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Esports
at the 2022 Asian Games
VenueHangzhou Esports Center
Dates24 September – 2 October 2023
Competitors475 from 30 nations
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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]

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

P Preliminary rounds ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Finals
Event↓/Date → 24th
Sun
25th
Mon
26th
Tue
27th
Wed
28th
Thu
29th
Fri
30th
Sat
1st
Sun
2nd
Mon
EA Sports FC Online P P ½ ½ F
Street Fighter V P P ½ ½ F
Arena of Valor P ¼ ½ F
Dota 2 P ¼ ½ F
Dream Three Kingdoms 2 P ¼ ½ F
League of Legends P P ¼ ½ F
PUBG Mobile P P ¼ ½ F

Medalists

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)4015
2 South Korea (KOR)2114
3 Thailand (THA)1124
4 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0224
5 Malaysia (MAS)0112
6 Hong Kong (HKG)0101
 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]

References

  1. ^ "BREAKING: Esports Joins Breakdancing as a Medaled Sport at the 2022 Asian Games – ARCHIVE - The Esports Observer". 16 December 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "China Hangzhou Esports Center powered up". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "A grand debut on the Asian stage". China Daily. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Esports to debut as medal event at Asian Games 2022". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ Chalk, Andy (18 April 2017). "Esports will be an official medal event at the 2022 Asian Games". PC Gamer. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ "eSports joins the 2022 Asian Games as a medal event". Engadget. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Road to Asian Games 2022 – Leading up to the esports final in 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou". roadtoag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ Venkat, Rahul (9 September 2021). "Asian Games 2022: Esports to make debut; FIFA, PUBG, Dota 2 among eight medal events". Olympics. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Tweet by Asian Electronic Sports Federation @AESF_Official". Twitter. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Hearthstone dropped from Asian Games 2023 esports program". Olympics. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  11. ^ Venkat, Rahul. "Asian Games 2022: Esports to make debut; FIFA, PUBG, Dota 2 among eight medal events". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). HAGOC. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.