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Valorant: Pinoy-loaded Team SMG begins Game Changers Championship campaign

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Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Team SMG. Handout/Riot Games." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/11/28/20231128-team-smg.jpg"/><figcaption>Team SMG. <em>Handout/Riot Games.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Team SMG will battle in the opening day of the 2023 Valorant Game Changers Championship in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday (Wednesday morning, Manila time).<br/> <br/>They are composed of Filipino players Alexy &quot;Alexy&quot; Francisco, Kelly &quot;shirazi&quot; Jaudian, and Camille &quot;Kamiyu&quot; Enriquez, Odella &quot;enerii&quot; Abraham and substitute player Ryona &quot;tarathiel&quot; Shannen Tan from Indonesia, and in-game leader Abigail &quot;Kohaibi&quot; Kong from Singapore.<br/> <br/>North American organization Evil Geniuses, one of the NA region&#x27;s representatives and recent winner in their region&#x27;s qualifiers, will be their first opponent in the second match of the day.</p><p>EG&#x27;s roster includes Filipino-American Lorrian &quot;Lorri&quot; Elad, who plays the initiator role. She previously reached the grand finals during the 2022 edition of the tournament with Shopify Rebellion, but fell short against eventual champions, G2 Gozen.</p><p>The Singapore-based organization solely represents the Asia-Pacific region in the premiere Valorant tournament for women and marginalized genders on its second edition.<br/> <br/>They come into the tournament with a winning streak since the start of the year and emerging victorious from the recent APAC Elite Qualifiers, currently racking up a 34-0 record.<br/> </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/15/23/team-smg-sweeps-rrq-for-global-championship-slot">Valorant: Team SMG sweeps RRQ for Game Changers Global Championship slot</a></li></ul><p>The eight teams competing in the tournament will battle for the lion&#x27;s share of the $500,000 prize pool.<br/> <br/>The Team SMG and Evil Geniuses match can be watched at Valorant Esports&#x27; Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook pages at 4am Manila time.</p><p>RELATED VIDEO:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AK86dJhdjRg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Team SMG will battle in the opening day of the 2023 Valorant Game Changers Championship in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday.

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Valorant: Pinoy-loaded Team SMG begins Game Changers Championship campaign

Mark Demayo,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 28, 2023 04:37 PM PHT

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Updated November 28, 2023 05:11 PM PHT

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