Philippines at the 2025 World Games

Philippines at the
2025 World Games
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors48 in 11 sports
Flag bearersAgatha Wong[1] (wushu)
Raphael Trinidad[2] (wakeboarding)
Medals
Ranked 60th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
World Games appearances (overview)

Philippines competed at the 2025 World Games which were held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.

Stephen Arapoc, president of the Muaythai Association of the Philippines is the chef de mission for the delegation with 48 athletes.[3][4]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Kaila Napolis Ju-jitsu Women's 52 kg 10 August
 Silver Chezka Centeno Billards Women's ten-ball 13 August
 Bronze Carlos Baylon Jr. Wushu Men's sanda 56 kg 13 August
 Bronze Aislinn Yap Sambo Women's combat 80 kg 14 August

Competitors

The Philippine delegation at the opening ceremony.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[5]

Sport Men Women Total
Billards 1 2 3
Dragon boat 6 6 12
Duathlon 3 3 6
Floorball 14 0 14
Ju-jitsu 0 2 2
Kickboxing 0 1 1
Muaythai 0 1 1
Powerlifting 1 1 2
Sambo 0 1 1
Wakeboarding 2 0 2
Wushu 2 2 4
Total 29 19 48

Dragon boat

Main article: Dragon boat at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games through its performance in the mixed 10-seater races at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships.[6] The Philippine national team under the Philippine Canoe Kayak Federation fielded a 12-rower roster.[7][8] Most of the teams regular members are military personnel who were barred from participating due to tense China–Philippines diplomatic relations due to the South China Sea dispute.[9] They failed to progress to the final in all four events which had a heats and semifinals phases.[10]

Roster[8]
Men Women
    • Jims Vencent Arsenio*
    • John Rey Barca
    • Roger Masbate
    • Roberto Pantaleon
    • John James Pelagio
    • Alfred Reformina*
    • Lealyn Baligasa
    • Joanna Barca
    • Roda Daban
    • Rosalyn Esguerra
    • Katherine Goesaert
    • Jonnalyn Quinones
(*) 10-seater events only
Team Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Philippines Open 8-seater 200m 50.94 6 Did not advance
Open 8-seater 500m 2:13.63 6 Did not advance
Open 8-seater 2000m — 9:37.26 9
10-seater 200m 52.07 4 SF 52.07 4 Did not advance
10-seater 500m 2:13.08 5 SF 2:11.20 4 Did not advance
10-seater 2000m — 9:40.57 11

Cue sports

Pool
Main article: Pool at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified a berth in the 2025 World Games for pool. Rubilen Amit qualified by placing second at the Asian 10-Ball Women's Pool Championships.[11] Jeff de Luna also qualified.[12]

Chezka Centeno won a silver medal, losing to Han Yu of China in the final.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jeff de Luna 10-ball  Wu (TPE)
L 5–9 		 Szolnoki (HUN)
L 8–9 		3 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rubilen Amit 10-ball  Filler (GER)
L 4–7 		 Liu (CHN)
L 4–7 		3 Did not advance
Chezka Centeno  Easton (USA)
W 7–2 		 Han (CHN)
L 6–7 		1 Q  Ropero (ESP)
W 7–2 		 Liu (CHN)
W 7–4 		 Han (CHN)
L 6–7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Duathlon

Main article: Duathlon at the 2025 World Games

Merry Joy Trupa, Kim Mangrobang and Franklin Yee qualified following their participation at the 2025 Asia Triathlon Duathlon Championships in Manama, Bahrain.[14]

Individual
Athlete Event Run (2.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (30 km) Trans 2 Run (2.5 km) Total Time Rank
Franklin Yee Men's 15:59 0:21 45:11 0:25 18:41 1:20:37 23
Kim Mangrobang Women's 19:22 0:21 51:07 0:23 20:57 1:32:10 18
Merry Joy Trupa 19:09 0:24 51:18 0:24 21:25 1:32:40 19

Floorball

Main article: Floorball at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines qualified their national floorball team via finishing as the best team from Asia-Oceania at the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships.[15] The Philippines were drawn with Latvia, Sweden, and Switzerland in Group A.[16]

The floorball team are the first Filipino athletes to compete, playing their opening game against Latvia on 7 August.[16] The team lost to Latvia 2–12[17] and also lost 1–11 to Sweden.[18] They won the 7th place playoff against the hosts, China.[19]

