Stage set for Esports Estudyante championships

MANILA, Philippines —  The biggest campus Esports league in the country is on.

Over 500 schools all over the archipelago will duke it out for four major titles in the inaugural Esports Estudyante: The National Championships by Dark League Studios starting Monday.

The ever-popular Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), Valorant, Tekken 8 and League of Legends are the four Esports events on tap, with over 3,000 participating students vying for a whopping prize pool of P1.6 million. Team games MLBB, Valorant and League of Legends will have P500,000 prize each for the champion school while P100,000 is alloted for the individual event Tekken.

“The Eports Estudyante national championship seeks to promote fun and healthy competition to find the best talents in the country. It’s an avenue for all student-athletes to compete, forge camarederie and bring pride to their school,” said Esports Estudyante program director Alexander Kibanoff, joined by marketing head Wrexler Bayani.

“It’s the flagship project of Estudtyante Esports program, aimed at bringing esports to the schools for a potential career path in this sector. On top of that, it’s to hail the best collegiate Esports players in the land.”

The National Championships will have four regional qualifiers from October to February in Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao with the top two teams from each leg advancing to the national playoffs – mirroring the national tournaments in traditional sports like basketball and volleyball.

From there, only the top 2 teams will advance and fly to Manila for the grand finals on Feb. 22 to 23 for a chance at bringing home school pride and rich prizes.