Brazil teen claims eFootball title at Global Esports Games

The first day of the inaugural Global Esports Games (GEG) saw its youngest competitor crowned champion as Joao Victor "CSC_JVictor" Lopes, 17, took home the eFootball 2022 title.

The Brazilian was unfazed by his older opponents and stunned eFootball.Open world champion Ivan Pablo Melian "MelianTheKing" 2-0 in the best-of-three grand final at the Resorts World Convention Centre.

Both picked Bayern Munich as their teams but it was Victor, a two-time all Brazil eFootball champion, who adapted better against his Argentinian opponent, 20.

Earlier, he scored 2-0 wins over Vietnam's Le Doan Thanh Tam "Figo" and Singapore's Dennis Zhao "DENNISZZ0910" in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.

Singapore also secured a medal at the GEG yesterday as Tay "Merody" Hui Chun, Amanda "bings" Lim, Paula "xiaoma" Teo, Ho "KazeL" Sheng Ying and Joanne "Minkiey" Lim made it to the Dota 2 women's grand final.

Singapore, Britain, Paraguay and Mongolia had qualified for the two-day GEG through the national/territory selections and regional qualifiers, which concluded last month.

The Republic and Britain had recorded 2-0 wins over Paraguay and Mongolia respectively in the semi-finals to book their spots in yesterday's grand final. The final results were not available at press time.

The Dota 2 Open category and Street Fighter V: Champions Edition will feature at the GEG today.

More than 100 athletes from more than 50 countries and territories are competing this weekend.

Also ending today is the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) M3 World Championship at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The US$800,000 (S$1.1 million) event, which began on Dec 6, is the first international e-sports competition in Singapore to allow a live audience since the pandemic began.