MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines opens its campaign in the Homeless World Cup knockout stage in Paris, France with a game against Croatia on Wednesday.

The match will be played at 1:20 p.m. Paris time (7:20 p.m. Manila time) according to the Azkaleros’ Facebook page.

Philippines is clustered with Croatia, Portugal, Scotland, Poland and Brazil in Group C.

The Filipino booters advanced into the knockout stage (secondary stage) by winning 3 games.

Their most recent win was against Switzerland, 8-2. They earlier beat Ghana and the United States.

The team's co-captain, Jeffrey Guelas, was awarded the Sportsmanship award.

The Philippines suffered losses to Slovenia and the Netherlands.

 source: abs-cbnNEWS.com

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – The Philippines advanced to the knockout stage of the 9th Homeless World Cup in Paris, France by winning on Day 3 of the tournament.

“Team Jeepney” first defeated Switzerland, 8-2, to secure a spot in the top 24 of the tournament.

Fresh from their 4-3 upset against the United States, the Filipinos outhustled the Swiss footballers for their 3rd straight win.

However, the Philippine team succumbed to the Netherlands in the following match, 5-2.

A post on the team’s Facebook account said the Dutch players jumped to a 2-1 lead over the Filipinos in the first half.

In the second half, The Netherlands added 3 more goals while Team Jeepney managed to score only 1.

The Philippines is now ranked second to The Netherlands in Group H with 3 wins and 2 losses.
The country is grouped together with Ghana, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States.

source: abs-cbnNEWS.com