The Philippine Blu Girls set out for the XVI WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship in Chiba, Japan in high spirits, upbeat of their chances in this event that serves as qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned competition is one of the four exclusive international tournaments staking a berth in the XXXII Olympiad among its members and affiliated national teams.
If Japan, already seeded in the 2020 Games as host, wins, the second placer will gain the coveted Olympic spot.
“The Blu Girls are the strongest national team ever assembled and they have shown it last year by consistently beating the Top 10 teams in the world,” said Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines president Jean Henri Lhuillier.
The Blu Girls hope to start and finish strong in the World Championship set from Aug. 2 to 12 and carry the momentum to the 18th Asian Games for a crack at a podium finish. The Asiad will be held from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2 in Jakarta.
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Making up the Blu Girls squad are Lorna Adorable, Cheska Altomonte, Mary Ann Antolihao, Dianne Arago, Layca Basa, Arlyn Bautista,
Garie Blando, Shaira Damasing, Sky Eleazar, Reese Guevarra, Ezra Jalandoni, Sierra Lange, Mia Macapagal, Nicole Padasas, Celestine Palma, Racel Palumbres, Janet Rusha, Cristy Joy Roa, Chelsea Suitos, Angelie Ursabia, and Arianne Vallestero with coach Randy Dizer.
The 16 participating teams from five Olympic continents have been divided into two groups with no. 15 Philippines joining the top seed United States side, no. 5 Chinese Taipei, no. 6 Puerto Rico, no. 7 Mexico, no. 8 the Netherlands, no. 11 New Zealand and no. 35 South Africa in Group A.
Group B is composed of no. 2 Japan, no. 3 Canada, no. 4 Australia, no. 9 Italy, no. 12 China, no. 14 Great Britain, no. 17 Venezuela and no. 33 Botswana.
The top four teams from each group will advance to the double page playoff round with the rest tangling in the consolation round.
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