LGD Bags I-League Season 2 Title
After two months of matches involving teams from all over the world, LGD-Gaming grabbed the first place in the I-League Season 2 LAN Finals, beating HyperGloryTeam (HGT), 3-0. They brought home $56,000 (P2,51 million~) in cash, while HGT took $22,400 (P1 million~) for their efforts. Vici Gaming, last season’s defending champions, took $16,560 (P744,000~) after being eliminated by HGT in the loser bracket finals, 2-1.
It is important to note that this is their first championship after they gained 3rd place at the second edition of the Esports Champions League, gaining $1,628 (P73,000~) in the process.
Other things to notice are that Gong “ZSMJ” Jian and company have been showing fantastic form throughout the course of the tourney and LAJONS, the all-Swedish European team led by Adrian “Era” Kryeziu, have made their first appearance under the NiP brand in this tournament.
Here are the final results:
1st: $56,000 (P2,51 million~): LGD Gaming
2nd: $22,400 (P1 million~): HyperGloryTeam
3rd: $16,560 (P744,000~): Vici Gaming
4th: $7,840 (P352,000~): MVP.Phoenix
5th/6th: $3,920 (P176,000~): iG/Big God
7th/8th: $1,680 (P75,000~): Speed Gaming/NiP
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