The Philippines competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from 23 September to 8 October 2023. Originally scheduled to take place in 2022, the Games were postponed and rescheduled to 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The country finished with four golds, two silvers, and 12 bronze medals.

Background

Preparations

Preparation for the Philippines' participation in the 2022 Asian Games began as early as February 2021, with Philippine Olympic Committee board member George Canlas designated as chef de mission. The buildup of the Philippines team started early due to anticipation that the 2022 Philippine general election could impact preparations. However the Asian Games would be postponed to 2023. The postponement was received positively.

The Philippine Olympic Committee aimed for the delegation to match or surpass its previous record of four gold medals in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

The Philippine Sports Commission organized a sending off ceremony for the delegation on 18 September 2023 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay. Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez, whose daughter Juliana competed in the fencing tournament, was the delegation's chef de mission.

The delegation was projected to consist of 395 athletes competing in 40 sports. However this was subject to change, with the country prospectively replacing injured and unavailable athletes through a formal appeal.

The last-minute appeals filed to the organizing committee in September covered five sports.

Broadcasters

Medalists

The following Philippine competitors won medals at the Games.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Multiple

Medal summary

Archery

Compound

Recurve

Athletics

The Philippines sent a 16-athlete team for the Asian Games. The world rank no. 2 male pole vaulter, EJ Obiena was expected to be the best bet among them to win a gold medal.

Obiena would win the Philippines' first gold medal for this edition of the Asian Games by successful leaping 5.90m in the pole vault event – .25 more than the nearest competitor.

Results

Men

Track and road events

Field events

Women

Track and road events

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Baseball

Team roster

Round 2

Placement round

Basketball

Summary

5x5 basketball

Men's tournament

The Philippine national team is coming from a 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup stint playing their last game on September 2, 2023. Chot Reyes stepped down from the head coach role and was replaced by Tim Cone, who had to lead the team in the Asian Games in short notice. Despite this, the national team went on to win their first gold medal since the 1962 Asian Games.

However Justin Brownlee would fail a doping test. He tested positive for Carboxy THC. The gold is expected to remain with the national team as regulations require two other players to fail their doping tests.

Team roster

The team roster was first announced on September 12, 2023. On September 19, further changes were made due to eligibility issues and injuries. Changes to the entry by names list submitted to the organizing committee on July 25 required to undergo an appeal. The inclusion of four players were rejected due to not being part of a prior 37-man shortlist submitted to the organizing committee.

Preliminary Rounds – Group C

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Qualification to the Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Women's tournament

The women's national team was aiming to reach at least the quarterfinals. They are able to do so, with South Korea eliminating them from the tournament in the quarterfinal.

Team roster

Preliminary Rounds – Group B

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Combined ranking

At the end of the preliminary round the top 8 teams from the combined ranking qualify to the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

3x3 basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

Preliminary Rounds – Group A

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Qualification for Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Women's tournament

The Philippine women's 3x3 is among the teams subject to last-minute roster change appeals. Cielo Pagdulagan and Marga Villanueva were proposed as replacements for Camille Clarin and Angel Surada. The appeal was denied leaving the team with just two players, which forced the team to withdraw.

Team roster

Boxing

The Philippines has six male and four female athletes competing in boxing at the 2022 Asian Games. Eumir Marcial won the sole boxing medal for the Philippines – a silver. He also qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by virtue of being a finalist.

Men

Women

Bridge

Breakdancing

Canoeing

Sprint

Chess

Men's

Women's

Cycling

Patrick Coo won a bronze in BMX race for the Philippines. Ariana Evangelista was disqualified after failing a routine doping test. Evangelista denied to have committed any wrongdoing and underwent a B-sample test.

BMX

Mountain bike

Road

Esports

The Philippine national esports team failed to win any medal at the 2022 Asian Games.

Dota 2 was projected as the best chance of the national esports team for a medal. Polaris Esports with a reinforcement from Bleed Esports formed the Philippine Dota 2 squad. The Dreams Three Kingdoms 2 team was composed of Zen Esports members who typically play Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, since DtK2 is not available in the Philippines. The Peacekeeper Elite team consists of both Playbook Esports and Infamous PRO players.

