Four Philippine teams will banner the country as they face clubs from Vietnam in the MPS SEA Campus Invitational Summer 2022 set from October 7 to 9.
Collegiate Center for Esports (CCE) Season 1 champion Lyceum of the Philippines University and CCE University Clash Invitational champions LG Helios of Ateneo spearhead the Philippine teams in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament.
Also representing the country are San Sebastian and Teletigers Esports Club of University of Santo Tomas.
They will face off against ESCA Vietnam teams in Dangerous Guys (DG) Team, Chi Th? Ngok (CTN), Nextplay Esports, and C? Kinh Tê TP Ho Chi Minh (HCE).
All eight teams will be grouped into two and will compete in a round robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance in the crossover final round on October 9 in a single elimination tourney to determine the champion.
The winner will take home $600 excluding in-game rewards while the runner-up and other semifinalists will bag $400 and $200, respectively.
“We’re proud to open doors for Filipino esports student-athletes and we’re excited to see them compete with the other players in the Southeast Asian region. We believe that the Filipino players could be considered as among the best in Southeast Asia, if not the world,” said CCE president Stanley Lao.
Group A consists of LG Helios, Lyceum, CTN, and HCE, while Group B will have the Teletigers, San Sebastian, Nextplay, and DG Team.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News