Esports at the 2018 Asian Games


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.

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 except for Arena of Valor which only had three regional qualifiers. Qualification took place either through online matches, offline competitions, or a mix of both formats. Indonesia qualifies for all titles automatically.
;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

Finals

  • 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

''Arena of Valor''

26 August

''League of Legends''

Preliminary round

27–28 August