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The Alas Pilipinas girls may have missed the quarterfinals, but their first dance on the world stage is far from over. The Filipinas bowed to...

The girls of Alas Pilipinas pulled off a showstopper on Saturday night in Amman, toppling Thailand in four tightly contested sets, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, to grab fifth place in the 2025 AVC Asian Women’s U16 Championship — and, with it, the final golden ticket to the 2026 FIVB U17 World Championship in Santiago, Chile.

Six match points. Six moments to dream. But in the end, only silence. Alas Pilipinas stood on the brink of something historic—a ticket to the Round of 16 in the 2025 FIVB Men’s World Championship—armed with six chances to seal the deal, in front of a roaring, breathless crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena.

It was a win long in the making—and for Alas Pilipinas, it felt like a cleansing rain after a dry season of close calls and unfulfilled promise. In front of an ecstatic home crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena, the Philippine men’s national volleyball team stunned World No. 21 Egypt in four searing sets—29-27, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21—in what may go down as the most memorable night in the country’s volleyball history.

Under the bright lights of the Mall of Asia Arena and in front of an energized home crowd led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Alas Pilipinas made its long-awaited FIVB World Championship debut. But it was a baptism by fire.