00:00 At the end of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup,
00:03 the Philippine Women's National Football Team
00:06 earned a respectable 24th place.
00:09 In this position, some countries have a higher FIFA World Ranking
00:13 than the Philippines.
00:15 Asuncion will tell you the details.
00:18 As a FIFA Women's World Cup first-timer,
00:23 the Philippines got 24th place,
00:26 which ended with a win and two losses.
00:29 In their most historic game.
00:32 From 32 teams that participated in a one-month-long tournament
00:37 held in New Zealand and Australia.
00:39 In this historic ranking,
00:42 five countries with a higher FIFA World Ranking
00:45 earned a higher standing
00:47 after the 9th edition of the Women's World Competition.
00:51 Holding the 46th spot,
00:53 they earned a higher position in World No. 36 Costa Rica,
00:57 32nd placer at AFF 3-time champion Vietnam,
01:01 28th placer Argentina,
01:03 22nd team Ireland,
01:05 and 4th time World Cup campaigner South Korea
01:07 who are in 17th place.
01:09 This is the result of their training camp abroad
01:12 and successive international friendly and official matches.
01:15 This is also the occasion
01:17 when they faced the US soccer team
01:19 in a closed-door game in Auckland, New Zealand on July 14.
01:23 And it lasted for 70 minutes
01:25 that they got a 3-nil score in favor of 4-time Olympic gold medalist USA.
01:30 On July 17, they faced World No. 3 Sweden.
01:34 The score was scored by Angela Beird.
01:37 While five goals were scored by a higher-ranked opponent.
01:40 Within 90 minutes, they were in the upper-hot Sweden.
01:43 Today, the Philippines mentioned this to the public
01:46 through their Facebook page.
01:48 And they are very thankful to these groups
01:51 for their successful World Cup experience.
01:55 The next challenger for the Philippines
01:57 is the 2023 Asian Games
01:59 that will be held from September 30 to October 8 in Hangzhou, China.
02:04 KSNU's Sean for TV Sports.
