Esports at the 2022 Asian Games

Esports
at the 2022 Asian Games
VenueChina Hangzhou Esports Center
Dates24 September – 2 October
Competitors476 from 30 nations
← 2018

Esports at the 2022 Asian Games were held at the China 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]

A qualification tournament called AESF Road to Asian Games 2022 was played in Macau, China from June 15 to July 15 for all titles featured.[5] 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. South Korea and Japan did not participate in this stage.

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  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. ^ "Road to Asian Games 2022 – Leading up to the esports final in 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou". roadtoag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.