Sibol settles for Valorant PC mixed team bronze
PHNOM PENH — Team Sibol settled for the bronze medal in the Valorant PC mixed team event of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games’ esports competitions at the Olympia Mall here.
Jed “Draxiimov” Jamir was hailed as the Most Valuable Player of the bronze-medal match after Sibol swept its best-of-three championship showdown with Vietnam, 2-0 (13-5, 13-10).
Coach JC del Rosario said the team had a bad time after they bowed out of contention in the semifinals to Indonesia, 0-2 (1-13, 2-13)
But they were able to work on regaining the momentum early in taking third place.
“Momentum favored our opponents in the semifinals. But this time, we tried to catch up and we did,” said Del Rosario.
Singapore advanced to the finals against Indonesia, following a 2-0 (13-7,13-8) shutout of Vietnam.
Sibol reached the semis stage after sweeping its five-game stage assignment.
The team is entered in five medal games, namely Crossfire and Valorant for PC, PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends: Bang-Bang, and League of Legends: Wild Rift, where it scored its first esports gold with a 3-1 victory against Vietnam last Monday.
The following day, they bagged the bronze in Crossfire.
