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2016 UFL Cup

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Country
  
Philippines

Teams
  
12

Matches played
  
41

Dates
  
February 6 – April 16

Runners-up
  
Ceres F.C.

Champions
  
Global F.C. (2nd title)

The 2016 United Football League Cup is the sixth edition of the United Football League Cup which started in February 6 and ended in April 9, 2016. There will be no guest teams with all competing teams also participating in the main UFL competition as per mandate by the Philippine Football Federation. All competing clubs also had to field teams for youth competitions to be organized by the UFL.

Contents

The cup adopted a single round robin format with two groups followed by a knockout stage composing of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. There is also a foreign player limit of five in the matchday squad of each clubs.

Kaya are the defending champions. Global won the 2016 UFL Cup defeating Ceres in the final.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held in January 20, 2016.

Tournament team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

References

2016 UFL Cup Wikipedia