Esports at the 2018 Asian Games
|Esports|
|Venue||BritAma Arena|
|Dates||26 August – 1 September|
|Nations||18|
at the 2018 Asian Games
|Esports at the|
|Tournament|
|Arena of Valor|
|Clash Royale|
|Hearthstone|
|League of Legends|
|Pro Evolution Soccer|
|StarCraft II|
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[edit]
|E||Event|
|Sun||Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat|
|Arena of Valor||E|
|Clash Royale||E|
|Hearthstone||E|
|League of Legends||E|
|Pro Evolution Soccer||E|
|StarCraft II||E|
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
Participating regions[edit]
Qualification[edit]
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[edit]
|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 countries[edit]
Medal summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
|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|
Medalists[edit]
|Event||Gold||Silver||Bronze|
|Clash Royale||Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak||Huang Chenghui||Huỳnh Đức Huy|
|Hearthstone||Lo Tsz Kin||Hendry Koentarto Handisurya||Tirth Mehta|
|StarCraft II||Cho Seong-ju||Huang Yu-hsiang||Trần Hồng Phúc|
|Pro Evolution Soccer 2018||Japan||Iran||Vietnam|
|Arena of Valor||China||Chinese Taipei||Vietnam|
|League of Legends||China||South Korea||Chinese Taipei|
Indonesia
China
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Indonesia
India
South Korea
Chinese Taipei
Vietnam
Naoki Sugimura
Tsubasa Aihara
Hassan Pajani
Reza Nobakhtsarkandi
Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm
Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc
Zhang Yuchen
Liu Mingjie
Pan Jiadong
Wang Tianlong
Xiang Yang
Xie Tao
Cheng Ming-jen
Cheng Yu-hsiang
Huang Chien-wei
Lin Chun-ting
Yen Hao-che
Chen Po-cheng
Phạm Hồng Quân
Vương Trung Khiên
Trần Xuân Bách
Nguyễn Quân Nam
Trần Quang Hiệp
Nguyễn Trí Hùng
Yan Junze
Liu Shiyu
Su Hanwei
Jian Zihao
Tian Ye
Shi Senming
Kim Ki-in
Go Dong-bin
Han Wang-ho
Lee Sang-hyeok
Park Jae-hyuk
Jo Yong-in
Hsieh Yu-ting
Wang You-chun
Huang Yi-tang
Lu Yu-hung
Hu Shuo-chieh
Chen Kuan-ting
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- eSports at the 2018 Asian Games – Regional Qualification Competitions Results by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation
- Electronic sports at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) - Road to Asian Games 2018: Official page for competition schedule, results, visuals