Philippines women's national baseball team explained

Philippines women's
Country:Philippines
Federation:Philippine Amateur Baseball Association
Confederation:WBSC Asia
Manager:Egay delos Reyes
Wac Apps:1
Wac First:2019
Wac 3Rd Times:1
Wac 3Rd Most Recent:2019

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).[1]

History

The Philippine Amateur Baseball Association began the process for forming the Philippine women's national baseball in 2018. PABA conducted tryouts[2] with some of the players of the team also softball players.[3] 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.[2]

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.[4]

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.[2]

Primary national team tournament records

Women's Baseball World Cup

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.[5]

Women's Baseball World Cup record
YearRoundPosition
2021Qualified but cancelled
2024Did not qualify
Total

Women's Baseball Asian Cup

The Philippine national team debuted in the Women's Baseball Asian Cup in the 2019 edition. It is also their very first international competition.[6] Aiming a podium finish,[4] the Philippines won their first competitive fixture in the opening round with them prevailing 12–3 against Hong Kong.[7] 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.[8] Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Women's Baseball Asian Cup
YearRoundPosition
2017Did not participate
2019Third place3rd6424546
2023Classification round5th5324520
TotalThird place2/311749066

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Philippine baseball team training camps announced . 29 September 2018 . Manila Standard Sports . 29 September 2018.
  2. News: The Filipinas Baseball Team: Journey to the Women’s Baseball World Cup . https://web.archive.org/web/20210406110436/https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/sports/2021/4/6/filipinas-baseball-team-online-training.html . dead . April 6, 2021 . 6 April 2021 . CNN Philippines . 6 April 2021 . en.
  3. News: Henson . Joaquin . Why Loyzaga’s in baseball . 11 November 2019 . Philippine Star . 20 October 2019.
  4. News: Terrado . Jonas . Women’s baseball team eyes podium finish in Asian Cup . 11 November 2019 . Manila Bulletin . 5 November 2019.
  5. News: Women’s Baseball Asian Cup opens in China, four teams to qualify for WBSC World Cup . 12 November 2019 . World Baseball Softball Confederation . 10 November 2019.
  6. News: Henson . Joaquin . Lady batters wax hot in Asian debut . 11 November 2019 . Philippine Star . 11 November 2019.
  7. News: Li . Matthew . Clariz Palma steers Philippines to historic first win in BFA Asian Cup . 11 November 2019 . Tiebreaker Times . 10 November 2019.
  8. News: Morales . Luis . Filipina batters take bronze in Asian Cup . 16 November 2019 . Philippine Star . 16 November 2019.