Team Philippines takes the Gold in Dota 2 at the 30th Southeast Asian Games

Philippines have dominated the international scene in Dota 2 with TNC always turning up big for WESG. Come to the Southeast Asian Games, it was Team Philippines again who took the gold! The winning roster is the roster that competes as Team Adroit, a Filipino team who managed to make it to the first DPC Major of the season, but stumbled in the second set of qualifiers. The two substitues are from Cignal Ultra. This is the roster that took the gold:'
The Team Philippines roster that took the gold (image: Liquipedia)
The event started with eight teams and two groups. The top team from each group got a place in the upper bracket while the team that finished second got a place in the lower bracket. Thailand may have ended up second in their group to Vietnam, but they had a strong showing the knockout stages where they defeated Vietnam 2-1 to take home the Silver. Vietnam had to settle for the Bronze.
The grand final was close series which the Philippines took 3-2. In the last game with the series tied at 2-2, Team Thailand had a 11k gold lead 27 minutes into the game and they were leading 20-3 in kills! But Team Philippines’ Phantom Lancer came online to save the day and they managed to turn the game around eventually to win the gold.
The event took place in Manila, so the home crowd must be elated by the win. Even though Team Adroit didn’t qualify for either the second DPC Major or Minor, they will be more than happy to have won the gold for their country.