Esports at the 2018 Asian Games

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Esports
at the 2018 Asian Games
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

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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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