{"id":359218,"date":"2026-07-01T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359218"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:53:02","slug":"ph-mens-football-team-qualifies-for-aichi-nagoya-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/ph-mens-football-team-qualifies-for-aichi-nagoya-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"PH men’s football team qualifies for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE\u2013Philippine men\u2019s football team ahead of its match Tajikistan within the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. \u2013AFC PHOTO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

MANILA\u2013The lads\u2019s football team has qualified for the Aichi-Nagoya twentieth Asian Games in Japan, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced Monday.<\/p>\n

The lads\u2019s football team qualified after India withdrew.<\/p>\n

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Reports said the All India Football Federation withdrew its national team since the squad didn’t meet the Indian government\u2019s strict selection criteria of being ranked throughout the top eight.<\/p>\n

The Philippine women\u2019s squad already earned a berth to the competitions scheduled Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. The country is ready to send 443 athletes to the quadrennial games.<\/p>\n

The complete delegation, including coaches and officials, could reach 700. Gymnastics continues to be confirming the qualification of 5 athletes in artistic events.<\/p>\n

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Filipino athletes are competing in 38 of the 47 sports programmed by the Aichi-Nagoya organizers, who set quotas mostly for individual and combat sports due to the hosts\u2019 limited capability to accommodate large delegations.<\/p>\n

A record 524 athletes joined the Hiroshima Games (1994) and 391 athletes attended the 2022 edition held in Hangzhou, China.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minimum goal is to do higher on the Games,\u201d POC president Abraham Tolentino said in a news release, referring to breaking the 4-2-12 gold-silver-bronze tally in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n

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Football in Aichi-Nagoya features 16 squads in the lads\u2019s division and 12 in the ladies\u2019s side, with the teams allowed to field 18 to 22 players within the under-23 tournament but with a maximum of only three older players each. (PNA)<\/p>\n

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FILE\u2013Philippine men\u2019s football team ahead of its match Tajikistan within the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. \u2013AFC PHOTO MANILA\u2013The lads\u2019s football team has qualified for the Aichi-Nagoya twentieth Asian Games in Japan, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced Monday. The lads\u2019s football team qualified after India withdrew. Article continues after this commercial READ: PH men\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[53385,4953,5479,601,7494,37934,1008],"class_list":["post-359218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-aichinagoya","tag-asian","tag-football","tag-games","tag-mens","tag-qualifies","tag-team"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t