The Dreams Three Kingdoms 2 team was the best finishing team, the only team to advance to the playoffs.

Team rosters

Team

Individual

Fencing

Men's

Women's

Football

The Philippine Football Federation only sent the women's national team for the Asian Games. The national team is mostly consist of players who played in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

This was their first ever participation in the continental games. They would win 3–1 in their opener against Hong Kong, but would lose 1–5 to South Korea. They would have to win against Myanmar and hope to be among the best three runner-up teams in the group stage. They are able to scoring the only three goals in their match against Myanmar to advance to the quarterfinals

They would face Japan in the quarterfinal. The Japanese squad is mostly different from the one that played in the 2023 World Cup. In the match which saw rainy weather, the Philippines would be reduced to ten players with captain Hali Long receiving a red card for a foul in the 27th minute. Japan would end the Philippines bid for a medal with a 8–1 victory.

Summary

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following 21 players are included in the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.

Group play

Quarterfinals

Golf

The Philippine delegation has four male and two female golfers. The Philippines filed a rejected bid to replace Princess Superal with Chanelle Avaricio with the latter begging off from the games due to scheduling conflict with her pro tournaments. The organizing committee only allows replacement for medical reasons. No golfers won a medal.

Men

Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men's

Women's

Rhythmic

Judo

Filipino judokas were unable to win any medal in the 2022 Asian Games.

Men's

Women's

Mixed

Ju-jitsu

Men

Women

Karate

Eight karatekas (four men and four women) will compete to represent the country in the sport.

Men

Women

Kurash

Men

Women

Roller sports

Skateboard

Men's

Women's

Rowing

Men's

Women's

Rugby sevens

Team roster

The following is the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.

Head coach: Darryl Suasua

Preliminary round

Ranking 9–13

Sailing

Sepak takraw

Men

Women

Shooting

Men

Women

Mixed

Softball

Team roster

Preliminary round

Super round

Bronze Medal match

Soft tennis

Singles

Team

Sport climbing

Lead and bouldering

Squash

Singles

Doubles

Team

Swimming

Men's

Women's

Taekwondo

Poomsae

Kyorugi

Tennis

Three tennis players have been announced to represent the Philippines.

Triathlon

Men's

Women's

Mixed

Volleyball

The Philippines is set to participate in all but one event in volleyball. The Philippine National Volleyball Federation was unable to secure commitment from enough players in the Premier Volleyball League and collegiate teams to be able to send a team for the women's indoor volleyball tournament. The NU Lady Bulldogs were supposed to form the core of the women's national team.

Beach volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Summary

Men's tournament

The Philippines conceded its opening game to Indonesia. However they were able to clinch a win against Afghanistan – their first since their 1974 Asian Games stint. In that tournament, their lone win came from the game against Pakistan. They failed to advance to the next round after losing their final group match against Japan.

Team roster

Group play

Weightlifting

The Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas announced that 5 athletes (4 women and 1 man) will represent the country in the sport.

Men

Women

Wrestling

Wushu

Men's

Changquan

Daoshu\Gunshu

Nanquan\Nangun

Sanda

Taijiquan\Taijijian

Women's

Taijiquan\Taijijian

See also

• Philippines at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games
• Philippines at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games
• Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Philippines at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

References

Articles connexes

1. 2022 Asian Games
2. Archery at the 2022 Asian Games
3. 2022 Asian Para Games
4. Football at the 2022 Asian Games
5. Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games
6. Esports at the 2022 Asian Games
7. Shooting at the 2022 Asian Games
8. Philippines at the Asian Games
9. India at the 2022 Asian Games
10. Philippines at the 2022 Asian Para Games
11. Swimming at the 2022 Asian Games
12. Boxing at the 2022 Asian Games
13. Squash at the 2022 Asian Games
14. Fencing at the 2022 Asian Games
15. Tennis at the 2022 Asian Games
16. Chess at the 2022 Asian Games
17. Basketball at the 2022 Asian Games – Men
18. Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games
19. Gymnastics at the 2022 Asian Games
20. Bridge at the 2022 Asian Games