Philippines women's national floorball team

Philippines women's national floorball team
Founded2014
CoachPhilippines Noel Johansson
First game0–18, vs.  Malaysia
(Singapore, December 18, 2014)
Largest win9–0, vs.  Indonesia
(Singapore, May 23, 2022)
Largest defeat0–18, vs.  Malaysia
(Singapore, December 18, 2014)
0–18, vs.  Singapore
(Singapore, December 19, 2014)

The Philippines women's national floorball team is the women's national floorball team of the Philippines and is organized by Philippine Floorball Association.

History

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The women's national team made their debut at the 2014 Southeast Asian Floorball Championships which was hosted in Singapore.[1][2] The Philippines lost all its four games at its first tournament against the national teams of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.[3]

The Philippines participated in the 2018 Women's Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup which was also hosted Singapore.[4] They lost their first group stage matches against Malaysia and Japan but won 12-6 over Iran.[5] They finished fifth defeating India, 8-6 in their final classification match.[6]

The Philippines made their first attempt to qualify for the Women's World Floorball Championship in 2019. The participated in the Asia Oceania qualifiers for the 2019 edition with the intention of using the qualification tournament as preparation for the country's hosting of the floorball event of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. They lost all their matches placing last among eight teams conceding a narrow 3–4 loss to South Korea in the 7th-place play-off.[7][8]

The team participated in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, held in the Philippines, at the University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics Gym. In total, there were 5 countries competing in Floorball for both men and women: Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The Philippines women's team did well on their first match, winning 8–1 against Indonesia.[9] The team finished the tournament at 4th place, losing to Malaysia 0–1 at over time during the Bronze medal match.[10]

The Philippines sweep all games of the preliminary round of the 2022 Women's Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup.[11][12] However the Philippines lost its rematch against host Singapore in the final.[13]

They returned for the 2023 edition of the Southeast Asian Games where they finished as bronze medalists.[14]

Colors

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Kit suppliers of the Philippines women's national floorball team
Outfitter Usage
From Until
Germany Erima current

Records

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World Championships

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Women's World Floorball Championship
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA +/-
Finland 2015
Sweden 2017
Did not enter
Switzerland 2019 Did not qualify
Total 0 titles - - - - - - - -

Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup

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Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA +/-
Singapore 2018 Group stage 5th place 6 3 0 3 30 42 -12
Singapore 2022 Finals 2nd place 6 5 0 1 34 11 +23
Total 0 titles 2nd place 12 8 0 4 64 53 11

Southeast Asian Floorball Championships

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Southeast Asian Floorball Championships
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA +/-
Singapore 2014 Group stage 4th place 4 0 0 4 3 60 -57
Total 0 titles Fourth place 4 0 0 4 3 60 -57

Southeast Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA +/-
Singapore 2015 Withdrew[15]
Philippines 2019 Group stage 4th place 5 1 1 3 16 20 –4
Cambodia 2023 Bronze Medal Match 3rd place 5 2 1 2 22 21 +1
Total 0 titles 3rd place 10 3 2 5 38 41 –3

Players

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The following are listed on IFF website."Team - Philippines Women".

Goalkeepers
Number Player name Club
25 Pia Tolentino Singapore Wonderbelles FC
67 Loella Andersson Sweden Åstorp/Kvidinge IBS
Defender
Number Player name Club
5 Angelica Bengtsson Sweden Sandvikens AIK
15 Ronalynn Ranta Finland SB Pro
17 Helena Vaha-Nissi Finland Northern Stars
42 Evelina Skarfeldt Sweden Fagerhult/Habo IB
77 Michelle Cortina Sweden Älvsjö AIK
Forwards
Number Player name Club
3 Keziah Rezemae Espidillon Singapore Tampines FC
11 Heidi Hyryläinen Finland Jokerit SB
13 Dianne Lyn Villegas Sweden Hultsberg IBF
19 Annicah Cahatian
24 Edelyn Embile Singapore Merahan Knightingales
26 Julia Martinsson Sweden Järfälla IBK
28 Nathalie Sundin Sweden Bälinge IF
68 Hanna Sofia Kronstrand Sweden Nacka Wallenstam IBK
82 Hanna Caren Esteves Sweden Älvsjö AIK
92 Roxane Ruiz Singapore Team U Sports Liitto FC

Management

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Head coach Philippines Noel Alm Johansson
Coach Sweden Fredrik Nyback
Team Official Sweden Kennet Andersson
Coach Singapore Jenmark Sorreda
Equipment Manager Sweden Mathilda Engroth

References

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  1. ^ Abrogueña, Dan (15 November 2014). "Floorball Philippines will participate in the 1st Southeast Asian Floorball Championships from December 17th-21st, 2014 in Singapore". Floorball Philippines. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ^ "The Philippines debuts in international floorball in December". Floorball Philippines. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ^ "1st South East Asian Championships". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  4. ^ Foong, Jonah (19 June 2018). "Flying start for Singapore's floorballers". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup 2018 - Women". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. ^ Foong, Jonah (23 June 2018). "Singapore's women floorballers clinch Asia-Oceania title". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holding Ltd. Co. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Debutants in the WFCQ 2019 - Belgium and the Philippines". International Floorball Federation. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Women's WFC 2019 Qualifications - Asia Oceania Qualification". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Women's floorball records 1st PH win". Rappler. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  10. ^ "SEA GAMES 2019". International Floorball Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Evelina, PH floorball winalis eliminasyon". Abante (in Filipino). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  12. ^ Ong, Jeremiah (26 May 2022). "Floorball: Singapore to face Philippines in Women's Asia Oceania Confederation Cup final | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  13. ^ Burke, Patrick (28 May 2022). "Singapore retain Women's Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  14. ^ Atencio, Peter (16 May 2023). "PH settles for silver in floorball". Manila Standard. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  15. ^ Osman, Shamir (3 June 2015). "Women's floorball down to three". The New Paper. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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