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Opex Lanka win twin titles

' Opex Lanka' emerged victorious with a 35- point lead over ' Maximum Esports Hitxerbiv' which came in second place at the second edition of the PUBG Mobile P&S series and the P& S Free Fire Contenders Esports C h a m p i o n s h i p s . Te a m ' Wolfgang Esports Bullet Track' finished in third place. The tournament was conducted by Gamer. LK in partnership with Perera and Sons where over 500 battle out for a prize pool of Rs. 200,000.

Team Opex Lanka was represented by Opx Legend, LND Dila, OPX Tauter, OPX Jay and RN PODDS SIR. The P&S Free Fire Contenders saw the Top 12 Free Fire teams in the country make it to the grand finals across six maps in a battle to the finish.

' Alpha Esports HOB' were crowned the champions with a 43-point l e a d ove r 'Maximum Esports Brotherhood'. ' Team Noob

Alliance NEGU SL' was placed third. Alpha Esports HOB were represented by Sachintha ' HB Kalu 98' Kalana, Ishara ' HB 9inch' Chandunu, Oshada ' HB OSAA' Adithya, Hirusha ' HB NICKY' de Silva and Dulana 'XPOLA' Nuwanjith.

Both championships were officially endorsed by the Sri Lanka Esports Association and the results are contributed to the national player rankings. These rankings not only earn fame locally but also open up opportunities to be enlisted for national Esports team roster consideration.

Both tournaments were well received by the community, generating a massive social reach of over 1.5 million as fans and Esports enthusiasts rallied behind their favourite teams cheering them on to victory.

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