Esports at the 2018 Asian Games
Esports were featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport would not be counted in the official overall medal tally. It was held from 26 August to 1 September 2018.[1] Six video games were featured in the demonstration event, Arena of Valor, Clash Royale, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Pro Evolution Soccer, and StarCraft II.
| Esports at the 2018 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | BritAma Arena |
| Dates | 26 August – 1 September |
| Nations | 18 |
Competition scheduleEdit
| E | Event |
Date Tournament |
Sun 26 |
Mon 27 |
Tue 28 |
Wed 29 |
Thu 30 |
Fri 31 |
Sat 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena of Valor | E | ||||||
| Clash Royale | E | ||||||
| Hearthstone | E | ||||||
| League of Legends | E | ||||||
| Pro Evolution Soccer | E | ||||||
| StarCraft II | E | ||||||
Participating regionsEdit
QualificationEdit
Qualification for the six video game title events took place from 6–20 June 2018. Among 45 member nation invited, only 27 NOCs participated in the qualifiers. There were five qualification zones for the regional qualifiers (East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia) except for Arena of Valor which only had three regional qualifiers (East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia). Qualification took place either through online matches, offline competitions, or a mix of both formats. Indonesia qualifies for all titles automatically.[2]
Qualification berthsEdit
| Title | Hosts | East Asia | Southeast Asia | South Asia | Central Asia | West Asia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena of Valor | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clash Royale | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hearthstone | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| League of Legends | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pro Evolution Soccer | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Starcraft II | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Qualified countriesEdit
| Nations | Arena of Valor | Clash Royale | Hearthstone | League of Legends | Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 | StarCraft II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China |
X | X | X | |||
 Chinese Taipei |
X | X | X | |||
 Hong Kong |
X | X | X | X | ||
 India |
X | X | X | X | ||
 Indonesia |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
 Iran |
X | X | ||||
 Japan |
X | X | ||||
 Kazakhstan |
X | X | X | |||
 Kyrgyzstan |
X | |||||
 Laos |
X | X | ||||
 Malaysia |
X | |||||
 Pakistan |
X | |||||
 Saudi Arabia |
X | X | X | |||
 South Korea |
X | X | ||||
 Sri Lanka |
X | |||||
 Thailand |
X | X | X | |||
 Uzbekistan |
X | |||||
 Vietnam |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
Medal summaryEdit
Medal tableEdit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
MedalistsEdit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clash Royale |
Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak Indonesia
|
Huang Chenghui China
|
Huỳnh Đức Huy Vietnam
|
| Hearthstone |
Lo Tsz Kin Hong Kong
|
Hendry Koentarto Handisurya Indonesia
|
Tirth Mehta India
|
| StarCraft II |
Cho Seong-ju South Korea
|
Huang Yu-hsiang Chinese Taipei
|
Trần Hồng Phúc Vietnam
|
| Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 |
Japan Naoki Sugimura Tsubasa Aihara |
Iran Hassan Pajani Reza Nobakhtsarkandi |
Vietnam Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc |
| Arena of Valor |
China Zhang Yuchen Liu Mingjie Pan Jiadong Wang Tianlong Xiang Yang Xie Tao |
Chinese Taipei Cheng Ming-jen Cheng Yu-hsiang Huang Chien-wei Lin Chun-ting Yen Hao-che Chen Po-cheng |
Vietnam Phạm Hồng Quân Vương Trung Khiên Trần Xuân Bách Nguyễn Quân Nam Trần Quang Hiệp Nguyễn Trí Hùng |
| League of Legends |
China Yan Junze Liu Shiyu Su Hanwei Jian Zihao Tian Ye Shi Senming |
South Korea Kim Ki-in Go Dong-bin Han Wang-ho Lee Sang-hyeok Park Jae-hyuk Jo Yong-in |
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-ting Wang You-chun Huang Yi-tang Lu Yu-hung Hu Shuo-chieh Chen Kuan-ting |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Etchells, Daniel. "Schedule for Asian Games esports demonstration event released". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "AESF announced results of the Regional Qualifier Competitions for the Asian Games 2018". Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.