Singapore squad takes home more than S$86,000 after third-place finish in Fifa Online 3 tournament "Wins like this prove that Singapore has talent and Singaporeans have what it takes to succeed on an international stage," said Mr Nicholas Khoo, co-founder of Singapore"s Cybersports & Online Gaming Association. The win comes as the local eSports scene kicks off, with the launch of Singapore"s first eSports Academy last year and the announcement of the first Asean eSports tournament to be held here later this year.ĮSports will be included in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, and it may be in the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris. Si joined Team Flash after a new rule this year permitted one foreign player in each three-person team. The team consisted of Amraan Gani Musa Bakar, 23, and 24-year-old Joseph Yeo - both part of the 2016 team - and China"s Fifa Esports player of the year, Si Jun Li, 26. Previously, Singapore"s best place was third and a US$60,000 prize. Not only did they clinch Singapore"s first international gold in a Fifa tournament, they also took home US$108,000 (S$142,000) out of the US$239,000 prize pool.Ĭompetitors from South Korea, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore took part in the Asian leg.Īfter a 3-2 semi-final win over China, Team Flash faced the home team Thailand in the final, emerging victorious with a 3-0 win.
The country"s three-man eSports side, Team Flash, won the East Asian Champions Cup Spring 2018, the largest international tournament for the Fifa Online 3 game, qualifying them for the eWorld Cup in June. SINGAPORE - It"s history in the making: Singapore has reached the football World Cup.
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