2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara
{{short description|4th season of the Copa Paulino Alcantara}}
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football tournament season
|title = Copa Paulino Alcantara
|year = 2022
|image =
|image_size = 100px
|country = Philippines
|dates = March 14 – May 24
|num_teams = 7
|champions = United City
|count = 2
|defending champions = Kaya–Iloilo
|matches = 25
|goals = 62
|top goal scorer =Daizo Horikoshi
(6 goals)
|prevseason = 2021
|nextseason = 2023
}}
The 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara was the fourth edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, the domestic football cup competition of the Philippines. The 2022 edition marked the first time since the 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara that matches are not held in a "bubble format", and also the first season in more than two years that allowed spectators to watch the matches, all of which are held at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. The final saw United City grab a narrow 3–2 win over defending champions Kaya–Iloilo in the highest-scoring final to date. As a result, United City won their second Copa title. They last won the title in the 2019, as Ceres–Negros.
Scheduling
The COVID-19 pandemic still persists as of 2022, which led to the cancellation of the league tournament in 2021 and the commencement of the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara in its place.{{cite news |last1=Suyu |first1=Ian |title=Copa eyed for March |url=https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2022/01/17/copa-eyed-for-march/ |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=Daily Tribune |date=17 January 2022}} The 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara is scheduled to start in March 14{{cite news |title=Copa Paulino Alcantara kicks off on March 14 |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/02/26/copa-paulino-alcantara-kicks-off-on-march-14/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=26 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Copa Paulino Alcantara 2022 set for March 14 |url=https://pfl.org.ph/copa-paulino-alcantara-2022-set-march-14/ |website=Philippines Football League |date=February 26, 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022}} with the final set to be held on May 23.{{cite web |title=The Dates are In! |url=https://www.facebook.com/WeArePFL/posts/4682387788477703?__cft__[0]=AZVkyeFdJ986nw00tYnsHdHkCwZdHtp9YDCA9xRK4c4gAXe2u-d0woE1vW3VPb5pQX4cFtLd9qqt3jsM1JcD7qHyc20GscY5dJRXH2b-nDs32L5Qok7wKAzu0U2RFzh8ICO1fpRWn_nrTEgRzG1ZqpfVRlPyuwZFYHBQTMQZ3eP4w5vbEGWMTbxDpji-Cp4V6k4&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R |website=Facebook |publisher=Philippines Football League |access-date=26 February 2022 |date=25 February 2022}}{{better source needed|date=February 2022}}
Participating clubs
All seven clubs of the Philippines Football League participated. The 2021 season was cancelled and not held but the league had a new club, Dynamic Herb Cebu which already took part in the 2021 cup tournament. United City and Maharlika Manila are set to make a return after foregoing the 2021 cup tournament.
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Format
=Competition=
Unlike previous editions of the Copa, where the teams would be separated into different groups, this year's edition of the competition will see all the current teams of the Philippines Football League play against each other once. The 7 clubs, playing in what is dubbed as the "elimination round", will play against each other once. At the end of the elimination round, the top four teams will then meet each other in the semifinals, with the first-placed team facing the fourth-placed team, while the second-placed team faced the third-placed team, similar to the Finals Series in the inaugural PFL season.{{cite news |last1=Yumol |first1=David Tristan |title=Kaya-Iloilo dominates Dynamic Herb Cebu for Copa Paulino Alcantara top semis seed |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2022/5/12/Kaya-Iloilo-beats-Dynamic-Herb-Cebu.html |access-date=12 May 2022 |work=CNN Philippines |date=12 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516102126/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2022/5/12/Kaya-Iloilo-beats-Dynamic-Herb-Cebu.html |url-status=dead }} Just like in the 2021 edition, the losers of the semifinals will play each other in the third place match while the winners meet in the final, which will consist of a single match.
