1986 President Aquino Cup

1986 President Aquino Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	August 6–10
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russian SFSR XI
Runners-up	Guangdong XI
Third place	South China A.A.
Fourth place	Philippines

The 1986 President Aquino Cup is a four team tournament held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila from August 6-10, 1986. The selection team from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were champions of the tournament.^[1]

The tournament was named in honor of then incumbent President Corazon Aquino. Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino and the son of the president, was the speaker and guest of honor at the opening of the football tournament held at 17:45 UTC+08:00. Philippine Football Federation president Frank Elizalde delivered the welcome address. Inter-Cities Foundation president Ben Ching introduced the participating teams while Gintong Alay Executive Director Jose Romansanta introduced Noynoy. The ceremonial ball was kicked by Kris Aquino and Asian Ladies Football Federation vice president Cristy Ramos. The tournament was on a single round robin format.^[2]

Participants

Four teams participated at the tournament. The hosts Philippines, was represented by its national team. South China A.A. sports club represented the then British colony of Hong Kong. China is represented by a selection from the Guangdong province. The Soviet Union's representative was a selection from ten cities from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.^[2]^[1]^[3] The Soviet side's players mostly came from the second division and was mentored by Ivan Ivarlanov who at one time was with the first division.^[3]

Fixtures

Times listed are local time (UTC+8)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russian SFSR XI	3	3	0	7	0	7	6
Guangdong XI	3	2	1	3	1	2	4
South China	3	1	2	5	3	2	2
Philippines	3	0	3	1	12	-11	0

Guangdong XI v Philippines

August 6, 1986
18:30^[2]

Guangdong XI	2–0	Philippines
	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Russian SFSR XI v South China

August 6, 1986
20:30^[2]

Russian SFSR XI	1–0	South China
	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Philippines v Russian SFSR XI

August 8, 1986

Philippines	0–5	Russian SFSR XI
	Report	? 2'^[3]

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance: 5,000^[3]

Guangdong XI v South China

August 8, 1986

Guangdong XI	1–0	South China
Huang Junwei 22'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Philippines v South China

August 10, 1986
18:30^[4]

Philippines	1–5	South China
Villahermosa ?'	Report	Bredbury ?', ?', ?', ?'^[5]

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Russian SFSR XI v Guangdong XI

August 10, 1986
20:30^[4]

Russian SFSR XI	1–0	Guangdong XI
Mazurin 73'^[5]	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance: 8,000^[5]

Awards

1986 President Aquino Cup Champions
Russian SFSR XI First title

References

1 2 Lewis, Tom; Morrison, Neil. "President Aquino Cup 1986 (Manila)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Aquino Cup opens today". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 6 August 1986. p. 12.
1 2 3 4 "Russia blasts RP XI". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 9 August 1986. p. 12.
1 2 "Russia vs. China Tonight". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 10 August 1986. p. 11.
1 2 3 "USSR Bomb China". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 11 August 1986. p. 12.

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