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World Cup-bound Blu Girls finish fourth in Asia Cup

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Photo courtesy of ASAPHIL." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/08/20230408-via-asaphil.jpg"/><figcaption>The Philippine women&#x27;s softball team. Photo courtesy of ASAPHIL.</figcaption></figure></div>The Philippine women&#x27;s softball team finished in fourth place in the 2023 Women&#x27;s Softball Asia Cup after absorbing a 10-5 loss to Chinese Taipei on Saturday in Incheon, South Korea.Despite the defeat, the Blu Girls had already achieved their goal of qualifying to next year&#x27;s World Cup that will be jointly hosted by Ireland, Spain, and Italy. The Blu Girls took an early 4-0 lead but Chinese-Taipei scored three runs at the bottom of the first inning to make it a close game. Chinese-Taipei eventually seized control with three runs in the third inning.&quot;I&#x27;m so proud with how our girls competed each game, they went toe to toe with the best of Asia and they showed they deserve that World Cup slot,&quot; ASAPHIL President Jean Henri Lhuillier said of the team.&quot;We will now focus on preparing them for the World Cup and we will ensure that they get the proper training and exposure for that world class competition in July,&quot; he assured.The Filipinas finished the preliminary round with a 5-3 win-loss slate to assure themselves of a top four finish, with their losses coming to Japan (1-9), China (2-6), and Chinese-Taipei (0-5).By virtue of their fourth-place finish in the Asia Cup, the Blu Girls are bracketed in Group C in next year&#x27;s World Cup together with Italy, Japan, Canada, Venezuela, and New Zealand.

Despite the defeat, the Blu Girls had already achieved their goal of qualifying to next year's World Cup.