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. Six video games were featured in the demonstration event, Arena of Valor, Clash Royale, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Pro Evolution Soccer, and StarCraft II.
Competition schedule
Medalists
Medal table
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.
Qualification berths
Results
Clash Royale
27 August
The first match between Indonesia and China in the first round was also counted in the final series.
Hearthstone
31 August
StarCraft II
30 August
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
1 September
Rosters
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout round
Arena of Valor
26 August
Winner group
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.
Preliminary round
27–28 August
Group stage: Double round robin, best-of-one
Semifinals: best-of-three
Medals matches: best-of-five
Group A
Group B
Knockout round
References
External links
eSports at the 2018 Asian Games – Regional Qualification Competitions Results by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation Electronic sports at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) - Road to Asian Games 2018: Official page for competition schedule, results, visuals