| Esports at the 2026 Asian Games | |
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| Dates | TBA |
Esports at the 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi and/or Nagoya, Japan.
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On 8 July 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia officially added esports to the 2026 Asian Games calendar with the Japan Esports Union and the Asian Electronic Sports Federation as co-organizers. [1]
In November 2024, the OCA was planning to remove esports from the Asian Games with plans to create a separate competition for non-traditional sports including chess and card games. [2]
On 6 February 2025, the OCA's Executive Board approved 11 video game titles for the esports tournament, [3] and finalised on 22 February 2025 with an updated line-up, which included 13 video game titles in 11 events. [4]
