MANILA, Philippines — All three Filipino groups noticed an early elimination on the Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) group levels occurring within the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Seeing an unfortunate group draw, the nation’s prime Honor of Kings groups, BOOM Esports and Blacklist Worldwide have been each drawn in Group A, whereas ACT Esports Membership was drawn in Group C.
All three groups opened their KWC marketing campaign with losses, BOOM Esports falling brief in opposition to Gen.G Esports’ 1-2 whereas Blacklist Worldwide suffered a 0-2 from Hong Kong’s Paws Gaming.
The losses pitted each Filipino groups in opposition to one another within the decrease bracket of Group A, with BOOM Esports finally eliminating Blacklist Worldwide from the competitors.
In Group C, the battle of third seeds of Philippines and Malaysia noticed ACT Esports Membership fall to Alpha Gaming, 1-2, dropping them to decrease bracket, the place they as soon as once more suffered a 1-2 defeat by the hands South Korea’s Nongshim Redforce, eliminating them from the competitors.
The final Filipino staff standing, BOOM Esports noticed a rematch in opposition to Gen.G Esports for the ultimate slot for the playoffs, however this time Gen.G Esports have been ready and simply dispatched the Filipino champions in fast 2-0 sequence, with not one of the matches lasting greater than 12 minutes, eliminating them from the event.
The underside half placement is the bottom to this point any Filipino groups have had in a world Honor of Kings event. In final yr’s EWC, BOOM Esports managed a Ninth-Tenth place end whereas Blacklist Worldwide noticed a Third-4th place end in the newest Honor of Kings Invitational final February.
All three groups hope to bounce again within the Fall Season of the Philippines King’s League and hope to as soon as once more symbolize the nation within the upcoming Honor of Kings International Championship on the finish of the yr.
