The Korean national team in the Battleground Mobile event took second place after Vietnam at the 2026 Esports Championships Asia 2026 (ECA 2026) held at the Jinju Indoor Gymnasium in Gyeongsangnam-do on the 26th. Korea, which had lost points to Vietnam from the first day, needed a better performance than Vietnam today in order to turn the tables, but Vietnam showed a disappointing performance today as well, taking 2nd place.

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In the 7th set at Rondo, the magnetic field was narrowing to the area between Zhao Tin and Yulin. South Korea, which had to compete with Vietnam, was eliminated earlier than expected. And the competitor, Vietnam, showed outstanding performance from the first game on the second day, defeating DK in the last game and winning the chicken.

With Vietnam taking the chicken in the 7th set, there was hope for Korea only if it ranked higher in the remaining matches as much as possible and earned more points than Vietnam. In the 8th set at Erangel, KRX and DK performed well with good performance, and among the ECA teams, Mongolia survived to the top 3. However, because Mongolia only had one player, chicken was difficult, and DK won the match against KRX and even defeated Mongolia to win the 8th set.

Vietnam, which continued to show good performance today, recorded chicken again in the 9th set, in fact widening the gap with Korea. Next, in the 10th set, Jeonnam Esports won the chicken. The magnetic field narrowed to the south of Erangel Military Base, and Korea was in a very difficult situation as everyone except Jeon Hyun-bin died early. And Jeonnam Esports, the only team that came from the top down, won through good management.

With only the 11th and 12th sets remaining, it was already difficult to turn the tables, but Korea showed its potential by winning the 11th set in Miramar, and in the final 12 sets, KRX, which showed the best performance on day 1, achieved chicken.