![Infantino praises the Philippines for delivering a historic tournament in the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup. [PSC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1a499486-0795-422a-bba8-b8aa24a6bd58-400x200.jpg)
FIFA president Gianni Infantino praised the Philippines for delivering a historic and “fantastic” staging of the first FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup.
![Norway whipped the Philippines, 6-0, ending the Filipinas 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign. [photo credit: FIFA Women's World Cup Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot_2438-400x200.png)
Fighting for survival, Norway vented its wrath on the Philippines on Sunday (July 30) night with a 6-0 win that ended the Filipinas’ campaign in the FIFA Women’s World Cup on a downbeat note at the close of Group A action at Eden Park.
![Goalie Olivia McDaniel (left) leads the other Filipinas in saluting the crowd after their upset of the Ferns. With her are: Sofia Harrison (second from left), Ryley Bugay, Isabella Flanigan and Quinley Quezada. [contributed photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/filipinassalutecrowdpix-400x200.jpg)
Goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel and midfielder Tahnai Annis were both asked what Filipino word came to mind in describing the Filipinas’ FIFA Women’s World Cup monumental 1-0 upset of the Ferns in front of a packed hometown crowd at the Wellington Stadium on Tuesday (July 25) night.
![Filipinas coach Alen Stajcic (right) is greeted as the national women's football team arrives at the Dunedin International Airport on the even of their first FIFA Women's World Cup Group A match against Switzerland. [contributed photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/filipinasindunedin-400x200.jpg)
The Filipinas will make their highly-awaited debut at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Friday, July 21, opening their campaign in Group A against Switzerland at the Forsyth Barr Stadium under expected nippy weather in Dunedin.