esports – India Chron https://indiachron.com Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:08:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://indiachron.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/favicon-4-150x150.png esports – India Chron https://indiachron.com 32 32 The Olympic Council of Asia announces esports medal events in Hangzhou, China   https://indiachron.com/sports/the-olympic-council-of-asia-announces-esports-medal-events-in-hangzhou-china/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:08:31 +0000 https://indiachron.com/the-olympic-council-of-asia-announces-esports-medal-events-in-hangzhou-china The Olympic Council of Asia has announced the titles for the debut of esports as an official medal sport at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September 2022.

There will be eight medal events, plus two demonstrations games reflecting the popularity and growth of electronic sports in China and Asia.

Official Medal Events

*   Arena of Valor Asian Games Version

·        Dota 2

·        Dream Three Kingdoms 2

·        EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games

·        Hearthstone

·        League of Legends

·        PUBG Mobile Asian Games Version

·        Street Fighter V

Demonstration events

·         AESF Robot Masters-Powered by Migu

·        AESF VR Sports- Powered by Migu

Mr. Lokesh Suji, the Director of Esports Federation of India & Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation (AESF) lauding the announcement, has said that India will have strong chances of medal finishes in esports in 2022.

“For titles like Hearthstone; EA FIFA, DOTA 2, League of Legends, Street Fighter, we have very strong chances of winning Medals for India; Tirth Mehta who got bronze medal last time (2018), will be able to convert that bronze to a Gold this time,” he said.

“We will soon launch the “Road to Asian Games” program in line with AESF, to identify the best of the talent and train them for the main event at Hangzhou, China in September 2022.”

“It’s time for our Sports Ministry to recognize ESFI and our sport ‘esports’.”

“We are confident that we will increase our medals tally this time,” he added.

The announcement of the games titles was made on the first day of the two-day Chefs de Mission Seminar video conference for the 19th Asian Games on Wednesday, September 8.

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