The Azkals Development Team initially finished fourth place in the elimination round, but due to the national team's participation in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, the ADT were forced to cede their semifinal slot to Stallion Laguna, who finished fifth above Maharlika Manila on goal difference.{{cite news |title=Stallion Laguna 0-0 United City FC |url=https://pfl.org.ph/stallion-laguna-0-0-united-city-fc/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=pfl.org.ph |date=14 May 2022 |language=en}}
The competition will be held in a closed-circuit format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Terrado |first1=Reuben |title=Seven teams seeing action in 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara |url=https://www.spin.ph/football/pfl/2022-copa-paulino-alcantara-to-start-on-march-14-a795-20220227 |access-date=27 February 2022 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=27 February 2022 |language=en}} All matches will be held at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite.
Elimination round
{{notelist}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER1
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|14}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 1
|score = 0–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/maharlika-manila-fc-0-1-kaya-fc-iloilo/ Report]
|team1 = Maharlika Manila
|goals1 =
|team2 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals2 = Horikoshi {{goal|47}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER2
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|21}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 2
|score = 2–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/maharlika-manila-fc-2-1-mendiola-fc-1991/ Report]
|team1 = Maharlika Manila
|goals1 = G. Clarino {{goal|49}}
M. Clarino {{goal|77}}
|team2 = Mendiola 1991
|goals2 = Flores {{goal|44}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER3
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|24}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 3
|score = 4–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/united-city-fc-4-0-maharlika-manila-fc/ Report]
|team1 = United City
|goals1 = Robertson {{goal|23}}
Sendra {{goal|26}}
Ouano {{goal|44}}
Minegishi {{goal|73}}
|team2 = Maharlika Manila
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER4
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|28}}
|time = 16:00 UTC+8
|round = 4
|score = 3–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/azkals-development-team-3-0-mendiola-fc-1991/ Report]
|team1 = Azkals Development Team
|goals1 = Woods {{goal|45+2|pen.}}
Guerrero {{goal|74}}
Ocampo {{goal|82}}
|team2 = Mendiola 1991
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER5
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|28}}
|time = 19:15 UTC+8
|round = 5
|score = 1–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/kaya-fc-iloilo-1-1-united-city-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals1 = Horikoshi {{goal|56}}
|team2 = United City
|goals2 = Ott {{goal|34}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER6
|date = {{Start date|2022|03|31}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 6
|score = 4–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/united-city-fc-4-0-azkals-development-team/ Report]
|team1 = United City
|goals1 = Sendra {{goal|12}}
Juraboev {{goal|21}}
Ouano {{goal|71}}
Daniels {{goal|89}}
|team2 = Azkals Development Team
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER7
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|04}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 7
|score = 0–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/mendiola-fc-1991-0-0-united-city-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Mendiola 1991
|goals1 =
|team2 = United City
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER8
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|11}}
|time = 16:00 UTC+8
|round = 8
|score = 0–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/mendiola-fc-1991-0-1-kaya-fc-iloilo/ Report]
|team1 = Mendiola 1991
|goals1 =
|team2 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals2 = Melliza {{goal|68}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER9
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|11}}
|time = 19:15 UTC+8
|round = 9
|score = 1–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/azkals-development-team-1-1-stallion-laguna-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Azkals Development Team
|goals1 = Woods {{goal|87}}
|team2 = Stallion Laguna
|goals2 = Nogueira {{goal|19}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER10
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|20}}
|time = 16:00 UTC+8
|round = 10
|score = 0–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/mendiola-fc-1991-0-0-stallion-laguna-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Mendiola 1991
|goals1 =
|team2 = Stallion Laguna
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER11
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|20}}
|time = 19:15 UTC+8
|round = 11
