Esports at the 2022 Asian Games

Esports
at the 2022 Asian Games
VenueChina Hangzhou Esports Center
Dates24 September – 2 October
Competitors476 from 30 nations
← 2018

Esports at the 2022 Asian Games were held at the China Hangzhou Esports Center in Hangzhou, China from 24 September to 2 October 2023.[1][2][3]

This was the first edition of the Asian Games that featured esports as a medal event, after debuting as a demonstration sport in 2018, and the second major multi-sport event to do so after the SEA Games since 2019.[4]

A qualification tournament called AESF Road to Asian Games 2022 was played in Macau, China from June 15 to July 15 for all titles featured.[5] The results of this tournament were also used to determine the countries' seedings for the upcoming Games, with no participants being eliminated through this event. South Korea and Japan did not participate in this stage.

Schedule

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P Preliminary round E Elimination rounds ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → 24th
Sun		 25th
Mon		 26th
Tue		 27th
Wed		 28th
Thu		 29th
Fri		 30th
Sat		 1st
Sun		 2nd
Mon
Arena of Valor P ¼ ½ F
Dota 2 P ¼ ½ F
Dream Three Kingdoms 2 P ¼ ½ F
EA Sports FC Online P E ¼ ½ ½ F
League of Legends P ¼ ½ F
Peacekeeper Elite P ¼ ½ F
Street Fighter V P E ¼ ½ F

Events

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Esports were featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, thus medals won in the event weren't counted in the official overall medal tally.[6] With the 2022 Asian Games, a total of 7 medal event in esports were featured along with 2 demonstration events focused in robotics and VR, all of them within the mind sports category.[7][8]

AliSports, the sports arm of Chinese multinational technology company, Alibaba Group, partnered with the Olympic Council of Asia to bring esports to the Asian Games.[9]

In March 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia approved a decision to remove Hearthstone from the announced list of events due to the closure of Blizzard service in mainland China.[10]

List

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Medal events
Demonstration events[11]
  • AESF Robot Masters
  • AESF VR Sports

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Arena of Valor
details 		 China
Sun Linwei
Luo Siyuan
Lin Heng
Chi Xiaoming
Xu Bicheng
Jiang Tao 		 Malaysia
Lai Chia Chien
Nicholas Ng Khai Shuan
Ong Jun Yang
Eng Jun Hao
Yong Zhan Quan
Chong Han Hui 		 Thailand
Vatcharanan Thaworn
Anusak Manpdong
Kawee Wachiraphas
Sorawat Boonphrom
Chayut Suebka
Dota 2
details 		 China
Wang Chunyu
Lu Yao
Yang Shenyi
Zhao Zixing
Yu Yajun
Xiong Jiahan 		 Mongolia
Bilguun Altanginj
Sukhbat Otgondavaa
Munkh-Erdene Battsooj
Batbayasgalan Narankhand
Tugstur Dashzevge 		 Malaysia
Chan Kok Hong
Cheng Jin Xiang
Ng Wei Poong
Thiay Jun Wen
Tue Soon Chuan
Yap Jian Wei
Dream Three Kingdoms 2
details 		 China
Cheng Long
Cheng Hu
Fu Haojie
Yao Xing
Zhou Ke
Guo Runmin 		 Hong Kong
Law Hing Lung
Chan Cheuk Kit
Yip Ho Lam
Yuen Pak Lam
Yip Wai Lam 		 Thailand
Chatchapon Chanthorn
Werit Popan
Attakit Samattakitwanich
Walunchai Sukarin
Teerapat Supasdetch
Pachara Thong Eiam
EA Sports FC Online
details 		Teedech Songsaisakul
 Thailand 		Phatanasak Varanan
 Thailand 		Kwak Jun-hyouk
 South Korea
League of Legends
details 		 South Korea
Seo Jin-hyeok
Park Jae-hyeok
Jung Ji-hun
Lee Sang-hyeok
Ryu Min-seok
Choi Woo-je 		 Chinese Taipei
Chu Jun-lan
Hu Shuo-chieh
Xu Shi-jie
Hung Hao-hsuan
Chiu Tzu-chuan
Su Chia-hsiang
Chiu Tzu-chuan 		 China
Chen Zebin
Tian Ye
Peng Lixun
Zhao Lijie
Zhao Jiahao
Zhuo Ding
Peacekeeper Elite
details 		 China
Zhu Bocheng
Zhang Jianhui
Liu Yunyu
Huang Can
Chen Yumeng 		 South Korea
Park Sang-cheol
Kwon Soon-bin
Kim Dong-hyeon
Kim Sung-hyun
Choi Young-jae 		 Chinese Taipei
Wang Chin-hung
Chiang Chien-ting
Wang Bo-zhi
Chen Hung-ming
Tsai Cheng-fu
Street Fighter V
details 		Kim Kwan-woo
 South Korea 		Hsiang Yu-lin
 Chinese Taipei 		Lin Li-Wei
 Chinese Taipei

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)*4015
2 South Korea (KOR)2114
3 Thailand (THA)1124
4 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0224
5 Malaysia (MAS)0112
6 Hong Kong (HKG)0101
 Mongolia (MGL)0101
Totals (7 entries)77721

Participating nations

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A total of 476 athletes from 30 nations competed in esports at the 2022 Asian Games:[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Known outside of China as PUBG Mobile

References

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  1. ^ "BREAKING: Esports Joins Breakdancing as a Medaled Sport at the 2022 Asian Games – ARCHIVE - The Esports Observer". 16 December 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "China Hangzhou Esports Center powered up". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "A grand debut on the Asian stage". China Daily. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Esports to debut as medal event at Asian Games 2022". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Road to Asian Games 2022 – Leading up to the esports final in 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou". roadtoag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ^ Chalk, Andy (18 April 2017). "Esports will be an official medal event at the 2022 Asian Games". PC Gamer. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. ^ Venkat, Rahul (9 September 2021). "Asian Games 2022: Esports to make debut; FIFA, PUBG, Dota 2 among eight medal events". Olympics. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Tweet by Asian Electronic Sports Federation @AESF_Official". Twitter. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  9. ^ "eSports joins the 2022 Asian Games as a medal event". Engadget. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Hearthstone dropped from Asian Games 2023 esports program". Olympics. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  11. ^ Venkat, Rahul. "Asian Games 2022: Esports to make debut; FIFA, PUBG, Dota 2 among eight medal events". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). HAGOC. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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