The Republic of the Philippines (RP) Blu Girls surged to the Top 11 spot in the latest Women’s Softball World Rankings released by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
The Philippine Women’s National Softball Team earned its 11th rank with 2110 points in the new WBSC rankings published on January 15, 2020.
The team ranking is two notches higher than its previous ranking at 13th in 2018.
The WBSC Rankings weighed the Philippine National Team’s performance among 69 countries that played in WBSC-sanctioned international competitions over a four-year period (2016-2019).
The Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines announced the ranking on their Facebook page saying, “Philippines now ranked 11 in the Women’s Softball World Rankings. Congratulations!”.
The RP Blu Girls notched its 10th consecutive win of the Southeast Asian Games Women’s Softball Championship during the biennial meet held in the Philippines in December 2019.
With reports from Blesilda dela Cruz.
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