Philippines at the AFC Women's Asian Cup
The Philippines has competed in nine editions of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the top tournament for women's national teams organized by members of the Asian Football Confederation. The Philippine first competed in 1981, when the tournament was still known as the "AFC Women's Championship". The national team competed again in 1983 before skipping the next three editions.
From 1993 to 2003, the Philippines participated in the tournament but failed to progress beyond the group stage. For the 2006 edition the tournament a qualification phase was introduced and the competition was renamed as the "AFC Women's Asian Cup". The Philippines unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the 2006, 2008, 2014 editions while it did not enter the qualifiers for the 2010 edition.
The Philippines then qualified for the 2018 edition which was hosted in Jordan. In this edition they made their most successful finish in the history of the continental tournament advancing out of the group stage for the first time and finished sixth.
Record
- By edition
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1981 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | No qualifying tournament | |||||||
1983 | Group Stage | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | −14 | ||||||||
1986 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1986 | ||||||||||||||||
1991 | ||||||||||||||||
1993 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | ||||||||
1995 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | ||||||||
1997 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | −30 | ||||||||
1999 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | ||||||||
2001 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | ||||||||
2003 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | −24 | ||||||||
2006 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | ||||||||
2008 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -12 | |||||||||
2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | ||||||||
2018 | 6th Place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | |
Total | 9/18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 180 | −166 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 33 | +1 |
AFC Women's Championship (1975–2003)
1981 in Hong Kong
The 1981 AFC Women's Championship which was hosted in Hong Kong, then a British Overseas Territory, marked the Philippines first participation in Asia's top women's national teams tournament. Full matches had a duration of 60 minutes. The Philippine national team was mentored by Edward Magallona and had Cristy Ramos as its captain. They were part of Group A in the group stage together with India, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The national team finished last in their group and failed to advance to the semifinal. They only scoring a single goal while conceding 14 goals in three matches.[1]
Hong Kong | 2−0 | Philippines |
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Wong Mei-Yee 3' Tao Kwai-Mui 17' |
India | 8−0 | Philippines |
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Nag 4x' Mullick 2x' Pereira Ghosh |
Singapore | 4−1 | Philippines |
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1983 in Thailand
The 1983 AFC Women's Championship which was hosted in Bangkok, Thailand saw six national teams participating. The competing teams were part of a single group in the group stage matches. Though the team failed to qualify at least for the third place play-off, it was in this edition that the Philippines recorded their first win in the history of the tournament by winning 2-0 over Hong Kong. Laudeth Gonzales scored at least a goal in that match.[2]
India | 5−0 | Philippines |
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Malaysia | 1−0 | Philippines |
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Singapore | 5−0 | Philippines |
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Philippines | 2−0 | Hong Kong |
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Thailand | 5−0 | Philippines |
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1993 in Malaysia
The Philippines returned to the AFC Women's Asian Championships after not participating in 1986 and 1991. The 1993 edition was hosted in Kuching, Malaysia They were part of Group B with Hong Kong, Japan, and Chinese Taipei. The Philippines finish last in their group conceding 32 goals and did not manage to score a goal. The national team suffered losses with double-digit margins against Japan and Chinese Taipei.[3]
Hong Kong | 5–0 | Philippines |
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1995 in Malaysia
The 1995 edition of the Asian Championships was hosted in Malaysia again; this time in Kota Kinabalu. The Philippines were part of Group A together with China, Hong Kong, and Kazakhstan. The Philippines suffered a 0-21 defeat to China, loss 0-2 to Hong Kong but managed to make a goalless draw with Kazakhstan.[4]
China PR | 21–0 | Philippines |
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Hong Kong | 2–0 | Philippines |
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1997 in China
The 1997 edition was hosted by China with matches of Group B, the grouping which the Philippines was a part of, were played in Guangzhou. The hosts were also part of this group, along with North Korea and Uzbekistan. The Philippines again finished last in their group, conceding 32 goals but scored a goal apiece against North Korea and Uzbekistan.[5]
North Korea | 14–1 | Philippines |
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China PR | 16–0 | Philippines |
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1999 in the Philippines
The Philippines hosted the 1999 AFC Women's Championship with games played in Bacolod and Iloilo City. The host nation played matches in Iloilo City as a team which was part of Group B. They started their campaign with a 5-0 win against Nepal but loss their following matches against Uzbekistan, Japan, and Thailand and finished fourth among five teams in their group just a place ahead of Nepal.[6]
Philippines | 5–0 | Nepal |
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Camaclang 20', 44' Karen Cacho 76' Shella Barlovento 80' Rachel De los Reyes 90' |
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2001 in Taiwan
The Philippines were grouped with China, Uzbekistan, and Hong Kong in Group B in the tournament hosted in Taiwan. They lost all three games scoring only a single goal against Hong Kong. The opposing teams scored 17 goals against the Philippines.[7]
Hong Kong | 2–1 | Philippines |
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China PR | 10–0 | Philippines |
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2003 in Thailand
Thailand hosted the 2003 AFC Women's Championship and the Philippines were grouped with five teams in Group B. They lost their first three matches against Japan, Myanmar, and Chinese Taipei. Their 2-1 win over Guam was their fourth and final match in this edition.[8]
AFC Women's Asian Cup (2006–)
2018 in Jordan
The Philippines qualified for the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time a qualification process was introduced in the tournament which was known as the AFC Women's Championship prior to the 2006 edition.
- Group stage – Group A
The national team was part of Group A. They had to finish among the top two teams in their group to advance to the semifinals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and if they finished third they had to face the third-placing team from the other group for fifth place and the fifth and last berth to qualify for the World Cup. They won 2-1 against hosts Jordan in their first group stage match though they lost their next matches against China and Thailand. They finished third in their group and progressed to the fifth place playoff.
Jordan | 1–2 | Philippines |
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Thailand | 3–1 | Philippines |
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- Knock-out stage – Fifth place match
They lost 0-5 to South Korea in their last bid to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Philippines | 0–5 | South Korea |
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References
- Stokkermans, Karel; Cruickshank, Mark; Fadeyev, Sergey; Lewis, Tom; Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil; Tanaka. "Asian Women's Championship (1981)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Stokkermans, Karel; Cruickshank, Mark; Fadeyev, Sergey; Lewis, Tom; Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil; Tanaka. "Asian Women's Championship (1983)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Lewis, Tom; Morrison, Neil. "Asian Women's Championship 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Lewis, Tom; Morrison, Neil. "Asian Women's Championship 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Stokkermans, Karel; Tanaka. "Asian Women's Championship 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Stokkermans, Karel; Morisson, Neil. "Asian Women's Championship 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Aarhus, Lars; Gonzalez, Miguel Alvim. "Asian Women's Championship 2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Aarhus, Lars; Duret, Sébastien; King, Ian; Roman, Todd. "Asian Women's Championship 2003". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.