• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Victorias City is hosting the 2026 Philippine Football Federation Under-19 qualifiers, with 10 teams from different football associations across the nation competing to qualify for the national championship.
Jose Miguel Valmayor, president of the Negros Occidental Regional Football Association, disclosed on Tuesday that six of the 10 football teams will join four other qualifiers from Negros, Cebu, National Capital Region, and Panay, to vie for the national championship.
The series of games, starting April 29 to May 3, will be held at the Victorias City Football Pitch.
The competing teams are Laguna Regional Football Association (LRFA), Misamis Occidental-Ozamiz Football Association (MOOFA), Zamboanga del Norte-Dipolog Regional Football Association (ZANDIRFA), South Cotabato-Sarangani-General Santos Regional Football Association (SOCSARGEN RFA), Mount Apo Regional Football Association (MARFA), Group B Cordillera Administrative Region Football Association (CARFA), Province of Bohol Regional Football Association (PBRFA), Butuan-Agusan del Norte Football Association (BANFA), Davao South Regional Football Association (DRFA), and Olongapo City-Zambales Football Association (OCZFA) .
The top 3 teams for each group will advance to the National U19 Finals, where they will join the 2024 edition semifinalists National Capital Region Football Association (NCRFA), Negros Occidental Regional Football Association (NCRFA), Iloilo-Guimaras Regional Football Association (IGRFA), and Cebu Regional Football Association (CRFA).
The National U19 Finals will be scheduled within the year.
Valmayor said they will try their best to convince PFF to hold the U19 championship game in Victorias City, Negros Occidental.
The games are open to the public free of charge.*
