Baseball athletes and coaches say that despite the lack of standard training fields, there is still high hope for the medals competition in Thailand

Phnom Penh: The Baseball and Softball Federation of Cambodia will send the national female athletes for the first time to compete for medals in the 2025 IV BFA Women’s Asian Cup (Qualify) event in Thailand from April 21 to 30, 2025.

Mr. Pov Odom, assistant coach, said that the 2025 IV BFA Women’s Asian Cup qualifier event held in Thailand has a total of 7 participating countries including Cambodia, such as Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

He said that: The preparation of the Cambodia women’s national baseball team was short, having only gathered for 15 days, and selecting from a number of potential baseball clubs. As for the training, there are some difficulties such as the lack of the standard field, as our athletes only train in the football field, not a baseball field, because in Phnom Penh we do not have a field. However, the training of the female baseball athletes is constantly training with the Japanese coach, never interrupted, with training in the football field in the morning and additional technical training on the roof in the afternoon.

The assistant coach is confident that, the first participation of the national baseball female athletes in this international event will bring the silver or bronze medals to Cambodia. With this confidence, he called on local companies to please support the federation in the development process, as the federation is currently facing great difficulties, causing the development of the athletes' capabilities to be slow.

A female athlete, Lay Srey Pech, captain of the women's national team, expressed high confidence that, her team will do well in the Asian baseball qualifiers, while having good preparation, especially the consistent training, shows good team unity. She also showed great determination to lead her team to do well in the competition, bringing good results to Cambodia, even though it was her first time participating in the international competition.

Please inform that, the 2025 IV BFA Women’s Asian Cup (Qualify) event in Thailand from April 21 to 30, 2025, will be led by Mr. Chhem Dara, President of the Baseball and Softball Federation of Cambodia, along with three coaches: Mr. Takashi Matsuyoshi, head coach and Mr. Komei Kito, Mr. Pov Oudom are assistant coaches.