Nintendo’s Pokemon World Championship 2023 has concluded yesterday. OMO Abyssinian, a Filipino team, has bagged second place in the Pokemon Unite tournament.
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From the franchise’s TCG to Pokemon Go, to their battles in Scarlet and Violet, the tournament tackles all of these. One of these games is Pokemon Unite – a 5v5 MOBA that features some of the monsters of the franchise.
Matches were a best-out-of-three following the single Round Robin format. In the end, the Philippine eSports team, called OMO Abyssinian, fell short against Luminosity Gaming, a Canadian team. Luminosity claimed first place, making OMO Abyssinian land on second.
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The first place prize money was USD 100,000 while the second spot has a reward of USD 75,000 and third place was 65k dollars.