The top seed of Group A made light work of Team Malaysia in the first semifinal match.
The other semifinal match is between hometown heroes, Team Vietnam going up against Team Singapore.
The second game was a big turnaround for the Filipinos, who have looked second-best up to that point.
Try as they might, Team Malaysia could not break down the Philippines' defences.
It also didn’t help that they were constantly being outmanoeuvred and outplayed.