At AIC 2022, Saigon Phantom fell into Group B in the first stage of the group stage. According to the draw results, “Sai Thanh ghosts” will encounter the Chinese Taipei champion One Team, the “phenomenon” of Thai Valencia CF Esports and the unknown from the Middle East – North Africa Yalla Esports.
However, according to the notice from the organizers, for a number of reasons, Yalla Esports will not be able to have the first time to participate in AIC. The team from the Middle East – North Africa has withdrawn from AIC 2022, making Group B only 3 teams.
Due to the stage 1 of the AIC group stage 2022 will take 3 teams with the best achievement each for phase 2, so Saigon Phantom, One Team and Valencia will automatically go on. These 3 teams just need to fight to determine their rankings in Group B.
According to the initial schedule, Saigon Phantom will start the journey with a match with Valencia at 15:45 on June 16. On the same day, Lai Bong and his teammates will continue to clash Yalla at 18h45 before closing the first phase with the One Team at 20:15.
However, with Yalla Esports withdrawal, Saigon Phantom's schedule in phase 1 was also disturbed. Specifically, “Sai Thanh ghosts” will meet Valencia at 15:00 on June 16 before clashing One Team at 16:30 on the same day.
