Philippines at the 2025 World Games

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Competitors48 in 11 sports
FlagbearersAgatha Wong[1] (wushu)
Raphael Trinidad[2] (wakeboarding)
Philippines at the
2025 World Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors48 in 11 sports
Flag bearersAgatha Wong[1] (wushu)
Raphael Trinidad[2] (wakeboarding)
Medals
Ranked 60th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
World Games appearances (overview)

Philippines competed at the 2025 World Games which were held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.

Stephen Arapoc, president of the Muaythai Association of the Philippines is the chef de mission for the delegation with 48 athletes.[3][4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverKaila NapolisJu-jitsuWomen's 52 kg10 August
 SilverChezka CentenoBillardsWomen's ten-ball13 August
 BronzeCarlos Baylon Jr.WushuMen's sanda 56 kg13 August
 BronzeAislinn YapSamboWomen's combat 80 kg14 August

Competitors

The Philippine delegation at the opening ceremony.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[5]

Sport Men Women Total
Billards 123
Dragon boat 6612
Duathlon 336
Floorball 14014
Ju-jitsu 022
Kickboxing 011
Muaythai 011
Powerlifting 112
Sambo 011
Wakeboarding 202
Wushu 224
Total291948

Dragon boat

The Philippines have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships.[6] The Philippine national team under the Philippine Canoe Kayak Federation fielded a 12-rower roster.[7][8] Most of the teams regular members are military personnel who were barred from participating due to tense China–Philippines diplomatic relations due to the South China Sea dispute.[9] They failed to progress to the final in all four events which had a heats and semifinals phases.[10]

Roster[8]
Men Women
    • Jims Vencent Arsenio*
    • John Rey Barca
    • Roger Masbate
    • Roberto Pantaleon
    • John James Pelagio
    • Alfred Reformina*
    • Lealyn Baligasa
    • Joanna Barca
    • Roda Daban
    • Rosalyn Esguerra
    • Katherine Goesaert
    • Jonnalyn Quinones
(*) 10-seater events only
Team Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Philippines Open 8-seater 200m 50.94 6 Did not advance
Open 8-seater 500m 2:13.63 6 Did not advance
Open 8-seater 2000m N/a 9:37.26 9
10-seater 200m 52.07 4 SF 52.07 4 Did not advance
10-seater 500m 2:13.08 5 SF 2:11.20 4 Did not advance
10-seater 2000m N/a 9:40.57 11

Cue sports

Pool

The Philippines have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games for pool. Rubilen Amit qualified by placing second at the Asian 10-Ball Women's Pool Championships.[11] Jeff de Luna also qualified.[12]

Chezka Centeno won a silver medal, losing to Han Yu of China in the final.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jeff de Luna 10-ball  Wu (TPE)
L 5–9
 Szolnoki (HUN)
L 8–9
3 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rubilen Amit 10-ball  Filler (GER)
L 4–7
 Liu (CHN)
L 4–7
3 Did not advance
Chezka Centeno  Easton (USA)
W 7–2
 Han (CHN)
L 6–7
1 Q  Ropero (ESP)
W 7–2
 Liu (CHN)
W 7–4
 Han (CHN)
L 6–7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Duathlon

Merry Joy Trupa, Kim Mangrobang and Franklin Yee qualified following their participation at the 2025 Asia Triathlon Duathlon Championships in Manama, Bahrain.[14]

Individual
Athlete Event Run (2.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (30 km) Trans 2 Run (2.5 km) Total Time Rank
Franklin Yee Men's 15:59 0:21 45:11 0:25 18:41 1:20:37 23
Kim Mangrobang Women's 19:22 0:21 51:07 0:23 20:57 1:32:10 18
Merry Joy Trupa 19:09 0:24 51:18 0:24 21:25 1:32:40 19

Floorball

The Philippines qualified their national floorball team via finishing as the best team from Asia-Oceania at the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships.[15] The Philippines were drawn with Latvia, Sweden, and Switzerland in Group A.[16]

The floorball team are the first Filipino athletes to compete, playing their opening game against Latvia on 7 August.[16] The team lost to Latvia 2–12[17] and also lost 1–11 to Sweden.[18] They won the 7th place playoff against the hosts, China.[19]

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PF
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Philippines men Men's tournament  Latvia
L 2–12
 Sweden
L 1–11
  Switzerland
L 0–18
4 PF Did not advance  China
W 14–0
7

Ju-jitsu

The Philippines have qualified two athletes.[20][21] Kaila Napolis in the women's 52 kg ne-waza event won the delegation's first medal with a silver medal.[22] Annie Ramirez failed to advance to the semifinals in the 57 kg ne-waza.[23] Ramirez and Napolis failed to medal in the open category.[19]

Women
Athlete Event Elimination round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kaila Napolis 52 kg  Alhosani (UAE)
W ADV 0–0
 Im (KOR)
L ADV 0–0
2 Q N/a  Aronov (ISR)
W ADV 0–0
 Im (KOR)
L ADV 2–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Open N/a  Alhosani (UAE)
L ADV 0–0
Did not advance
Annie Ramirez 57 kg  Ganbaatar (MGL)
L ADV 0–0
 Marceau (CAN)
L 0–2
3 N/a Did not advance
Open N/a  Toth (HUN)
L ADV 0–0
Did not advance

Kickboxing

Hergie Bacyadan qualified for the World Games through the 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships. He will compete in the women's division.[24] Bacyadan has competed as a boxer at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[25] He finished fourth losing to Aleksandra Krstic in the bronze medal match.[26]

Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hergie Bacyadan K1 -70kg  Keri (HUN)
W 3–0
 Dias (POR)
L 1–2
 Krstic (SRB)
L 1–2
4

Muaythai

Rudzma Abubakar competed in the women's -48kg division. She started her campaign by winning all three rounds against Anastasiia Mykhailenko of Ukraine in the quarterfinals.[27] However she sustained back spasms during the bout.[28]

In the semifinals, the referee stopped the contest on the second round of Abubakar's fight against Liu Xiaohui of China.[29] Abubakar's nose was dislocated during the fight.[28]

Abubakar therefore advanced to the bronze medal match where she was supposed to fight Oumaima Belouarrat of Morocco. However she forfeited the bout due to her semifinal injury and was forced to go home for medical treatment.[28]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rudzma Abubakar Women's 48 kg  Mykhailenko (UKR)
W 30–27
 Liu (CHN)
L 9–10 RSC
 Belouarrat (MAR)
L w/o
4

Powerlifting

The Philippines have qualified two athletes.[20]

Athlete Event Final Total lifted Total points Rank
Squat Bench press Deadlift
Regie Ramirez Men's equipped lightweight 245.0 155.0 262.5 662.5 96.70 8
Joyce Gail Reboton Women's equipped super heavyweight 240.0 147.5 207.5 595.0 94.52 6

Sambo

Aislinn Agnes Yap took part in the women's combat 80kg division. She lost to Ulbossyn Adilova of Kazakhstan in the opening seimifinals before earning a bronze after defeating Nicole Castro of Costa Rica.[30][31]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aislinn Agnes Yap Combat 80kg Bye  Adilova (KAZ)
L 0–2
 Castro (CRC)
W 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wakeboarding

Wushu

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