# Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

The Philippines competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February. The curling event began on 4 February, ahead of the opening ceremony. There were 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports. The Filipino flagbearers for the opening ceremony were Kathleen Dubberstein (curling) and Peter Groseclose (speedskating)
Their best performance was in men's curling, where they won the first ever Asian Winter Games medal for the nation, after beating South Korea in the gold medal final.

## Background

The Philippines are among the tropical nations competing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games. They debuted at the games in 1990 with alpine skier Michael Teruel.
Richard Lim of Karate Pilipinas leads the delegation. The team was supposed to consist of 20 athletes competing in six sports, but the sole snowboarder got injured reducing the delegation to 19 athletes and five sports.
Short track speed skater Peter Groseclose and curler Kathleen Dubberstein were the country's flagbearers for the opening ceremony.
In this edition, the Philippines won their first ever Winter Asian Games medal on 14 February – a gold in the curling men's team tournament. It is also the first gold medal ever for a Southeast Asian nation. However this is not the first medal from Southeast Asia, that distinction belongs to freeskier Paul Vieuxtemps of Thailand who won a bronze on 11 February.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Marc Pfister Christian Haller Enrico Pfister Alan Frei Benjo Delarmente | Curling | Men's team | 14 February |

## Competitors

The following table lists the Filipino delegation per sport and gender. A male snowboarder was also originally included but withdrew due to an injury.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | — | 1 | 1 |
| Short-track speed skating | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 10 | 19 |

## Schedule

The following was the schedule of the Philippine delegation.
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | 1 | Event finals (athlete/s failed to advance) | CC | Closing ceremony |
| Event/Date→ | Event/Date→ | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025 | Events |
| Event/Date→ | Event/Date→ | 4 Tue | 5 Wed | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat | 9 Sun | 10 Mon | 11 Tue | 12 Wed | 13 Thu | 14 Fri | Events |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | | | | OC | | | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | Alpine skiing | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| Curling | Curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 3 |
| Figure skating | Figure skating | | | | | | | | ● | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Freestyle skiing | Freestyle skiing | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Short-track speed skating | Short-track speed skating | | | | ● | ● | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| Total events | Total events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| Cumulative total | Cumulative total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | |

## Alpine skiing

Tallulah Proulx finished 16th overall after her two runs in the women's slalom. Francis Ceccarelli got disqualified in the first run after he went out of the slalom line while trying to speed down.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Francis Ceccarelli | Men's slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Tallulah Proulx | Women's slalom | 58.24 | 20 | 55.18 | 14 | 1:53.42 | 16 |

## Curling

The Philippines entered all three events: mixed doubles, men's and women's teams. Ten curlers represented the country. This marks the first time that curlers have competed for the Philippines at the Asian Winter Games, with the national federation Curling Pilipinas only being formed in 2023.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Qualification | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Marc Pfister Christian Haller Enrico Pfister Alan Frei Benjo Delarmente | Men's team | South Korea L 1–6 | Kazakhstan W 4–1 | Kyrgyzstan W 12–2 | Chinese Taipei W 11–3 | — | — | — | — | 2 Q | Japan W 10–4 | China W 7–6 | South Korea W 5–3 | |
| Kathleen Dubberstein Leilani Dubberstein Sheila Mariano Anne Marie Bonache Jennifer de la Fuente | Women's team | Hong Kong W 7–2 | Qatar W 13–1 | Japan L 4–6 | Kazakhstan L 4–5 | Thailand W 16–0 | China L 5–9 | South Korea L 3–11 | Chinese Taipei W 9–2 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Kathleen Dubberstein Marc Pfister | Mixed doubles | South Korea W 12–6 | Kyrgyzstan W 10–2 | Qatar W 11–3 | China L 6–9 | Kazakhstan W 11–2 | — | — | — | 2 Q | Chinese Taipei W 7–2 | Japan L 3–10 | China L 5–6 | 4 |

### Men's tournament

The Philippines entered a men's team which is skipped by Marc Pfister.
They lost their opening game to South Korea in the round round robin phase. They won over their other group opposition: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Chinese Taipei.
They advanced to the playoff, defeating Japan and host China in the qualification game and semifinal, respectively. In the gold medal match, the Philippines won 5–3 over South Korea. The Koreans took the final shot and were attempting to dislodge one of the yellow stones in a bid to score two points to win the gold but failed. This is the first ever Winter Asian Games medal for the Philippines.

#### Round robin

| Group A | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| South Korea | Lee Jae-beom | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 83.43 |
| Philippines | Marc Pfister | 3 | 1 | – | 28 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 78.11 |
| Kazakhstan | Abylaikhan Zhuzbay | 2 | 2 | – | 19 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 73.49 |
| Chinese Taipei | Liu Bor-kai | 1 | 3 | – | 16 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 108.93 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Aibek Asanaliev | 0 | 4 | – | 10 | 40 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 77.01 |

#### Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Lee) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |

#### Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kazakhstan (Zhuzbay) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |

#### Draw 5

Monday, 10 February, 19:00
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 12 |
| Kyrgyzstan (Asanaliev) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
| Chinese Taipei (Liu) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

#### Qualification

Thursday, 13 February, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Japan (Aoki) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

#### Semifinal

Thursday, 13 February, 19:00
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Xu) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Gold Medal Game

Thursday, 14 February, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Lee) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

### Women's tournament

The Philippines entered a women's team skipped by Kathleen Dubberstein.