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PF
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Philippines men Men's tournament  Latvia
L 2–12 		 Sweden
L 1–11 		  Switzerland
L 0–18 		4 PF Did not advance  China
W 14–0 		7

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified two athletes.[20][21] Kaila Napolis in the women's 52 kg ne-waza event won the delegation's first medal with a silver medal.[22] Annie Ramirez failed to advance to the semifinals in the 57 kg ne-waza.[23] Ramirez and Napolis failed to medal in the open category.[19]

Women
Athlete Event Elimination round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kaila Napolis 52 kg  Alhosani (UAE)
W ADV 0–0 		 Im (KOR)
L ADV 0–0 		2 Q —  Aronov (ISR)
W ADV 0–0 		 Im (KOR)
L ADV 2–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Open —  Alhosani (UAE)
L ADV 0–0 		Did not advance
Annie Ramirez 57 kg  Ganbaatar (MGL)
L ADV 0–0 		 Marceau (CAN)
L 0–2 		3 — Did not advance
Open —  Toth (HUN)
L ADV 0–0 		Did not advance

Kickboxing

Main article: Kickboxing at the 2025 World Games

Hergie Bacyadan qualified for the World Games through the 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships. He will compete in the women's division.[24] Bacyadan has competed as a boxer at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[25] He finished fourth losing to Aleksandra Krstic in the bronze medal match.[26]

Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hergie Bacyadan K1 -70kg  Keri (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Dias (POR)
L 1–2 		 Krstic (SRB)
L 1–2 		4

Muaythai

Main article: Muaythai at the 2025 World Games

Rudzma Abubakar competed in the women's -48kg division. She started her campaign by winning all three rounds against Anastasiia Mykhailenko of Ukraine in the quarterfinals.[27] However she sustained back spasms during the bout.[28]

In the semifinals, the referee stopped the contest on the second round of Abubakar's fight against Liu Xiaohui of China.[29] Abubakar's nose was dislocated during the fight.[28]

Abubakar therefore advanced to the bronze medal match where she was supposed to fight Oumaima Belouarrat of Morocco. However she forfeited the bout due to her semifinal injury and was forced to go home for medical treatment.[28]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rudzma Abubakar Women's 48 kg  Mykhailenko (UKR)
W 30–27 		 Liu (CHN)
L 9–10 RSC 		 Belouarrat (MAR)
L w/o 		4

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified two athletes.[20]

Athlete Event Final Total lifted Total points Rank
Squat Bench press Deadlift
Regie Ramirez Men's equipped lightweight 245.0 155.0 262.5 662.5 96.70 8
Joyce Gail Reboton Women's equipped super heavyweight 240.0 147.5 207.5 595.0 94.52 6

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2025 World Games

Aislinn Agnes Yap took part in the women's combat 80kg division. She lost to Ulbossyn Adilova of Kazakhstan in the opening seimifinals before earning a bronze after defeating Nicole Castro of Costa Rica.[30][31]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aislinn Agnes Yap Combat 80kg Bye  Adilova (KAZ)
L 0–2 		 Castro (CRC)
W 3–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wakeboarding

Main article: Wakeboarding at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified two athletes.[32]

Raphael Trinidad advanced to the final in cable wakeboard.[29][28] Eric Ordoñez finished his skim wakeboarding campaign in the semifinal in fifth place. Only the top three advanced to the final.[29]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Raphael Trinidad Cable Wakeboard 80.20 3 Q 70.80 3 Q 56.60 4
Eric Ordoñez Skim 36.67 2 Q 40.00 5 Did not advance

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2025 World Games

The Philippines have qualified three athletes in wushu.[20] Five-time SEA Games gold medalist, Agatha Wong finished seventh in the women's taijiquan\taijijian event.[33][34]

Men's

Taijiquan\Taijijian

Athlete Event Taijiquan Taijijian Total
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jones Llabres Inso Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round 9.706 6 9.406 7 19.112 7

Sanda

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Carlos Baylon Jr. -56 kg  Abdurashitov (UZB)
W 2–0 		 Tang (CHN)
L WPD 		 Karimov (UZB)
W 2–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's

Taijiquan\Taijijian

Athlete Event Taijiquan Taijijian Total
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Agatha Wong Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round 9.160 8 9.706 4 18.866 7

Sanda

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Krizan Faith Collado -52 kg  Sirto (ITA)
W 2–0 		 Batra (IND)
L 0–2 		 Ngô (VIE)
L WPD 		4

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