Esports were featured at the
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...
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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.
Six video games were featured in the demonstration event, ''
Arena of Valor
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Clash Royale
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Hearthstone'', ''
League of Legends
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Pro Evolution Soccer
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The series consists ...
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StarCraft II
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Competition schedule
Medalists
Medal table
Participating nations
A total of 131 athletes from 18 nations competed in esports at the 2018 Asian Games:
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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.
;Qualification berths
Results
''Clash Royale''
27 August
Winner group
Loser group
Finals
* 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
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=Group B
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Knockout round
''Arena of Valor''
26 August
Winner group
Loser group
Finals
''League of Legends''
Qualifications & draw
Teams from same seed and same region could not draw in same group (maximum 2 teams in a group for East Asia).
Preliminary round
27–28 August
* Group stage: Double round robin, best-of-one
* Semifinals: best-of-three
* Medals matches: best-of-five
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=Group B
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Knockout round
References
External links
eSports at the 2018 Asian Games – Regional Qualification Competitions Resultsby the Asian Electronic Sports Federation
Electronic sports at the 2018 Asian Games
{{Events at the 2018 Asian Games
2018 Asian Games events
2018 in esports
2018
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