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
Final tournament Qualifying tournament
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
1981Group Stage3003114−13No qualifying tournament
1983Group Stage5104216−14
1986Did not enter
1986
1991
1993Group Stage3003032−32
1995Group Stage3012023−23
1997Group Stage3003232−30
1999Group Stage300358−3
2001Group Stage3003117−16
2003Group Stage4103226−24
2006Did not qualify2002210-8
20085122416-12
2010Did not enterDid not enter
2014Did not qualify3201101+9
20186th Place4103312−95311186+12
Total9/1830312714180−166156363433+1

AFC Women's Championship (1975–2003)

1981 in Hong Kong
Further information: 1981 AFC Women's Championship

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
Wong Mei-Yee  3'
Tao Kwai-Mui  17'
Attendance: 8,123
India 8−0 Philippines
Nag  4x'
Mullick  2x'
Pereira
Ghosh
Mongkok Stadium
Singapore 4−1 Philippines
Mongkok Stadium
Attendance: 1,200

1983 in Thailand
Further information: 1983 AFC Women's Championship

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
Malaysia 1−0 Philippines
Singapore 5−0 Philippines
Philippines 2−0 Hong Kong
Thailand 5−0 Philippines

1993 in Malaysia
Further information: 1993 AFC Women's Championship

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
Japan 15–0 Philippines
Kioka
Takakura
Sawa
Nagamine
Mizuma
Handa
Chinese Taipei 12–0 Philippines

1995 in Malaysia
Further information: 1995 AFC Women's Championship

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
Kazakhstan 0–0 Philippines
Hong Kong 2–0 Philippines

1997 in China
Further information: 1997 AFC Women's Championship

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]

Uzbekistan 2–1 Philippines
North Korea 14–1 Philippines
China PR 16–0 Philippines

1999 in the Philippines
Further information: 1999 AFC Women's Championship

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
Camaclang  20', 44'
Karen Cacho  76'
Shella Barlovento  80'
Rachel De los Reyes  90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Philippines 0–1 Uzbekistan
Philippines 0–6 Japan
Report Isaka  10', 16', 71'
Yamagishi  46'
Aizawa  52'
Hara  63'
Philippines 0–1 Thailand

2001 in Taiwan
Further information: 2001 AFC Women's Championship

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]

Uzbekistan 5–0 Philippines
Hong Kong 2–1 Philippines
China PR 10–0 Philippines

2003 in Thailand
Further information: 2003 AFC Women's Championship

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]

Japan 15–0 Philippines
Philippines 0–6 Myanmar
Philippines 0–4 Chinese Taipei
Philippines 2–1 Guam

AFC Women's Asian Cup (2006–)

2018 in Jordan
Further information: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Jordan v. Philippines; 2018 AFC Asian Cup

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
 Report
Attendance: 9,473
Philippines 0–3 China PR
Report
Attendance: 226
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Thailand 3–1 Philippines
 Report
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
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
Report
Attendance: 418
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
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References
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