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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | The BritAma Arena |
| Dates | 26 August – 1 September |
| Competitors | 131 from 18 nations |
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 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 |  JapanTsubasa Aihara Naoki Sugimura |
 IranReza Nobakht Hassan Pajani |
 VietnamĐỗ Thái Thiên Phúc Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm |
| Arena of Valor |  ChinaZhang Yuchen Liu Mingjie Pan Jiadong Wang Tianlong Xiang Yang Xie Tao |
 Chinese TaipeiLin 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 KoreaKim 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations
A total of 131 athletes from 18 nations competed in esports at the 2018 Asian Games:
China (13)
Chinese Taipei (13)
Hong Kong (9)
India (9)
Indonesia (17)
Iran (3)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan (9)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Laos (6)
Malaysia (2)
Pakistan (6)
Saudi Arabia (7)
South Korea (7)
Sri Lanka (1)
Thailand (7)
Uzbekistan (1)
Vietnam (17)
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 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||
 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) | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Huang Chenghui (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower 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
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
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
1 September
Rosters
| 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
Group A
| 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
Source: AESF
Knockout round
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||
| Japan
| 2 | ||||||
| Malaysia
| 0 | Japan
| 2 | ||||
| Iran
| 2 | Iran
| 1 | ||||
| Vietnam
| 1 | ||||||
| 3rd place match | |||||||
| Malaysia
| 1 | ||||||
| Vietnam
| 2 | ||||||
Arena of Valor
26 August
Winner group
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laos | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 2 | China | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laos | 2 | Laos | 0 | Vietnam | 0 | |||||||||||||
| India | 0 | Hong Kong | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 1 | Thailand | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 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
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 | |
|
|
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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
| 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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