#### Round robin

| Team | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| South Korea | Gim Eun-ji | 8 | 0 | – | 63 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 45.90 |
| China | Wang Rui | 7 | 1 | – | 85 | 21 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 38.69 |
| Japan | Yuina Miura | 6 | 2 | – | 68 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 58.25 |
| Kazakhstan | Angelina Ebauyer | 5 | 3 | – | 55 | 39 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 54.81 |
| Philippines | Kathleen Dubberstein | 4 | 4 | – | 61 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 85.56 |
| Hong Kong | Ling-Yue Hung | 3 | 5 | – | 44 | 45 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 115.69 |
| Chinese Taipei | Yang Ko | 2 | 6 | – | 29 | 75 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 107.27 |
| Thailand | Kanya Natchanarong | 1 | 7 | – | 19 | 91 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 128.48 |
| Qatar | Sara Al-Qaet | 0 | 8 | – | 11 | 84 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 180.65 |

#### Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Hong Kong (Hung) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

#### Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 17:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Qatar (Al-Qaet) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | X | 13 |

#### Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Miura) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

#### Draw 5

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 19:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | X | X | 16 |
| Thailand (Natchanarong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |

#### Draw 7

Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
| China (Wang) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |

#### Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| South Korea (Gim) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 11 |

#### Draw 9

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Chinese Taipei (Yang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 |

### Mixed doubles tournament

The Philippines entered a mixed doubles pair consisting of Marc Pfister and Kathleen Dubberstein. Prior to this tournament, the two have played mixed doubles together for six or seven times. They started their campaign with an upset of world rank no. 13 South Korea. With wins over Kyrgyzstan and Qatar and despite a loss to China, the Philippines was assured a spot in the qualification play-off. They lost to Japan in the semifinal, and their rematch against China in the bronze medal game ended in a close defeat to finish fourth.

#### Round robin

| Group B | Athletes | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| China | Han Yu / Wang Zhiyu | 5 | 0 | – | 44 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 37.46 |
| Philippines | Kathleen Dubberstein / Marc Pfister | 4 | 1 | – | 50 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 58.24 |
| South Korea | Kim Kyeong-ae / Seong Ji-hoon | 3 | 2 | – | 50 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 47.83 |
| Kazakhstan | Amina Seitzhanova / Azizbek Nadirbayev | 2 | 3 | – | 26 | 43 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 55.33 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Keremet Asanbaeva / Iskhak Abykeev | 1 | 4 | – | 21 | 50 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 114.23 |
| Qatar | Mabarka Al-Abdulla / Nasser Alyafei | 0 | 5 | – | 15 | 50 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 98.31 |

#### Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | 12 |
| South Korea (Kim / Seong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |

#### Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kyrgyzstan (Asanbaeva / Abykeev) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |

#### Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 11 |
| Qatar (Al-Abdulla / Alyafei) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

#### Draw 5

Wednesday, 5 February, 18:00
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Han / Wang) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 |

#### Draw 8

Thursday, 6 February, 18:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |
| Kazakhstan (Seitzhanova / Nadirbayev) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 |

#### Qualification Game

Thursday, 7 February, 9:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

#### Semifinal

Friday, 7 February, 13:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Japan (Koana / Aoki) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 10 |

#### Bronze medal game

Saturday, 8 February, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| China (Han / Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

## Figure skating

The Philippines' is represented by individual skaters Paolo Borromeo, Sofia Frank, and Cathryn Limketkai. Pair skaters Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin will also compete. Russian-born Korovin received Filipino citizenship in 2024 allowing him to compete in the Asian Winter Games.
Philippine Skating Union president Nikki Cheng project at least a bronze medal for the pair of Gamez and Korovin. The pair finished fourth in the short program. They still finished fourth in both the free skate and overall missing a place on the podium.
For the individual skaters, Borromeo finished 10th, Frank ended 11th and Limketkai was 9th place overall.
| Athlete(s) | Event | SP | SP | FP | FP | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Paolo Borromeo | Men's | 61.11 | 9 | 117.85 | 10 | 178.96 | 10 |
| Sofia Frank | Women's | 43.55 | 11 | 76.50 | 12 | 120.05 | 11 |
| Cathryn Limketkai | Women's | 45.28 | 10 | 91.91 | 9 | 137.19 | 9 |
| Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin | Pairs | 55.63 | 4 | 99.99 | 4 | 155.62 | 4 |

## Freestyle skiing

Laetaz Rabe recorded a 56.0 point finish in the slopestyle and provisionally placed fifth. She tried different moves for her next two runs but registered a "did not improve" for both, relegating her to 6th place. She also placed sixth in the big air.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Laetaz Rabe | Big air | 64.00 | 55.50 | 64.00 | DNI | 6 |
| Laetaz Rabe | Slopestyle | 56.50 | DNI | DNI | 56.50 | 6 |

## Short-track speed skating

Peter Groseclose advanced from the first round in all of his three events. He did not reach the medal rounds for his events.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter Groseclose | 500 m | 42.562 | 2 Q | 42.331 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Groseclose | 1000 m | 1:29.636 | 2 Q | 1:28.045 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Groseclose | 1500 m | — | 2:19.318 | 4 q | 2:32.668 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Snowboarding

Adrian Tongko was supposed to compete but withdrew due to sustaining a knee injury while training in Hakuba, Japan.