The Philippine Football Federation today launched the PFF Women’s Invitational Cup 2015 in a press conference held at the PFF House of Football in Pasig City.
Now on its 2nd year, the all ladies tournament will be held from 9 August to 20 September, 2015 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium and newly-constructed artificial football pitch in City of Binan.
The 10 participating teams were divided into two groups through an official draw. In Group A are Far Eastern University Women’s Team (defending champion), Green Archers United Football Club, Ateneo de Manila University Women’s Team, University of the Philippines Women’s Team –Y and Sikat FC . In Group B are Chelsea FC SS Ladies, Dela Salle University Women’s Team, University of the Philippines Women’s Team-X, Lady Tamaraw FC, and University of Santo Tomas Women’s Team. The teams are composed of both current and former varsity and national players.
The Official Draw was graced by Senator Pia Cayetano who expressed her strong support for the promotion of football, particularly women’s football. Stating that she herself is a “soccer mom”, she believes that football is a sports appropriate to the built and height of Filipinos, adding that “as a policy, we should focus on sports where we innately have an advantage, or at the very least do not have a disadvantage.”
PFF President Mariano Araneta emphasized the importance of women’s football in PFF’s thrust, noting that it sets aside 15% of funds received from FIFA and AFC for Women Football. Aside from this tournament, PFF is also conducting for the second year in a row a nationwide implementation of an Under-14 Girl’s competition in all the PFF provincial football associations. He noted the timeliness of promoting women’s football given the success of the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 held in Canada.
PFF General Secretary Atty. Ed Gastanes clarified that unlike last year’s edition which was a 9- a side tournament, this year’s edition is 11-a side competition at 90-minute per match.
Tournament Commissioner is Ernie Nierras while Tournament Chairman is Cyril Dofitas. A Technical Study Group headed by National Women’s Team Head Coach Letecia Bautista will be observing all the games to scout for possible talents that may be included in the national pool for next year’s international competitions.
http://pff.org.ph/2015/08/05/pff-launches-2nd-womens-tournament/
good for women football,i hope not only for women, but,we should support also regional league,champion vs champion,girls and boys,luzon to mindanao, they will meet twice in semis and final,and what i read from the news today,that our president has no ambition when it come in uplifting sports program,excluded basketball(in my point of view) basketball has many sponsors,impeding other sports growth,because they are the darling of sports media, i noticed almost 90% of sports show hours in our country revered those stars,it so intoxicating,too much basketball pave way in making a SMOKE SCREEN in our sport real condition,in the other hand, one of the major sponsor: states that "bball is the fabric of our culture" which means they picked only what they liked,not really true to their motives,partiality is in their minds,whereas,thailand is the best model when comes to sports program,even though,football is their national sport darling,it seems pinoys are being blinded by too much hype in our sport hope in basketball,plus,fanning the desire of being a tall guy in asean,"its not about height or something its all about passion" one advertisement on tv, project, only oligarchs benefited it,yeah,but in reality,FIASCO pinoy bball,come on !please support philippine sports,exclude,basketball,i am totally biased that is true,because of their partial in philippine sport,whether you like it or not basketball will survive,because of too much, big companies interested in the world of midgets sport in never never win land,i hope that captain hook will cut those crooks seating in these thrones of corruption,philippine sport,support only those who are real gold finder sports,not those midgets,if you failed,then,you compromised to your golden rule before:" lets support only those sports that lay golden egg'' uttered by those gold diggers.
ReplyDeleteyes,they even into their defensive mode,hindi magaling ang aming line up,crazy!,gusto nila mag cater ng basketball dito tapos hindi the best line up?ano bayan? illogical reasoning,mga tao sa picture parang walang emotions,parang puppet.
Deleteif were talking about Gilas..Sayang.
Deletebb in Pi never evolve hanggang ngayong stagnant sa pagiging Imperial Manila league pa rin commercial set up domestic basketball.
