams for Visayas Cluster earn a bye for the quarterfinals group stage. * Stallion FC of Iloilo Football Association * Laos FC of Leyte Football Association * Cebu Football Association * Negros Occidental Football Association *DCCCO FC, winner of 1st Silliman Cup, represented Negros Oriental FA.

Mindanao Cluster

Mindanao was split into four sub-clusters: North, South, Central and West Mindanao Cluster. North Mindanao Cluster *Ba-o Breakers FC represented Iligan – Lanao del Norte Football Association *Montecarlo FC *Diego Silang FC *Bukidnon Football Association *Surigao del Norte Football Association South Mindanao Cluster *Medvil FC *PNP FC *Compostela Valley Football Association *Agusan del Sur Football Association *Columbia FC, winner of Ebocci-Davao Premier League, represented Davao Football Association. Central Mindanao Cluster *Real Marbel FC represented Football Association of South Cotabato *Maguindanao-Cotabato City Football Association *North Cotabato Football Association *Sultan Kudarat Football Association West Mindanao Cluster *Bric-A-Brac FC represented Zamboanga del Sur - Pagadian Football Association *Alia FC *Stonefield FC *DMC FC

Regional Championship

All-Luzon Championship

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All-Mindanao Championship

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Quarterfinals

Group A was held in Pelaez Sports Complex,

hosted by

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Football Association (CMOFA). Group A participants were Bao Breakers FC of

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, Laos FC of

, San Beda FC of

Rizal Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...

, and Teknika FC. Group B was held in

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. Group B participants were Stallion FC, Columbia FC of Davao, Pachanga FC of NCR and Baguio United. The group stage matches were held from August 9–13, 2011.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

Finals

''Teknika wins 3–2 on aggregate''

References

{{reflist PFF National Men's Club Championship seasons 2011 in Philippine football