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Filipinos would eventually become esports athletes and professional esports teams would be organized to compete in international competitions. [3] In 2017, the state agency Games and Amusements Board recognized esports as a legitimate sport. [4] [5] The Philippines would introduce esports as a medal event in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games which ...
The Philippine Esports Organization (abbreviated as PeSO) is the national governing body for esports in the Philippines. It is a member of the International Esports Federation (IESF) since 2012 and is an associate member of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) since 2020. [1] [2] [3]
When the Philippines hosted the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, it organized esports as a medal sport. [1] 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.
Founded in 2018, the federation's mission is to declare the Philippines as a center of esports in the country, to being the sole governing body of esports in the world and to support the game developers, software companies and players who are participating in the events being run by ESWF.
In 2017, a national eSports league was established which is called The Nationals. [18] Esports was introduced for the first time as a medal event in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in which the Philippines hosted. [19] Esports would be subsequently featured in succeeding editions of the regional games.
In 2022, the PBA revisited its plans to get involved in esports and accepted an invitation by Dark League Studios to check their Kings League tournament. [1] The PBA would enter in an entered a formal partnership with Dark League Studios in October 2022. [2] The PBA would launch an esports league, the PBA Esports Bakbakan, in January 2023.
The Nationals is an electronic sports (Esports) league in the Philippines which had its inaugural season in 2019. It is the first franchise-based electronic sports in the Philippines. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Esports National Association of the Philippines (ESNAP). [2]
In 2022, the team returned to the world championship finals after a five-game series against their co-patriots ECHO Philippines in the upper-bracket finals. [5] The team were heavy favorites to go back-to-back in the world championship finals as they won the previous iteration of the finals in Singapore.