<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ithimba lasePhilippines laqhudelana emidlalweni yase-Asia izikhathi eziningi, laqala ukudlala ngo-1954 lapho iPhilippines isingatha umqhudelwano. AbasePhilippines babeseQenjini A neNingizimu Vietnam neChinese Taipei. Yonke imidlalo yayiqhutshelwa eRizal Memorial Stadium. Imidlalo yabo yomibili yalahleka, okwaholela ekususweni kwabo ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Babuyela emuva ngo-1958 eTokyo, kulokhu beqhudelana eQenjini C. Ama-Askals aqopha ukunqoba kwawo kokuqala emidlalweni yaseJapane, kodwa ekugcineni balahlekelwa yiHong Kong. Ngo-1962, kwaqhutshwa iMidlalo Yase-Asia eJakarta. I-Chinese Taipei ne-Israel zakhishwa emqhudelwaneni lapho uhulumeni wase-Indonesia wenqaba ukukhipha ama-visa ezithunywa zakwa-Israel naseTaiwan. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, iBurma yahoxa emncintiswaneni. Ithimba lasePhilippines lagcina ekugcineni, ngemuva kweNingizimu Vietnam, i-Indonesia neMalaya. Leli qembu laphinde lahlala endaweni yokugcina ngo - 1974  <response>: ngemva kokulahlekelwa yilowo nalowo mdlalo. Kusukela ngo-2002, kwavunywa isigaba sobudala esingaphansi kweminyaka engama-23 kwabesilisa, okufana nemincintiswano yebhola emidlalweni yama-Olympic. IPhilippines U-23 ayikaze ivele emidlalweni yase-Asia kusukela ngo-2002. 