The Philippines national esports team represents the

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in international esports tournaments. It is organized under the

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History

A national esports team representing the Philippines took part in the

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, where the esports was held as a

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. The Philippines did not have any esports representatives at the

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, where it was likewise held as a demonstration event. When the Philippines hosted the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, it organized esports as a medal sport. A national esports team, under the moniker "Sibol," was formalized by the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Esports Union (PSEU) for the purpose of the Philippines' participation in the regional games as hosts. The PSEU consists of officials of the National Electronic Sports Federation of the Philippines (NESFP) and the Esports National Association of the Philippines (ESNAP). Sibol fielded teams in all six events. In 2020, the

(PESO) was recognized by the

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(POC) as the national sports association for esports in the Philippines. This recognition was disputed by the NESFP, which was involved in the PSEU. The other involved organization, ESNAP, already merged with PESO. Sibol took part again in the

2021 Southeast Asian Games ) , caption = , host city = Hanoi, Vietnam , nations participating = 11 , athletes participating = 5,467 , events = 526 in 40 sports , opening ceremony = 12 May 2022 , closing ceremony ...

in Vietnam, where esports returned as a medal event. It intends to compete in all titles at the regional games. A national selection tournaments were held for each title, wherein the winning team from each selection would form the core of the Sibol lineup for their respective event. The qualifiers ended on February 28, 2022, and a total of 55 esports athletes represented the country. The campaign ended with two gold and two silver medals; which was considered as a success by PESO. The team took part in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and the

2023 ASEAN Para Games ) , nations participating = 11 , athletes participating = , events = 12 sports , opening ceremony = 3 June , closing ceremony = 9 June , officially opened by =TBA , athlete's oath =TBA , stadium ...

in Cambodia. They made their Asian Games debut in the 2022 edition held in

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in September 2023 where esports was held as a regular event for the first time. Sibol did not win any medal.

Team image

The Philippine esports team is also known as Team Sibol (stylized as SIBOL). The name "sibol" comes from the

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word for growth. The team logo is in red, yellow, and blue. The shape of the logo forms the abbreviation for the country, "PHI," in a form that could represent a leaf or a flame.

Titles

The Philippine esports team has fielded teams and/or players for the following titles. *''

Arena of Valor ''Arena of Valor'' (), formerly ''Strike of Kings'', is an international adaptation of ''Honor of Kings'' (), a multiplayer online battle arena developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Level Infinite for Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch ...

'' – 2019 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *''

Crossfire A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I. S ...

'' – 2021 SEAG *''Dream Three Kingdoms 2'' – 2022 Asiad *'' Dota 2'' – 2017 AIMAG*, 2019 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *'' EA Sports FC Online'' / '' FIFA Online'' – 2021 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *'' Hearthstone'' – 2017 AIMAG*, 2019 SEAG *''

The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main p ...

'' – 2017 AIMAG* *''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...

'' – 2021 SEAG *'' League of Legends: Wild Rift'' – 2021 SEAG *'' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' – 2019 SEAG, 2021 SEAG, IeSF 2022 *''

PUBG Mobile ''PUBG Mobile'' ( Chinese: 和平精英; pinyin: Hé Píng Jīng Yīng) is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed by LightSpeed & Quantum Studio, a division of Tencent Games. It is a mobile game adaptation of '' PUBG: Battlegrounds ...

'' / ''Peacekeeper Elite'' – 2021 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *''

Starcraft II ''StarCraft II'' is a military science fiction video game created by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the successful ''StarCraft'' video game released in 1998. Set in a fictional future, the game centers on a galactic struggle for dominance ...

'' – 2017 AIMAG*, 2019 SEAG *''

Street Fighter V ''Street Fighter V'' is a fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, Windows in 2016. An Arcade game, arcade version exclusive to Japan was released by Taito in 2019. Similar to th ...

'' – 2022 Asiad *''

Tekken 7 is a fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the seventh main and ninth overall installment in the '' Tekken '' series. ''Tekken 7'' was released to arcades in March 2015. An updated arcade version, ''Tekken ...

'' – 2019 SEAG

Current teams

Competitive record

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

External links

References

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