|score = 4–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/kaya-fc-iloilo-4-0-azkals-development-team/ Report]
|team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals1 = Lopez Mendy {{goal|19||29}}
Mitchell {{goal|23}}
Horikoshi {{goal|80}}
|team2 = Azkals Development Team
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Linjun Talaver
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER12
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|25}}
|time = 16:00 UTC+8
|round = 12
|score = 0–2
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/stallion-laguna-fc-0-2-dynamic-herb-cebu-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Stallion Laguna
|goals1 =
|team2 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals2 = Uzoka {{goal|33}}
Corsame {{goal|90}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Linjun Talaver
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER13
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|25}}
|time = 19:15 UTC+8
|round = 13
|score = 3–1
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/azkals-development-team-3-1-maharlika-manila-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Azkals Development Team
|goals1 = Bias {{goal|23}}
Ocampo {{goal|24}}
Chung {{goal|89}}
|team2 = Maharlika Manila
|goals2 = Kim Sung-min {{goal|66}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER14
|date = {{Start date|2022|04|28}}
|time =
|round = 14
|score = 3–0{{ref|a1|a}}
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals1 =
|team2 = Azkals Development Team
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER15
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|02}}
|time = 16:00 UTC+8
|round = 15
|score = 2–3
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/stallion-laguna-fc-2-3-kaya-fc-iloilo/ Report]
|team1 = Stallion Laguna
|goals1 = Sy {{goal|61}}
Nierras {{goal|70}}
|team2 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals2 =
Mitchell {{goal|10}}
Felongco {{goal|18}}
Melliza {{goal|28}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Linjun Talaver
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER16
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|02}}
|time = 19:15 UTC+8
|round = 16
|score = 3–1
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals1 = Çınkır {{goal|57||73}}
Altınöz {{goal|90+3}}
|team2 = Mendiola 1991
|goals2 = Hajimehdi {{goal|42|pen.}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER17
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|05}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 17
|score = 2–1
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals1 = Çınkır {{goal|37}}
Borlongan {{goal|56}}
|team2 = Maharlika Manila
|goals2 = Kim Sung-min {{goal|69}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER18
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|08}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 18
|score = 1–1
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = United City
|goals1 = Sendra {{goal|6}}
|team2 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals2 = Patalinghug {{goal|70}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER19
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|08}}
|time = 20:15 UTC+8
|round = 19
|score = 1–1
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Maharlika Manila
|goals1 = Silva {{goal|87|o.g.}}
|team2 = Stallion Laguna
|goals2 = Sy {{goal|48}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER20
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|12}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = 20
|score = 3–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/kaya-fc-iloilo-3-0-dynamic-herb-cebu-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals1 =
- Arthur {{goal|14}}
- Horikoshi {{goal|33|pen.|59}}
|team2 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id = ER21
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|12}}
|time = 20:15 UTC+8
|round = 21
|score = 0–0
|aet =
|report = [https://pfl.org.ph/stallion-laguna-0-0-united-city-fc/ Report]
|team1 = Stallion Laguna
|goals1 =
|team2 = United City
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
Notes:
: a {{note|a1}} Dynamic Herb Cebu was awarded a 3–0 win due to ADT's inability to compete. The ADT forms the core of the Philippine national U23 team which held a training camp in Malaysia as part of its preparation for the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.{{cite news |title=PFL Statement on Dynamic Herb Cebu FC vs Azkals Development Team on 28 April 2022 |url=https://pfl.org.ph/pfl-statement-dynamic-herb-cebu-fc-vs-azkals-development-team-28-april-2022/ |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=pfl.org.ph |date=26 April 2022}}
Knock-out stage
{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd
| RD1 = Semi-finals
| RD2 = Final
| RD2b = Third place
| RD1-seed1 = P1
| RD1-team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
| RD1-score1 = 1
| RD1-seed2 = P5
| RD1-team2 = Stallion Laguna
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-seed3 = P2
| RD1-team3 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 = P3
