The Philippines women's national baseball team is the national team of the Philippines which represents the country in women's baseball. It is organized by the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association (PABA).[2]
| Philippines women's national baseball team | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Federation | Philippine Amateur Baseball Association |
| Confederation | WBSC Asia |
| Manager | Egay delos Reyes |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 11  3 (22 September 2023)[1] |
| Women's Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) |
| Best result |  3rd (1 time, in 2019) |
History edit
The Philippine Amateur Baseball Association began the process for forming the Philippine women's national baseball in 2018. PABA conducted tryouts[3] with some of the players of the team also softball players.[4] They debuted in competitive baseball at the 2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup with only around half-a-year of preparations which involves scrimmages against local Philippine high school and college men's teams. They finished third in the tournament clinching a qualification berth for their first Women's Baseball World Cup in 2020.[3]
The Philippines was also supposed to play at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games to be hosted at home, but women's baseball was scrapped from the regional games' calendar due to Indonesia being the only other country to signify interest to enter a women's baseball event at the games.[5]
The national team was supposed to play in 2020 at the Women's Baseball World Cup. However the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially planning to train in Japan and participate in tournaments in Hong Kong as part of the team's preparation for the World Cup, their training was modified due to logistical issues caused by the pandemic. Team members had to resort to online means and train individually.[3]
Primary national team tournament records edit
Women's Baseball World Cup edit
The Philippines was to make its first appearance at the Women's Baseball World Cup in its second edition after it finished third in the 2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup where the top four teams qualified for the tournament.[6]
| Women's Baseball World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | RS | RA | |
 2021
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— | Qualified but cancelled | ||||||
 2024
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— | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Total | — | — | ||||||
Women's Baseball Asian Cup edit
The Philippine national team debuted in the Women's Baseball Asian Cup in the 2019 edition. It is also their very first international competition.[7] Aiming a podium finish,[5] the Philippines won their first competitive fixture in the opening round with them prevailing 12–3 against Hong Kong.[8] They advanced to the Super round after securing a win against South Korea. In the Super Round, the Philippines conceded matches against Japan and Chinese Taipei, but won over host, China. Their finishing set up a rematch with the China in the bronze medal match with the Philippines clinching a 11–1 win over the hosts.[9]
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Philippine baseball team training camps announced". Manila Standard Sports. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Filipinas Baseball Team: Journey to the Women's Baseball World Cup". CNN Philippines. 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Henson, Joaquin (20 October 2019). "Why Loyzaga's in baseball". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ a b Terrado, Jonas (5 November 2019). "Women's baseball team eyes podium finish in Asian Cup". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Women's Baseball Asian Cup opens in China, four teams to qualify for WBSC World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Henson, Joaquin (11 November 2019). "Lady batters wax hot in Asian debut". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Li, Matthew (10 November 2019). "Clariz Palma steers Philippines to historic first win in BFA Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Morales, Luis. "Filipina batters take bronze in Asian Cup". Philippine Star. No. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.