The Philippine junior badminton team bowed to Thailand, finishing 10th in the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championship. Still, it's a massive jump from their 25th place finish last year.
The Philippine Junior Badminton Team concluded their run at the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championship 2025 with a 10th-place finish in India, following a 2-0 loss to Thailand in the 9th-10th place classification match.
The Filipinos were simply outmatched by Thailand, unable to secure a single match win despite giving their best effort.
Thailand showed their dominance across all ten matches in two sets, leaving the Philippines with no chance to break through.
Despite the loss, this output marks the Philippine junior team's best finish ever in the competition, having finished 25th last year.
The Philippine team features Ralph Dalojo, Jamal Pandi, Andrea Hernandez, Mary Untal, and Christel Fuentespina.
Earlier in the tournament, the Philippine team recorded notable victories, beating Denmark 2-0 and Sri Lanka 2-0 in the classification stage.
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The 2025 World Junior Mixed Team Championship also introduced an experimental scoring system by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
In this new format, each tie is contested in a best-of-three format, with teams racing to 45 points per set across five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. This replaces the previous 110-point relay format, aiming to bring more excitement and speed to the game.
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