2nd first pay for play league na decades of existent ni hindi kilala and sikat sa boung mundo naunahan pa ng CBA sa China...number one destination ng mga Euroleague & NBA players ang CBA kaysa sa PBA.
they are lag behind yung 12 commercial ball club sa PBA walang sariling basketball academy like Real Madrid,Bayern,Barca and CSKA moscow kaya halos raw din ang talent & inexperience ang nasa national pool ng Gilas.
kaya naka sandal na lang lagi sa experience and individual talent ni Andray Blatche.
mabuti pa ang Iran they have strong basketball,football & volleyball national squads.
in next decades football in PI will overtake basketball bilang national past time dahil dumadami ang new generation and next future generation ang mas nagkaka interes sa football kaysa BBall.
in next decade PBA will still stuck in NCR pero Football may national premier league na.
height is the answer,when it comes to basketball.
Deletenoong previous decades Oligarch media and business sectors kaya pa nilang i brainwash ang mga tao na ang Basketball raw ay nasa dugo nating mga Filipino.
ReplyDeletehow come nasa genes & blood natin yan? it is a myth.
ngayon ang new generation ng mga bata mas independent and pro active di na basta mauuto dahil may internet na and social media..
they can choose kung anung career sa buhay, hobbies and sports na gusto nila...noong araw wala masyado option mga old generations kung hindi Anejo Rhum ay Purefoods sa PBA.
kung napaaga ang facebook & social media noong dekada 90s malamang pinabagsak na ng MBA ang oligarch league ng PBA.
ang basketball culture dito sa pinas ay umaapaw na,pero sa arab,europe,some asian countries developing palang,syempre dati, nalo tayo sa china kasi basketball culture is not in their main stream,at advance tayo sa bball culture because of colonization tingnan natin ang mga bata sa daan iba ay parang nag jujumpsot at nag aala michael jordan pa,but today,kung hindi lang sa atin ginanap ang fiba cguro hindi tayo naka akyat,mas hamak na magaling tayo when it comes to way of playing including coaches and talent pool,pinoys meron na ngang mga signature moves,kaso masakit sabihin,kahit na magaling tayo sa shooting at dribble ay wala tayong HEIGHT, america considered as the cradle of basketball but natalo pa sila ng crotia,ano ang factors? height and shooting,kaya nainis ang mga kano at dinurog na sila hindi na binigyan ng kumpyansa,ang larong bball ay design talaga sa mga caucasian, at saan tayo nag champion sa asean? too bad dahil ang asean ay walang bball culture so tayo ang hari,kaya pag dating ng totoong laban bagssak tayo,na eexposed tayo na mga pinoy,lahat nalang basketball hindi umaasenso ang ibang laro dahil panakip butas lang ito sa totoong kalagayan ng ating palakasan,masyado ng spoiled bratt ang bball,todo selebrasyon tayo kahit asean napanalunan,masyadong elaborate talaga kung mag balita,ang iba nating sports ay hindi binabalita,nakakalungkot,at pambihira talaga,minsan nag papatalo ang mga kano para e intensify ang larong ito,pero its very sad,namatay ang football culture dito sa atin pag dating ng worldwar 2,kaya balik tayo ngayon sa kangkungan,talo tayo,nauungusan tayo ngayon sa bball kahit todo suporta noon at ngayon,at totoo ito,sa ating most beloved sport, dahil wala tayong height,syempre umiiba ang spatial range natin sa court kasi(mahirap na baka maagaw pa) pandak kasi,umiiba ang tira,kagaya sa nag daang mga laban natin dito sa asian,kung manalo naman ang ibang sports kagaya football,malamig ang pag tanngap sa pinas dahil sa motives ng mga oligarchs control ang media,lahat nang diyan na sa basketball lahat ng suporta sa tv,magazine,net,companies,wala ng hahanapin pa.
ReplyDeleteMas marami pa ang comment tungkol sa basketball. Alam na ng lahat ng tao iyang sinasabi ninyo,. Suporta na lang sa women's football, dahil iyon ang topic dito. End of story.
ReplyDeletehindi alam ito,kaya dapat ibunyag
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