The Philippines will likely be up against two of the highly ranked teams on the earth and one which is outside of Fifa’s top 30 rankings because the Filipinos make their maiden stint within the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup this May in China.
World No. 9 Iran and No. 11 Vietnam, together with No. 31 Hong Kong, are scheduled to face the Philippines in Group B, which was determined after Thursday’s draw proceedings for the continental tournament.
Slated May 7 to 18, the continental tournament goes to function a part of the team’s preparation for this 12 months’s Fifa Women’s Futsal World Cup that the country will host in November.
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Under latest coach Rafa Merino, the Philippines reached the Asian Cup for the primary time as one of the best third-place team throughout the qualification phase held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Katrina Guillou crossed over from her role with the ladies’s national team to guide the Philippine futsal side to 2 wins, one draw and one defeat in Group C of the qualifiers. Guillou scored 4 goals throughout the campaign.
The newly formed squad delivered despite an issue that shrouded preparations and led to a dispute between the Philippine Football Federation leadership and the group of ex-coach Vic Hermans and ex-team manager Danny Moran.
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