Nelson Morales

Esports: eGilas sweeps Türkiye to clinch breakthrough eFIBA World title

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John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1783237545886738334999_1334222355587445_5423794594124560804_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="eGilas Pilipinas crowned world champion at the eFIBA World Finals. Photo from Laus Group Esports"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">eGilas Pilipinas crowned world champion at the eFIBA World Finals.<em> Photo from Laus Group Esports</em></span></span></span>eGilas Pilipinas broke new ground and became the champion of the eFIBA World Finals after a two-game sweep of Türkiye in the title stage on Sunday night (Manila time).</div><p>The Philippines&#x27; NBA 2K contingent, composed of Miguel Carlo “LGE_miguelcarlo” Hubillar, Chris “LGE_iLuvio-“ Briones, Kenneth “LGE_Clue-“ Gutierrez, Joshua “LGE_JMacc” Machado and Prich “LGE_DonP” Diez, was triumphant over Turkiye with scores of 64-62 and 68-60 in the first and second games, respectively, to become the world champions.</p><p>They bagged the country&#x27;s first world NBA 2K title, after multiple finishes of fourth-place in the past.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpsc.gov.ph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02TZSTM3MNwGe9sFc7rLgzbRjYZSBSzHc5pWQBNUbmuCUrHB9JwpsWhoZNQ31rtGwAl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="737" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>&quot;Mabuhay ang mga Pilipinong Kampeon!&quot; said the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), as it celebrated eGilas&#x27; triumph in Doha Qatar.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/08/23/nba-2k-egilas-crowned-champs-in-efiba-regionals"><strong>RELATED: NBA 2K: eGilas crowned Asian champs, qualify for World Finals in Sweden<br/></strong></a></div><p>It was a dominant campaign for the Filipino e-ballers, having dropped only one game in the whole tournament.</p><p>Hubillar was named Most Valuable Player, Gutierrez was Defensive Player of the Year, as the squad took home $20,000 in cash prizes. Turkiye placed second, while France completed the podium.</p>

<p>eGilas Pilipinas broke new ground and became the champion of the eFIBA World Finals after a two-game sweep of Türkiye in the title stage on Sunday night (Manila time).</p>

eGilas Pilipinas broke new ground and became the champion of the eFIBA World Finals after a two-game sweep of Türkiye in the title stage on Sunday night (Manila time).