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 2018
Competitors131 from 18 nations
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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
Clash Royale 1 2 2 1 1 1
Hearthstone 1 2 2 1 1 1
StarCraft II 1 2 2 1 1 1
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 1 2 2 1 1 1
Arena of Valor 1 3 3 1 0 0
League of Legends 1 3 1 1 1 1

Results

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Clash Royale

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27 August

Winner group

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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
  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) 3   Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE) 2
  Sanjar Usmonov (UZB) 0   Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE) 3
  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA) 0   Karan Manganani (IND) 1
  Karan Manganani (IND) 3

Loser group

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Round 2Round 3Round 3
  Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)1  Aaron Ho (HKG)0
  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3  Huang Chenghui (CHN)3
  Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0  Karan Manganani (IND)3  Karan Manganani (IND)0
  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)3  Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0

Finals

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Semifinal Final
  Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA) 3 0 3
  Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE) 2   Huang Chenghui (CHN) 1 3 0
  Huang Chenghui (CHN) 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

Preliminary round

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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W L Pts IRI MAS HKG KAZ
1   Reza Nobakht (IRI)
  Hassan Pajani (IRI)
3 3 0 9 2–0 2–0 2–0
2   Khairul Abdul Aziz (MAS)
  Nor Haikal Noh (MAS)
3 2 1 6 0–2 2–0 2–0
3   Lam Wing Cheung (HKG)
  Charles Ng (HKG)
3 1 2 3 0–2 0–2 2–0
4   Kanysh Abykenov (KAZ)
  Rinat Utepov (KAZ)
3 0 3 0 0–2 0–2 0–2
Source: AESF
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W L Pts JPN VIE INA IND
1   Tsubasa Aihara (JPN)
  Naoki Sugimura (JPN)
3 3 0 9 2–0 2–0 2–0
2   Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc (VIE)
  Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm (VIE)
3 2 1 6 0–2 2–0 2–0
3   Elga Cahya Putra (INA)
  Setia Widianto (INA)
3 1 2 3 0–2 0–2 2–0
4   Ankur Diwakar (IND)
  Navaneetha Krishnan (IND)
3 0 3 0 0–2 0–2 0–2
Source: AESF

Knockout round

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Semifinals Final
  Tsubasa Aihara (JPN)
  Naoki Sugimura (JPN)
2
  Khairul Abdul Aziz (MAS)
  Nor Haikal Noh (MAS)
0   Tsubasa Aihara (JPN)
  Naoki Sugimura (JPN)
2
  Reza Nobakht (IRI)
  Hassan Pajani (IRI)
2   Reza Nobakht (IRI)
  Hassan Pajani (IRI)
1
  Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc (VIE)
  Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm (VIE)
1
3rd place match
  Khairul Abdul Aziz (MAS)
  Nor Haikal Noh (MAS)
1
  Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc (VIE)
  Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm (VIE)
2

Arena of Valor

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26 August

Winner group

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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
  Hong Kong 2
  Laos 0   Hong Kong 1
  Vietnam 2   Vietnam 2
  India 0   Vietnam 1
  Indonesia 0   China 2
  Chinese Taipei 2   Chinese Taipei 0
  Thailand 0   China 2
  China 2

Loser group

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Round 2Round 3Round 3
  Laos2  Hong Kong2
  India0  Laos0  Hong Kong0
  Indonesia1  Chinese Taipei2  Chinese Taipei2
  Thailand2  Thailand1

Finals

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Semifinal Final
  China 2
  Vietnam 0   Chinese Taipei 0
  Chinese Taipei 2

League of Legends

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Preliminary round

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27–28 August

Group A
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Pos Team Pld W L KOR CHN VIE KAZ
1   South Korea 6 6 0 1–0 1–0 1–0
2   China 6 4 2 0–1 1–0 1–0
3   Vietnam 6 2 4 0–1 0–1 1–0
4   Kazakhstan 6 0 6 0–1 0–1 0–1
Source: AESF
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W L TPE KSA PAK INA
1   Chinese Taipei 6 6 0 1–0 1–0 1–0
2   Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0–1 1–0 1–0
3   Pakistan 6 2 4 0–1 0–1 1–0
4   Indonesia 6 0 6 0–1 0–1 0–1
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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