The country is represented by the Phil Sports Federation of the Deaf (PSFD).

[1] Athletes representing the country in the Deaflympics has never won a medal.

The PSFD decided to initially focused on bowling and sent a delegation of six bowlers at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.

This is due to the president of the organization at that time, Maria Lovella Catalan, for being known as a player in bowling both in deaf and hearing variants of the sport.

[3] Two of the six debutants in the 2009 Deaflympics; Catalan and Lobo, returned to compete in the 2013 edition.