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This category is for sports festivals in the Philippines, encapsulating sporting events that are either explicitly called festivals or have strong elements of cultural festivals. When applicable, all topics should be moved to appropriate subcategories.
Year Event Host City Nations Start Date End Date Sport 1954 Asian Baseball Championship: Manila: 4 18 December 26 December Baseball 1955 Asian Baseball Championship
July 31 The Mighty Sports team representing the Philippines in the 2016 William Jones Cup swept the tournament for their first international title and the Philippines' fifth gold overall. August 8 – Al Panlilio is elected president of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) replacing Manny V. Pangilinan. [12]
June 23 – The Philippine delegation wins three silver and one bronze medal at the 2024 Thailand Grand Prix Open in Bangkok, Thailand. [156] October 23 – November 3 – The Philippine delegation wins four gold, two silver, and 14 bronze medals at the 2024 Jiu-Jitsu International Federation World Championships in Heraklion, Greece. [157]
The Philippine Championship is a national competitive for ice skating in which the winner gets to represent the country in international competitions. [9] The Philippines has also managed to qualify and send a figure skater to the 2014 Winter Olympics becoming the first Southeast Asian country to do so at the Winter Olympics.
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.
Philippine Collegiate Peace Debates (September 29, 2013) Philippine Marine Biodiversity Video Documentary by Sen. Loren Legarda (May 2014) Philippine Military Academy Graduation Rites (March, yearly) People Power 20th Anniversary Documentary Special (2006) Promulgation of the Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Live Constitution (December 4, 2013)
The Philippine national team's campaign at the 2010 AFF Championship under head coach Simon McMenemy was seen as a success and played an important role in football in the country. The national team along with Laos had to qualify for the tournament. The Philippines advanced from the group stage for the first time in the history of the tournament.