| RD1-team4 = United City
| RD1-score4 = 1
| RD2-seed1 = W1
| RD2-team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
| RD2-score1 = 2
| RD2-seed2 = W2
| RD2-team2 = United City
| RD2-score2 = 3
| RD2b-seed1 = L1
| RD2b-team1 = Stallion Laguna
| RD2b-score1 = 2
| RD2b-seed2 = L2
| RD2b-team2 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
| RD2b-score2 = 1
}}
=Semi-finals=
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|id =
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|17}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = Semi-final
|score = 1–0
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals1 =
- Horikoshi {{goal|86}}
|team2 = Stallion Laguna
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda
}}
{{football box collapsible
|id =
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|17}}
|time = 21:00 UTC+8
|round = Semi-final
|score = 0–1
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals1 =
|team2 = United City
|goals2 =
- Lyngbø {{goal|60}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Meliton Pelayo
}}
=Third place play-off=
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|date = {{Start date|2022|05|22}}
|time = 17:00 UTC+8
|round = Third place
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team1 = Stallion Laguna
|goals1 =
- Sy {{goal|17}}
- Bedia {{goal|88}}
|team2 = Dynamic Herb Cebu
|goals2 =
- Çınkır {{goal|34}}
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|aet =
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Mick Jon Pineda}}
=Final=
{{main|2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara Final}}
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|id =
|date = {{Start date|2022|05|22}}
|time = 20:30 UTC+8
|round = Final
|score = 2–3
|aet =
|report =
|team1 = Kaya–Iloilo
|goals1 =
- Lopez Mendy {{goal|14}}
- Melliza {{goal|32}}
|team2 = United City
|goals2 =
|stadium = PFF National Training Center
|location = Carmona
|attendance =
|referee = Clifford Daypuyat
}}
Top scorers
{{smalldiv|{{legend|silver|Team eliminated / inactive for this round.}}}}
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!Rank !Player !Team !{{Tooltip|MD1|Elimination Round Matchday 1}} !{{Tooltip|MD2|Elimination Round Matchday 2}} !{{Tooltip|MD3|Elimination Round Matchday 3}} !{{Tooltip|MD4|Elimination Round Matchday 4}} !{{Tooltip|MD5|Elimination Round Matchday 5}} !{{Tooltip|MD6|Elimination Round Matchday 6}} !{{Tooltip|SF|Semifinal}} !{{Tooltip|3P|3rd place play-off}} ! {{Tooltip|F|Final}} !Total | ||||||||
| rowspan="1" |1
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Daizo Horikoshi |align=left|Kaya–Iloilo |1||1|| ||1|| ||2||1||bgcolor="silver"| || !rowspan="1" |6 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" |2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Arda Çınkır |align="left"|Dynamic Herb Cebu | || ||2||1|| || || ||1||bgcolor="silver"| !rowspan="1" |4 | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" |3
|align=left|{{flagicon|SEN}} Robert Lopez Mendy |align=left|Kaya–Iloilo | || || ||2|| || || ||bgcolor="silver"| ||1 !rowspan="4" |3 | ||||||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Jesus Melliza
|align=left|Kaya–Iloilo | | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | 1 | ||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ricardo Sendra
|align=left|United City |1 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | |||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|SEN}} Abou Sy
|align=left|Stallion Laguna | | 1 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | ||||
| rowspan="9" |7
|align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Kenshiro Daniels |align=left|United City | || ||1|| || || || ||bgcolor="silver"| ||1 !rowspan="9" |2 | ||||||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sung-min
|align=left|Maharlika Manila | | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver" colspan=3| | |||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Hikaru Minegishi
|align=left|United City |1 | bgcolor="silver"| | 1 | ||||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|TRI}} Carlyle Mitchell
|align=left|Kaya–Iloilo | | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | |||||
| align="left"|{{flagicon|PHI}} Lance Ocampo
|align="left"|ADT |1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver" colspan=3| | ||||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Mike Ott
|align=left|United City | | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | 1 | |||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Ivan Ouano
|align=left|United City |1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver"| | ||||||
| align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Scott Woods
|align=left|ADT |1 | 1 | bgcolor="silver" colspan=3| |
Awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Award
! Club |
|---|
| Golden Ball
|{{flagicon|PHI}} Mike Ott |
| Golden Boot
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Daizo Horikoshi |
| Golden Glove
|{{flagicon|PHI}} Anthony Pinthus |United City |
References
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