Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 7) – Sibol has won the Philippines’ first esports gold medal by beating Vietnam in the League of Legends: Wild Rift event of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sunday.
The country’s national esports team outplayed Vietnam, 3-1, in the best-of-five series of the popular mobile game.
Sibol’s victory was also the country’s 14th gold medal so far in this year’s biennial meet.
READ: 32nd Southeast Asian Games: Team Philippines news and results
Sibol first won gold in the 2019 SEA Games in Manila when it routed Indonesia, 3-1, in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
The team repeated their dominant performance against Indonesia in the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam, which netted them the gold.
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