Philippines women's national baseball team
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| Philippines women's national baseball team | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Federation | Philippine Amateur Baseball Association |
| Confederation | WBSC Asia |
| Manager | Egay delos Reyes |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 21  5 (31 December 2025)[1] |
| Women's Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2019) |
| Best result |  3rd (1 time, in 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).[2]
The Philippine Amateur Baseball Association began the process for forming the Philippine women's national baseball in 2018. PABA conducted tryouts[3] with some of the players of the team also softball players.[4] 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.[3]
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.[5]
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.[3]
