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Asean Football Web SiteSEA GAMES 2013: Philippines Football and Futsal Out, For NowMANILA (27 June 2013) – The Philippine Olympic Committee and also the Philippine Sports Commission have decided to include neither the football teams nor the Futsal teams for the SEA Games in Myanmar on 11-22 December 2013.
Jeff Tamayo, the Philippine chef de mission said that Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco Jr. and also Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia decided to follow the criteria of including only gold medalists at the previous SEA Games and also the potential gold performers.
“They’re gone,” said Tamayo, referring to both teams of football and Futsal which wanted to send their men and women’s team.
“Cojuangco and Richie are really pushing for a small delegation. We’re now in the process of scrutinizing the list and include only those who are really worthy of going to Myanmar.”
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Asean Football Web SiteSEA GAMES 2013: Philippines Fight for InclusionMANILA (23 June 2013) – The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) are fighting hard to make sure that they will be well represented at the SEA Games that will be hosted by Myanmar on 11-22 Dec 2013.
Edward Gastanes, the general-secretary of the PFF, said that all four teams of the Under-23, the Women’s Football team and also the men and women’s Futsal squads have been hard at work and deserved to be included in the biennial championship
“Our under-23 is fairly strong, it is stronger than the team two years ago. We have at least seven Azkals national team players and we have good additions. We even formed the nucleus of the team earlier than usual, six months before competition which gives them enough time to prepare,” said Gastanes.
“The women’s team made a good showing in the Asian Cup qualifiers, losing only to Thailand in a very close game, 0-1, and beating Iran, a strong women’s team, 6-0. They are ranked 76th in the world now and 34th in Asia.
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