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
VenueThe BritAma Arena
Dates26 August – 1 September
Competitors131 from 18 nations
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Competition schedule

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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

Medalists

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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
Tsubasa Aihara
Naoki Sugimura
  Iran
Reza Nobakht
Hassan Pajani
  Vietnam
Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc
Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm
Arena of Valor   China
Zhang Yuchen
Liu Mingjie
Pan Jiadong
Wang Tianlong
Xiang Yang
Xie Tao
  Chinese Taipei
Lin Chun-ting
Cheng Ming-jen
Cheng Yu-hsiang
Huang Chien-wei
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
Lee Sang-hyeok
Park Jae-hyuk
Jo Yong-in
Han Wang-ho
  Chinese Taipei
Hsieh Yu-ting
Wang You-chun
Huang Yi-tang
Lu Yu-hung
Hu Shuo-chieh
Chen Kuan-ting

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)2103
2  Indonesia (INA)1102
  South Korea (KOR)1102
4  Hong Kong (HKG)1001
  Japan (JPN)1001
6  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0213
7  Iran (IRI)0101
8  Vietnam (VIE)0044
9  India (IND)0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Participating nations

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

Qualification

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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
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

Results

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Clash Royale

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27 August

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
  Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)2
  Aaron Ho (HKG)3
  Aaron Ho (HKG)1
  Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
  Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
  Huang Chenghui (CHN)1
  Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
  Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2
  Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3
  Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0
  Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3
  Karan Manganani (IND)1
  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0
  Karan Manganani (IND)3  Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)303
  Huang Chenghui (CHN)130
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
  Aaron Ho (HKG)0
  Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)1  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3  Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2
  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3
  Karan Manganani (IND)0
  Karan Manganani (IND)3
  Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0
  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)3
  • The first match between Indonesia and China in the first round was also counted in the final series.

Hearthstone

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31 August

Round 1 Semifinals Final
  Tirth Mehta (IND) 3
  Tetsuro Akasaka (JPN) 2   Tirth Mehta (IND) 2
  Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3   Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3
  Artur Mukashov (KGZ) 0   Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3
  Werit Popan (THA) 1   Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 1
  Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 3   Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 3
  Mosa Al-Kaltham (KSA) 1   Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 2
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 3 3rd place match
  Tirth Mehta (IND) 3
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 2

StarCraft II

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30 August

Round 1 Semifinals Final
  Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 3
  Pichayut Prasertwit (THA) 0   Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 3
  Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 3   Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 0
  Nyoman Arie Pranasakti (INA) 0   Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 4
  Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 3   Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 0
  Amruth Alfred (SRI) 0   Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 3
  Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 3   Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 1
  Adlet Satybaldin (KAZ) 0 3rd place match
  Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 0
  Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 3

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

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1 September

Rosters

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Team Players
  Hong Kong Lam Wing Cheung
Charles Ng
  India Ankur Diwakar
Navaneetha Krishnan
  Indonesia (H) Elga Cahya Putra
Setia Widianto
  Iran Reza Nobakht
Hassan Pajani
  Kazakhstan Kanysh Abykenov
Rinat Utepov
  Japan Tsubasa Aihara
Naoki Sugimura
  Malaysia Khairul Abdul Aziz
Nor Haikal Noh
  Vietnam Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc
Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm

Preliminary round

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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L MF MA Pts        
1   Iran 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 2–0 2–0 2–0
2   Malaysia 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 0–2 2–0 2–0
3   Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 0–2 0–2 2–0
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0–2 0–2 0–2
Source: AESF
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L MF MA Pts        
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 2–0 2–0 2–0
2   Vietnam 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 0–2 2–0 2–0
3   Indonesia 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 0–2 0–2 2–0
4   India 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0–2 0–2 0–2
Source: AESF

Knockout round

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Semifinals Final
  Japan 2
  Malaysia 0   Japan 2
  Iran 2   Iran 1
  Vietnam 1
3rd place match
  Malaysia 1
  Vietnam 2

Arena of Valor

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26 August

Winner group

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Round 1Round 2Round 3Final
  Hong Kong2
  Laos0
  Hong Kong1
  Vietnam2
  Vietnam2
  India0
  Vietnam1
  China2
  Indonesia0
  Chinese Taipei2
  Chinese Taipei0
  China2
  Thailand0
  China2  China2
  Chinese Taipei0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
  Hong Kong2
  Laos2  Laos0  Vietnam0
  India0  Hong Kong0  Chinese Taipei2
  Chinese Taipei2
  Chinese Taipei2
  Indonesia1  Thailand1
  Thailand2

League of Legends

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Qualifications & draw

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  • 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.
Region Spots Team Seed
East Asia 3   China 1
  Chinese Taipei 1
  South Korea 1
Southeast Asia AQ   Indonesia 1
1   Vietnam 2
South Asia 1   Pakistan 2
Central Asia 1   Kazakhstan 2
West Asia 1   Saudi Arabia 2

Preliminary round

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27–28 August

  • Group stage: Double round robin, best-of-one
  • Semifinals: best-of-three
  • Medals matches: best-of-five
Group A
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Pos Team Pld W L        
1   South Korea 6 6 0 W W W W W W
2   China 6 4 2 L L W W W W
3   Vietnam 6 2 4 L L L L W W
4   Kazakhstan 6 0 6 L L L L L L
Source: AESF
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W L        
1   Chinese Taipei 6 6 0 W W W W W W
2   Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 L L W W W W
3   Pakistan 6 2 4 L L L L W W
4   Indonesia (H) 6 0 6 L L L L L L
Source: AESF

Knockout round

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Semifinals
28 August
Final
28–29 August
  South Korea 2
  Saudi Arabia 0   South Korea 1
  Chinese Taipei 1   China 3
  China 2
3rd place match
  Saudi Arabia 1
  Chinese Taipei 3

References

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  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.
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