SEA Games Esports Day 1: Thailand, Vietnam lead in Wild Rift
The esports event at the 2021 Hanoi Southeast Asian Games kicked off on Friday (13 May) with the group stages for the Men’s League of Legends: Wild Rift and Free Fire competitions.
Thailand and Vietnam are in the lead for Wild Rift after sweeping their matches for the day while Indonesia came out on top in Free Fire.
Men's League of Legends: Wild Rift
For the first day of Wild Rift’s Group Stage, the teams of the seven participating nations were split into two groups.
Host country Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, and Laos comprised Group A while Group B featured Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Final Stage.
Laos had an unfortunate start to the event, with the team eventually not playing in the Men's Wild Rift event. All of the teams scheduled against them in Wild Rift got an automatic win as a result.
Vietnam then dominated Group A with a 3-0 record from wins over Singapore and Myanmar as well as the default win over Laos. Singapore sit in second place with a 2-1 record, leaving Myanmar in third place with a 1-2 line.
Thailand led Group B with a 2-0 record, beating Malaysia and the Philippines. Malaysia defeated the Philippines in their own match to notch a 1-1 record, with the latter down 0-2 as a result.
While there will be one more day of Group Stage competition on Saturday (14 May), it's looking like the Final Stage of Men's Wild Rift will feature Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Men’s League of Legends: Wild Rift Group Stage standings:
Group A:
Vietnam: 3-0
Singapore: 2-1
Myanmar: 1-2
Laos: NA
Group B:
Thailand: 2-0
Malaysia: 1-1
Philippines: 0-2
Free Fire
The Free Fire event featured two teams each from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Laos for a total of 12 participating teams.
They will then battle through two days of competition, with each day having seven matches. The teams with the most points will win the event.
Indonesia 1 ended Day 1 in first place, bagging 139 points, while Thailand 1 and Indonesia 2 followed closely behind with 104 and 102 points, respectively.
Free Fire Final Stage Day 1 standings:
IND 1 - 139
THA 1 - 104
IND 2 - 102
THA 2 - 94
MAS 1 - 55
VIE 2 - 53
PHI 2 - 45
MAS - 42
PHI 1 - 41
VIE 1 - 41
The esports event at the 2021 Hanoi Southeast Asian Games will take place at Hanoi's National Convention Center from 13 to 22 May.
The event will feature ten esports competitions: League of Legends, Men's and Women's League of Legends: Wild Rift, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Individual and team PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor, Free Fire, Cross Fire, and FIFA Online 4.
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