Philippines at the 2025 World Games

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Philippines at the
2025 World Games
Flag of the Philippines.svg
IOC code PHI
NOC Philippine Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors48 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Agatha 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.

Contents

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

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaila Napolis Ju-jitsu Women's 52 kg10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chezka Centeno Billards Women's ten-ball13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Carlos Baylon Jr. Wushu Men's sanda 56 kg13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aislinn Yap Sambo Women's combat 80 kg14 August

Competitors

The Philippine delegation at the opening ceremony. Philippines 2025 World Games opening ceremony.jpg
The Philippine delegation at the opening ceremony.

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

SportMenWomenTotal
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]
MenWomen
    • 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
TeamEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Philippines Open 8-seater 200m50.946Did not advance
Open 8-seater 500m2:13.636Did not advance
Open 8-seater 2000m9:37.269
10-seater 200m52.074 SF52.074Did not advance
10-seater 500m2:13.085 SF2:11.204Did not advance
10-seater 2000m9:40.5711

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
AthleteEventPreliminary roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal/BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jeff de Luna 10-ball Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wu  (TPE)
L 5–9
Flag of Hungary.svg  Szolnoki  (HUN)
L 8–9
3Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminary roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal/BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rubilen Amit 10-ball Flag of Germany.svg  Filler  (GER)
L 4–7
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu  (CHN)
L 4–7
3Did not advance
Chezka Centeno Flag of the United States.svg  Easton  (USA)
W 7–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han  (CHN)
L 6–7
1 QFlag of Spain.svg  Ropero  (ESP)
W 7–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu  (CHN)
W 7–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han  (CHN)
L 6–7
Silver medal icon.svg

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
AthleteEventRun (2.5 km)Trans 1Bike (30 km)Trans 2Run (2.5 km)Total TimeRank
Franklin YeeMen's15:590:2145:110:2518:411:20:3723
Kim Mangrobang Women's19:220:2151:070:2320:571:32:1018
Merry Joy Trupa19:090:2451:180:2421:251:32:4019

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
TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinal / BM / PF
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Philippines men Men's tournament Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
L 2–12
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 1–11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
L 0–18
4 PFDid not advanceFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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
AthleteEventElimination roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalFinal/BMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kaila Napolis 52 kgFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Alhosani  (UAE)
W ADV0–0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Im  (KOR)
L ADV 0–0
2 QFlag of Israel.svg  Aronov  (ISR)
W ADV 0–0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Im  (KOR)
LADV 2–2
Silver medal icon.svg
OpenFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Alhosani  (UAE)
L ADV 0–0
Did not advance
Annie Ramirez 57 kgFlag of Mongolia.svg  Ganbaatar  (MGL)
L ADV 0–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Marceau  (CAN)
L 0–2
3Did not advance
OpenFlag of Hungary.svg  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
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hergie Bacyadan K1 -70kgFlag of Hungary.svg  Keri  (HUN)
W3–0
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Dias  (POR)
L 1–2
Flag of Serbia.svg  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]

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rudzma Abubakar Women's 48 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykhailenko  (UKR)
W 30–27
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu  (CHN)
L 9–10 RSC
Flag of Morocco.svg  Belouarrat  (MAR)
L w/o
4

Powerlifting

The Philippines have qualified two athletes. [20]

AthleteEventFinalTotal liftedTotal pointsRank
SquatBench pressDeadlift
Regie RamirezMen's equipped lightweight245.0155.0262.5662.596.708
Joyce Gail RebotonWomen's equipped super heavyweight240.0147.5207.5595.094.526

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]

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aislinn Agnes YapCombat 80kgByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Adilova  (KAZ)
L 0–2
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Castro  (CRC)
W 3–1
Bronze medal icon.svg

Wakeboarding

The Philippines have qualified two athletes. [32]

Raphael Trinidad advanced to the final in cable wakeboard. [29] [28] Eric Ordoñez finished his skim wakeboarding campaign in the semifinal in fifth place. Only the top three advanced to the final. [29]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Raphael Trinidad Cable Wakeboard 80.203 Q70.803 Q56.604
Eric Ordoñez Skim 36.672 Q40.005Did not advance

Wushu

The Philippines have qualified three athletes in wushu. [20] Five-time SEA Games gold medalist, Agatha Wong finished seventh in the women's taijiquan\taijijian event. [33] [34]

Men's

Taijiquan\Taijijian

AthleteEventTaijiquanTaijijianTotal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jones Llabres Inso Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round 9.70669.406719.1127

Sanda

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlos Baylon Jr. -56 kg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdurashitov  (UZB)
W 2–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang  (CHN)
LWPD
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Karimov  (UZB)
W 2–0
Bronze medal icon.svg

Women's

Taijiquan\Taijijian

AthleteEventTaijiquanTaijijianTotal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Agatha Wong Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round 9.16089.706418.8667

Sanda

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Krizan Faith Collado -52 kg Flag of Italy.svg  Sirto  (ITA)
W 2–0
Flag of India.svg  Batra  (IND)
L 0–2
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Ngô  (VIE)
LWPD
4

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