August 20, 2025 | 12:00am
Philippines assures profitable World Futsal internet hosting
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines shoots for 2 birds with one stone because it seeks to carry out properly on house turf and play good host to the FIFA Futsal Girls’s World Cup set Nov. 21 to Dec. 7 on the PhilSports Area in Pasig and Victorias Metropolis Coliseum in Negros Occidental.
“The Native Organizing Committee is doing a superb job working with FIFA to verify we’re capable of host this very prestigious occasion,” mentioned Philippine Soccer Federation president John Gutierrez throughout yesterday’s PSA Discussion board on the Rizal Memorial Sports activities Advanced.
“We’re not right here simply to take part. We’re right here to make an influence. And if we take a look at ourselves as mediocre to those powerhouses, then what’s the purpose of us taking part.”
“Realistically, we will likely be very aggressive,” he added.
Gutierrez mentioned they’re proper on schedule with 93 days to the much-awaited occasion.
“It’s wanting good for us. We anticipate some chinks right here and there however we’re ready for it,” he mentioned.
A complete of 16 nations, together with the nation, have certified.
To return over are groups from Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal from Europe; Iran, Japan and Thailand from Asia; Morocco and Tanzania from Africa; Argentina, Brazil and Colombia from South America; Canada and Panama from North America; and New Zealand from Oceania.
Rafa Merino will coach the 20-strong pool that features Inday Tolentino and Isabella Flanigan. Will probably be pruned right down to 16, and at last to 14.
Earlier than the occasion correct, the Filipinas will fly to Japan in the course of subsequent month for a coaching camp and probably in Europe in the course of the FIFA window in October.
The official draw ceremony will likely be on Sept. 15 on the BGC Arts Heart.
“It’s actually a milestone for girls’s sports activities that lastly the World Cup for girls’s futsal is right here. So we’re very excited and grateful to FIFA for trusting us in internet hosting this occasion,” mentioned Gutierrez.