TOUCH ASSOCIATION PILIPINAS
ABOUT TOUCH FOOTBALL
Touch Football (also known as Touch or Touch Rugby), is a minimum contact sport similar to the traditional Filipino game of patintero, but with a player holding a touch football. The sport originated in Australia, as a strategic and less physical training alternative for rugby players, until it grew to become a separate sport in its own right. The
Touch World Cup, its centerpiece event, is held every four years, and is participated by teams from around the globe. The Philippine National Touch Football Team, otherwise known as the Philippine Pythons, finished 9th out of 22 teams in the Mixed Open Division and 12th out of 14 teams in the Women’s Open Division in the 2015 Touch World Cup.
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INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION
Asian Club Championship (September 1-2, 2016)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Philippine National Development Team
Mixed Division
Asian Club Championship (August 29 – 30, 2015)
Pattaya, Thailand
Philippine National Development Team
Mixed Division
FIT Touch World Cup (April 29 – May 4, 2015)
Coffs Harbour, Australia
Philippine National Team (PH Pythons)
12th Place – Women’s Open Division
9th Place – Mixed Open Division
2015 Taipei Touch Tournament (April 11, 2015)
Taipei, Taiwan
Philippine National Development Team
Plate Winners – Mixed Division
Singapore Test Series (February 27 – 28, 2015)
Philippine National Women’s Team
Hongkong Test Series (May 2 – 3, 2014)
Philippine National Women’s Team
Bangkok 10s International Rugby Tournament (February 22 – 23, 2014)
Bangkok, Thailand
Philippine National Development Team
Gold Medalist – Women’s Division
Bangkok 10s International Rugby Tournament 2013
Bangkok, Thailand
Nomads Touch Rugby Football Club
1st Runner - Up – Women’s Division
Asian Club Championship (June 11 - 12, 2011)
Singapore
Luzon Lawins
3rd Place – Women’s Division
Manila-Shanghai Falcons
4th Place – Women’s Division
Asian Club Championship (2009)
Bangkok, Thailand
Nomads Bullettes
5th Place – Women’s Division
Singapore – Malaysia Touch Invitational Tournament (October 2008)
UP Touch Rugby Club
Participant – Women’s Division
