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Sibol grabs 1st esports gold of PH

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PHNOM PENH—The Philippine Sibol team went beyond expectations, sweeping all of its three encounters, to finish with a 3-1 victory over Vietnam in the League of Legends: Wild Rift event for its first esports gold in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games at the NagaWorld 2 Integrated Resort Theatre here.

It was a stunning win for the Filipino esports players, who went winless in the Wild Rift event of the Vietnam SEA Games last year.

Led by Chammy Nazzarea, a member of Nigma Galaxy, Sibol got off to a great start with a 3-0 demolition of Singapore in the semifinals.

Then, a 3-2 stopping of Vietnam in the upper bracket finals sent the Filipinos, also composed of Aaron Bingay, Justine Chan, Gerald Gelacio, Van Alfonso and Reniel Angara, into the gold-medal match.

Vietnam, spearheaded by Hậu “Akeno” Hồ Trung, fought off Cambodia, 3-0, in the lower bracket finals, to reach the gold-medal round against the Filipinos.

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“So far so good. We hope this helps set the tone for our entire SEA Games run,” said Philippine Sibol general manager Jab Escutin.

Filipino gamers will next plunge into action in the mixed team event of Crossfire.

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