Esports at the 2018 Asian Games

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Esports
at the 2018 Asian Games
Electronic sports pictogram.svg
Venue The BritAma Arena
Dates26 August – 1 September 2018
Competitors131 from 18 nations
2022  

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 .

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Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Clash RoyaleRidel Yesaya Sumarandak
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Huang Chenghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Huỳnh Đức Huy
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
HearthstoneLo Tsz Kin
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Hendry Koentarto Handisurya
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Tirth Mehta
Flag of India.svg  India
StarCraft IICho Seong-ju
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Huang Yu-shiang
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Trần Hồng Phúc
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tsubasa Aihara
Naoki Sugimura
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Reza Nobakht
Hassan Pajani
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc
Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm
Arena of ValorFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zhang Yuchen
Liu Mingjie
Pan Jiadong
Wang Tianlong
Xiang Yang
Xie Tao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Lin Chun-ting
Cheng Ming-jen
Cheng Yu-hsiang
Huang Chien-wei
Yen Hao-che
Chen Po-cheng
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Phạm Hồng Quân
Vương Trung Khiên
Trần Xuân Bách
Nguyễn Quân Nam
Trần Quang Hiệp
Nguyễn Trí Hùng
League of LegendsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yan Junze
Liu Shiyu
Su Hanwei
Jian Zihao
Tian Ye
Shi Senming
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Ki-in
Go Dong-bin
Lee Sang-hyeok
Park Jae-hyuk
Jo Yong-in
Han Wang-ho
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Hsieh Yu-ting
Wang You-chun
Huang Yi-tang
Lu Yu-hung
Hu Shuo-chieh
Chen Kuan-ting

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)2103
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)1102
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1102
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)1001
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1001
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0213
7Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0101
8Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)0044
9Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Participating nations

A total of 131 athletes from 18 nations competed in esports at the 2018 Asian Games:

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
TitleHostsEast
Asia
Southeast
Asia
South
Asia
Central
Asia
West
Asia
Clash Royale122111
Hearthstone122111
StarCraft II122111
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018122111
Arena of Valor133100
League of Legends131111

Results

Clash Royale

27 August

Winner group

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Flag of Laos.svg Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)3Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)1
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)3
Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0 Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)3
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0 Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)1
Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)3

Loser group

Round 2Round 3Round 3
Flag of Laos.svg Chirasit Phongpadith (LAO)1Flag of Hong Kong.svg Aaron Ho (HKG)0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Usmonov (UZB)0Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)3Flag of India.svg Karan Manganani (IND)0
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Solaiman Al-Mbrek (KSA)0

Finals

Semifinal Final
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ridel Yesaya Sumarandak (INA)30 3
Flag of Vietnam.svg Huỳnh Đức Huy (VIE)2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)130
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Chenghui (CHN)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
Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND)3
Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Akasaka (JPN)2 Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND)2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG)3Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG)3
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Artur Mukashov (KGZ)0 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Tsz Kin (HKG)3
Flag of Thailand.svg Werit Popan (THA)1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA)1
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA)3Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendry Koentarto Handisurya (INA)3
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mosa Al-Kaltham (KSA)1 Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE)2
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE)33rd place match
Flag of India.svg Tirth Mehta (IND)3
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (VIE)2

StarCraft II

30 August

Round 1 Semifinals Final
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR)3
Flag of Thailand.svg Pichayut Prasertwit (THA)0 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR)3
Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI)3Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI)0
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nyoman Arie Pranasakti (INA)0 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seong-ju (KOR)4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-shiang (TPE)3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-shiang (TPE)0
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Amruth Alfred (SRI)0 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-shiang (TPE)3
Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE)3Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE)1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Adlet Satybaldin (KAZ)0 3rd place match
Flag of Iran.svg Shahriar Shaki (IRI)0
Flag of Vietnam.svg Trần Hồng Phúc (VIE)3

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

1 September

Preliminary round

Group A
PosTeamPldWLPtsIRIMASHKGKAZ
1Flag of Iran.svg Reza Nobakht (IRI)
Flag of Iran.svg Hassan Pajani (IRI)
33092–02–02–0
2Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Abdul Aziz (MAS)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Nor Haikal Noh (MAS)
32160–22–02–0
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lam Wing Cheung (HKG)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Charles Ng (HKG)
31230–20–22–0
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kanysh Abykenov (KAZ)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rinat Utepov (KAZ)
30300–20–20–2
Source: AESF
Group B
PosTeamPldWLPtsJPNVIEINAIND
1Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Aihara (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Sugimura (JPN)
33092–02–02–0
2Flag of Vietnam.svg Đỗ Thái Thiên Phúc (VIE)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Đoàn Thanh Tâm (VIE)
32160–22–02–0
3Flag of Indonesia.svg Elga Cahya Putra (INA)
Flag of Indonesia.svg Setia Widianto (INA)
31230–20–22–0
4Flag of India.svg  Ankur Diwakar  (IND)
Flag of India.svg Navaneetha Krishnan (IND)
30300–20–20–2
Source: AESF

Knockout round

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

Arena of Valor

26 August

Winner group

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 0 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2
Flag of India.svg  India 0 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2

Loser group

Round 2Round 3Round 3
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2
Flag of India.svg  India 0Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1

Finals

Semifinal Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2

League of Legends

Preliminary round

27–28 August

Group A
PosTeamPldWLKORCHNVIEKAZ
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6601–01–01–0
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6420–11–01–0
3Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 6240–10–11–0
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 6060–10–10–1
Source: AESF
Group B
PosTeamPldWLTPEKSAPAKINA
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 6601–01–01–0
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 6420–11–01–0
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6240–10–11–0
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 6060–10–10–1
Source: AESF

Knockout round

Semifinals
28 August
Final
28–29 August
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 0 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
3rd place match
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3

References

  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.