Esports at the 2018 Asian Games – League of Legends

League of Legends ; at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	BritAma Arena
Dates	27–29 August
Competitors	53 from 8 nations
Medalists
	China
	South Korea
	Chinese Taipei
	2022 →

The League of Legends tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was an esports demonstration event that was held from 27 to 29 August 2018.^[1]

Qualification[edit]

League of Legends qualification for the Central Asia and West Asia zones were determined in through online matches while other zones' qualification process took place offline in two locations.^[2] Indonesia as hosts automatically qualified.^[3]

Means of qualification	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	N/A	1	Indonesia
East Asia Qualifier	Hong Kong	3	South Korea Chinese Taipei China
Southeast Asia Qualifier	Ho Chi Minh City	1	Vietnam
South Asia Qualifier	Ho Chi Minh City	1	Pakistan
Central Asia Qualifier	Online	1	Kazakhstan
West Asia Qualifier	Online	1	Saudi Arabia

Regional qualification[edit]

A double round robin format was used for the qualification tournaments.^[3]

East Asia[edit]

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	South Korea	8–2^[a]	Qualified
2	Chinese Taipei	8–2^[a]
3	China	8–2^[a]
4	Hong Kong	4–6
5	Macau	1–9
5	Japan	1–9

Source: AESF

^ The ranking of South Korea, Chinese Taipei, and China were determined through a tiebreaker

Southeast Asia[edit]

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Vietnam	11–1	Qualified
2	Singapore	10–2
3	Philippines	9–3
4	Malaysia	5–7
5	Thailand	5–7
5	Laos	2–10
6	Cambodia	0–12

Source: AESF

South Asia[edit]

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Pakistan	8–0	Qualified
2	India	5–3
2	Sri Lanka	5–3
3	Maldives	2–6
4	Nepal	0–8

Source: AESF

Central Asia[edit]

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	2–0	Qualified
2	Uzbekistan	0–2

West Asia[edit]

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Qualified
2	Iran	3–1
3	Syria	0–4

Players[edit]

Four countries, including medalists China, Korea and Chinese Taipei, sent teams composed exclusively of pro players, including multiple champions of national leagues and official Riot Games international events such as the World Championship and the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), including South Korea's Lee Sang-hyeok (Faker) and China's Jian Zi-Hao (Uzi).^[4]

Country	Top	Jungle	Mid	ADC	Support	Substitute
South Korea	Kiin Kim Ki-in (김기인) Afreeca Freecs	Score Go Dong-bin (고동빈) KT Rolster	Faker Lee Sang-hyeok (이상혁) SK Telecom T1	Ruler Park Jae-hyuk (박재혁) Gen.G	CoreJJ Jo Yong-in (조용인) Gen.G	Peanut Han Wang-ho (한왕호) Kingzone DragonX
China	Letme Yan Junze (严君泽) Royal Never Give Up	Mlxg Liu Shiyu (刘世宇) Royal Never Give Up	xiye Su Hanwei (苏汉伟) Team WE	Uzi Jian Zihao (简自豪) Royal Never Give Up	Meiko Tian Ye (田野) Edward Gaming	Ming Shi Senming (史森明) Royal Never Give Up
Vietnam	Stark Phan Công Minh EVOS Esports	YiJin Nguyễn Lê Hải Đăng EVOS Esports	Warzone Đoàn Văn Ngọc Sơn EVOS Esports	Slay Nguyễn Ngọc Hùng EVOS Esports	RonOP Lê Thiên Hàn EVOS Esports	Beyond Trương Vĩnh Thanh EVOS Esports
Chinese Taipei	PK Hsieh Yu-Ting (謝宇庭) G-Rex	baybay Wang You-Chun (王佑軍) G-Rex	Maple Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠) Flash Wolves	Betty Lu Yu-Hung (盧禹宏) Flash Wolves	SwordArT Hu Shuo-Chieh (胡碩傑) Flash Wolves	Morning Chen Kuan-Ting (陳冠廷) Flash Wolves

Tournament[edit]

The format used in the tournament was double round robin in the group stage and single elimination in knockout stage. The highest two of each group advanced to semi-finals. Best of one was used in the group stage, best of three was used in the semi-finals and best of five was used in the bronze and gold medal matches.^[5]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	6	0	6–0	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	6	4	2	4–2	Advance to knockout stage
3	Vietnam	6	2	4	2–4
4	Kazakhstan	6	0	6	0–6

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	6	6	0	6–0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	4–2	Advance to knockout stage
3	Pakistan	6	2	4	2–4
4	Indonesia	6	0	6	0–6

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

28 August - BritAma Arena

South Korea	2
		29 August - BritAma Arena
Saudi Arabia	0
		South Korea	1
28 August - BritAma Arena
		China	3
Chinese Taipei	1

China	2
		Bronze medal match

		29 August - BritAma Arena

		Saudi Arabia	1

		Chinese Taipei	3

Final

Date	Game	Blue side	Result		Red side
Wed,August 29	1	KOR	L	W	CHN
	2	CHN	L	W	KOR
	3	KOR	L	W	CHN
	4	CHN	W	L	KOR
	5	X	-	-	X

Source: AESF^[6]

Results[edit]

Rank	Team
	China
	South Korea
	Chinese Taipei
4	Saudi Arabia

References[edit]

↑ Etchells, Daniel. "Schedule for Asian Games esports demonstration event released". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
↑ "AESF announced results of the Regional Qualifier Competitions for the Asian Games 2018". Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "AESF Game Result" (PDF). Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ 2018 Asian Games League of Legends League of Legends Gamepedia (Competitive wiki)
↑ "Esports ID | Pengundian Tim dan Bagan Grup untuk Ekshibisi eSports di Asian Games 2018!".
↑ https://www.aesf.com/Road-To-Asian-Games-2018/images/LOL_result_1000.jpg^{[bare URL image file]}

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[1] Etchells, Daniel. "Schedule for Asian Games esports demonstration event released". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[aesfannounced-2] "AESF announced results of the Regional Qualifier Competitions for the Asian Games 2018". Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[gameresult-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "AESF Game Result" (PDF). Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[4] 2018 Asian Games League of Legends League of Legends Gamepedia (Competitive wiki)

[5] "Esports ID | Pengundian Tim dan Bagan Grup untuk Ekshibisi eSports di Asian Games 2018!".

[6] ttps://www.aesf.com/Road-To-Asian-Games-2018/images/LOL_result_1000.jpg^{[bare URL image file]}

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Contents

Qualification[edit]

Regional qualification[edit]

East Asia[edit]

Southeast Asia[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Players[edit]

Tournament[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Results[edit]

References[edit]

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