Esports at the 2018 Asian Games

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Esports
at the 2018 Asian Games
File:Electronic sports pictogram.svg
VenueThe BritAma Arena
Dates26 August – 1 September
Competitors131 from 18 nations
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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

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Clash Royale Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Huang Chenghui
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Huỳnh Đức Huy
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Hearthstone Lo Tsz Kin
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Hendry Koentarto Handisurya
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Tirth Mehta
File:Flag of India.svg India
StarCraft II Cho Seong-ju
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Huang Yu-hsiang
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Trần Hồng Phúc
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Tsubasa Aihara
Naoki Sugimura
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Reza Nobakht
Hassan Pajani
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc
Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm
Arena of Valor File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Zhang Yuchen
Liu Mingjie
Pan Jiadong
Wang Tianlong
Xiang Yang
Xie Tao
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Lin Chun-ting
Cheng Ming-jen
Cheng Yu-hsiang
Huang Chien-wei
Yen Hao-che
Chen Po-cheng
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Phạm Hồng Quân
Vương Trung Khiên
Trần Xuân Bách
Nguyễn Quân Nam
Trần Quang Hiệp
Nguyễn Trí Hùng
League of Legends File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Yan Junze
Liu Shiyu
Su Hanwei
Jian Zihao
Tian Ye
Shi Senming
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Kim Ki-in
Go Dong-bin
Lee Sang-hyeok
Park Jae-hyuk
Jo Yong-in
Han Wang-ho
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Hsieh Yu-ting
Wang You-chun
Huang Yi-tang
Lu Yu-hung
Hu Shuo-chieh
Chen Kuan-ting

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)2103
2File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (INA)1102
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (KOR)1102
4File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (HKG)1001
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)1001
6File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (TPE)0213
7File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (IRI)0101
8File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (VIE)0044
9File:Flag of India.svg India (IND)0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Participating nations

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

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
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

Clash Royale

27 August

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
File:Flag of Laos.svg Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)2
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)3
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)1
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)1
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3
File:Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)1
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0
File:Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)3File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)303
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)130
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)0
File:Flag of Laos.svg Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)1File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3
File:Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)0
File:Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)3
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)3
  • The first match between Indonesia and China in the first round was also counted in the final series.

Hearthstone

31 August

Round 1 Semifinals Final
File:Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND) 3
File:Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Akasaka (JPN) 2 File:Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND) 2
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992–2023).svg Artur Mukashov (KGZ) 0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG) 3
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Werit Popan (THA) 1 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 1
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 3 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA) 3
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mosa Al-Kaltham (KSA) 1 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 2
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 3 3rd place match
File:Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND) 3
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE) 2

StarCraft II

30 August

Round 1 Semifinals Final
File:Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 3
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Pichayut Prasertwit (THA) 0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 3
File:Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 3 File:Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 0
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Nyoman Arie Pranasakti (INA) 0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR) 4
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 3 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 0
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Amruth Alfred (SRI) 0 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-hsiang (TPE) 3
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 3 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 1
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Adlet Satybaldin (KAZ) 0 3rd place match
File:Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI) 0
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE) 3

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

1 September

Rosters

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

Preliminary round

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

Knockout round

Semifinals Final
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 2 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1
3rd place match
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2

Arena of Valor

26 August

Winner group

Round 1Round 2Round 3Final
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong2
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos0
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong1
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam2
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam2
File:Flag of India.svg India0
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam1
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia0
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei2
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei0
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand0
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong2
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos2File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos0File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam0
File:Flag of India.svg India0File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong0File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei2
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei2
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei2
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia1File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand1
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand2

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.
Region Spots Team Seed
East Asia 3 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1
Southeast Asia AQ File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1
1 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2
South Asia 1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2
Central Asia 1 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2
West Asia 1 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2

Preliminary round

27–28 August

  • Group stage: Double round robin, best-of-one
  • Semifinals: best-of-three
  • Medals matches: best-of-five
Group A
Pos Team Pld W L File:Flag of South Korea.svg File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg File:Flag of Vietnam.svg File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
1 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6 6 0 W W W W W W
2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 6 4 2 L L W W W W
3 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 6 2 4 L L L L W W
4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 6 0 6 L L L L L L
Source: AESF
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg File:Flag of Pakistan.svg File:Flag of Indonesia.svg
1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 6 6 0 W W W W W W
2 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 L L W W W W
3 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 6 2 4 L L L L W W
4 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (H) 6 0 6 L L L L L L
Source: AESF

Knockout round

Semifinals
28 August
Final
28–29 August
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2
3rd place match
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 3

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.

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