Physical: Asia Episode 5: How were the Quest 3 team matchups decided among the six remaining countries?

Physical: Asia Episode 5 aired on November 4, 2025. The latest episode featured six remaining teams advancing to the next quest. This included Korea, Australia, Turkey, Mongolia, Japan, and the Philippines.

The third quest was the Team Representative Match. For that, each team's captains were invited to draw a random card from the box. Six teams were divided into two groups, Group A and Group B.

After they picked their cards, the results were revealed:

• Group A: Team Korea, Team Australia, Team Philippines,
• Group B: Team Mongolia, Team Turkey, Team Japan.

There was an announcement regarding the upcoming elimination on Physical: Asia. The lowest-scoring team will be sent home. There won't be any Death Match games.

To know more about the team matchups process for the Team Representative Match i.e. Quest 3, read further.

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Physical: Asia Episode 5: Six teams advance to the third quest - Team Representative Match

After the second quest and additional Quest 2.5, two teams were eliminated. This included Thailand and Indonesia.

Six teams advanced in Physical: Asia:

1. Korea,
2. Australia,
3. Mongolia,
4. Turkey,
5. Japan,
6. The Philippines.

To determine the next matchup between the remaining teams for the upcoming Quest 3, teams were invited to a sit-down. Team Korea was the first one to arrive. They talked about being in the final two. Soon, the remaining teams also arrived.

One of the participants from Team Philippines left the competition. It was their team captain, Manny Pacquiao. He talked to the cameras regarding his exit.

"I wanted to take a moment and apologize to everyone. I have to leave the competition and return to the Philippines, because of another obligation in my home country. Also, I just want to apologize to my team," he confessed.

His replacement was Justin Hernandez, a Crossfit athlete.

While the Physical: Asia teams discussed their position in the competition, there was an announcement regarding the third quest. It was called the Team Representative Match.

"The Team Representative Match is a quest that consists of four different games. Before we begin, your team will select representatives to individually compete in each of the four games. For this quest, the six surviving teams will be split into two groups of three and will only compete within those groups," revealed the announcer.

Additionally, at the end of the quest, the countries that rank the lowest within their individual group will receive no Death Match opportunity and will be eliminated on the spot. After that, the announcer revealed how the groups would be chosen.

"The groups for the Team Representative Match will be chosen at random from a box."

Team Korea's captain, Kim Dong-hyun, was invited to pick a random card from the box. It said Group A. Team Korea's Choi Seung-Yeon confessed to the cameras:

"I think the scariest teams are Australia and probably Turkey. So I was hoping we could avoid them at all costs."

Her team's captain noted that it was smart to compete at a consistent level so they could save their strength for the end.

The next was the captain from Team Australia, Robert Whittaker. When he picked from the box, his card also said Team A. Team Mongolia's captain, Orkhonbayar, was up next. He received a B in his card. The next was Team Turkey's Recep Kara. They were also in group B.

Soon, the remaining two teams' captains were invited to draw their cards. While Team Japan's card read B, Team Philippines got an A.

As a result, the final team matchups on Physical: Asia were:

• Group A: Team Korea and Team Australia, Team Philippines,
• Group B: Team Mongolia and Team Turkey, Team Japan.

Team Japan's captain noted that they were happy and that it was the best outcome. The teams then proceeded to their third Quest.

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To witness how the random draw worked, fans can stream Physical: Asia Episode 5 on Netflix.