Prior to 2008, there were no organized leagues and an unofficial Philippine national team composed of players from selected clubs participated in regional tournaments.

[2] One such unofficial national team was "Manila Pilipinas" that participated at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in 2005.

The FIHL's membership with these two bodies made them eligible to send national teams including a men's national team to the official tournaments such as the IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship (formerly the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia) and the Southeast Asian Games.

[2] The Philippine national team participated once again at the HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament for the 2016 edition.

[13] The team, captained by Swiss-Filipino, Steven Füglister,[14] underwent a seven-month training which started in July 2016 prior to the competition.

[16] Philippines secured their first official win as a FIHL member when they defeated Qatar with a score of 14–2[17] and was followed by an 8–3 triumph against Kuwait, who were competing as the Independent Olympic Athletes.

[20] The Philippine national team mentored by Czech head coach Daniel Brodan[21] started their Southeast Asian Games campaign with a 12–0 victory over Indonesia.

He was given a game misconduct penalty for hitting a Malaysian player in a head while pursuing the puck although the skipper said the infraction was an unintentional accident.

[24] Despite playing sans their captain, the Philippines wrapped up their campaign, undefeated with a 5–4 win over Thailand and clinched the first ever ice hockey gold medal in the history of the regional tournament.

[34][35] By August 2022, ice rinks have reopened[36] and in October 2022, Finnish instructor Juhani Ijäs has been appointed as head coach and program director of the Philippine national team.

[37] They would finally make their World Championship debut by taking part in the 2023 Division IV tournament in Mongolia.