Esports at the 2022 Asian Games

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Esports
at the 2022 Asian Games
Esports, 2022 Asian Games.svg
VenueHangzhou Esports Center
Dates24 September – 2 October 2023
Competitors475 from 30 nations
  2018
2026  

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

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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] [5] 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. [6]

A qualification tournament called AESF Road to Asian Games 2022 was played earlier for all titles featured. [7] 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.

A total of 8 medal events in esports were planned along with 2 demonstration events focused in robotics and VR, all of them within the mind sports category. [8] [9] But 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]

Two demonstration events AIES Robot Sports – Ultimate Battle Robots and AIES XR Sports – Steelraid were held after the Asian Games on 11 and 12 November 2023. [11]

Schedule

PPreliminary rounds¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinals
Event↓/Date →24th
Sun
25th
Mon
26th
Tue
27th
Wed
28th
Thu
29th
Fri
30th
Sat
1st
Sun
2nd
Mon
EA Sports FC Online PP½½F
Street Fighter V PP½½F
Arena of Valor P¼½F
Dota 2 P¼½F
Dream Three Kingdoms 2 P¼½F
League of Legends PP¼½F
PUBG Mobile PP¼½F

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
EA Sports FC Online
details
Teedech Songsaisakul
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Phatanasak Varanan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Kwak Jun-hyouk
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Street Fighter V
details
Kim Gwan-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Hsiang Yu-lin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Lin Li-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Arena of Valor
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sun Linwei
Lin Heng
Chi Xiaoming
Xu Bicheng
Jiang Tao
Luo Siyuan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Nicholas Ng
Yong Zhan Quan
Lai Chia Chien
Ong Jun Yang
Chong Han Hui
Eng Jun Hao
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Vatcharanan Thaworn
Chayut Suebka
Kawee Wachiraphas
Anusak Manpdong
Sorawat Boonphrom
Dota 2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Chunyu
Lu Yao
Yang Shenyi
Zhao Zixing
Yu Yajun
Xiong Jiahan
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Altanginjiin Bilgüün
Otgondavaagiin Sükhbat
Battsoojiin Mönkh-Erdene
Narankhandyn Batbayasgalan
Dashzevegiin Tögstör
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Daniel Chan
Cheng Jin Xiang
Thiay Jun Wen
Ng Wei Poong
Yap Jian Wei
Tue Soon Chuan
Dream Three Kingdoms 2
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Cheng Long
Cheng Hu
Fu Haojie
Yao Xing
Zhou Ke
Guo Runmin
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Law Hing Lung
Chan Cheuk Kit
Yip Ho Lam
Yuen Pak Lam
Yip Wai Lam
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Chatchapon Chanthorn
Werit Popan
Pachara Thongeiam
Walunchai Sukarin
Teerapat Supasdetch
Attakit Samattakitwanich
League of Legends
details
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Choi Woo-je
Seo Jin-hyeok
Jung Ji-hun
Park Jae-hyeok
Ryu Min-seok
Lee Sang-hyeok
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Xu Shi-Jie
Hung Hao-hsuan
Chu Jun-lan
Chiu Tzu-chuan
Hu Shuo-chieh
Su Chia-hsiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chen Zebin
Zhao Lijie
Zhuo Ding
Zhao Jiahao
Tian Ye
Peng Lixun
PUBG Mobile
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Liu Yunyu
Zhu Bocheng
Zhang Jianhui
Chen Yumeng
Huang Can
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Choi Young-jae
Kim Dong-hyeon
Kwon Soon-bin
Kim Sung-hyun
Park Sang-cheol
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chiang Chien-ting
Wang Bo-zhi
Tsai Cheng-fu
Wang Chin-hung
Chen Hung-ming

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)4015
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)2114
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1124
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0224
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0112
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)0101
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)0101
Totals (7 entries)77721

Participating nations

A total of 475 athletes from 30 nations competed in esports at the 2022 Asian Games: [12]

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