The Philippines national esports team represents the

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in international esports tournaments. It is organized under the Philippine Esports Organization.

History

A national esports team representing the Philippines took part in the

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, where the esports was held as a demonstration event. The Philippines did not have any esports representatives at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

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, where it was likewise held as a demonstration event. When the Philippines hosted the

2019 Southeast Asian Games The 2019 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 30th Southeast Asian Games, or the 30th SEA Games, and commonly known as Philippines 2019, was the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial regional multi-sport event which ...

, 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 Philippine Esports Organization (PESO) was recognized by the

Philippine Olympic Committee The Philippine Olympic Committee Inc. (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines. The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations (NSAs) ...

(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 The 2023 Southeast Asian Games ( km, ការប្រកួតកីឡាប្រជាជាតិអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍២០២៣), commonly known as the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, or the 32nd SEA Games, and commonly know ...

and the

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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 Swit ...

'' – 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. ...

'' – 2021 SEAG *''Dream Three Kingdoms 2'' – 2022 Asiad *''

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to '' Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.'' ''Dota ...

'' – 2017 AIMAG*, 2019 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *''

EA Sports FC Online ''EA Sports FC Online'' (formerly known as ''FIFA Online 4'') is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online football game developed by EA Spearhead and published by Nexon. It was announced on 2 November 2017, and released on 17 May 2018 in South ...

'' / ''

FIFA Online ''FIFA Online'' is a series of online sports games developed by Electronic Arts (EA) based on EA's '' FIFA'' series of games. It is released with a free-to-play model with a focus on the Asian video game market. The first entry in the series was ...

'' – 2021 SEAG, 2022 Asiad *''

Hearthstone ''Hearthstone'' is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Originally subtitled ''Heroes of Warcraft'', ''Hearthstone'' builds upon the existing lore of the ''Warcraft'' series by ...

'' – 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 ...

'' – 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'', Ri ...

'' – 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: Battleground ...

'' / ''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 a ...

'' – 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 Windows in 2016. An arcade version exclusive to Japan was released by Taito in 2019. Similar to the previous games in the ''Stre ...

'' – 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 Amusement arcade, arcades in March 2015. An updated arcade ve ...

'' – 2019 SEAG

Current teams

Competitive record

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

External links

References

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