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.

Competition schedule

Medalists

Medal table

Participating nations

A total of 131 athletes from 18 nations competed in esports at the 2018 Asian Games:

•  China (13)
•  Chinese Taipei (13)
•  Hong Kong (9)
•  India (9)
•  Indonesia (17)
•  Iran (3)
•  Japan (3)
•  Kazakhstan (9)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Laos (6)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Pakistan (6)
•  Saudi Arabia (7)
•  South Korea (7)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Thailand (7)
•  Uzbekistan (1)
•  Vietnam (17)

Qualification

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 berths

Results

Clash Royale

27 August

• The first match between Indonesia and China in the first round was also counted in the final series.

Hearthstone

31 August

StarCraft II

30 August

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

1 September

Rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Source: AESF

Group B

Source: AESF

Knockout round

Arena of Valor

26 August

Winner group

League of Legends

Qualifications & draw

• 2 teams from same seed were drawn into a group
• Teams from same region could not be drawn into same group
  • Maximum 2 teams in a group for East Asia.
  • Host Indonesia auto was in seed 1, and due to same region, Vietnam must be in seed 2 and drawn into other group from Indonesia.

Preliminary round

27–28 August

• Group stage: Double round robin, best-of-one
• Semifinals: best-of-three
• Medals matches: best-of-five

Group A

Source: AESF

Group B

Source: AESF

Knockout round

References

1. Etchells, Daniel. "Schedule for Asian Games esports demonstration event released". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. "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.

External links

• eSports at the 2018 Asian Games – Regional Qualification Competitions Results by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation
• Electronic sports at the 2018 Asian Games Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) - Road to Asian Games 2018: Official page for competition schedule, results, visuals Archived 2018-06-07 at the Wayback Machine