Esports at the 2018 Asian Games – Pro Evolution Soccer
| Pro Evolution Soccer at the 2018 Asian Games | |||||||
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| Venue | BritAma Arena | ||||||
| Dates | 1 September | ||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 8 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was an eSports demonstration event that contested on 1 September 2018.[1] The Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 was the specific PES title used for the event.
Qualification[edit]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 qualification for the East Asia zone was determined through an offline competition in Changzhou, China while the qualification for the rest of the zones were determined through online matches.[2] Indonesia as hosts automatically qualifies .[3]
| Means of qualification | Venue | Vacancies | Qualifier |
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| Host country | N/A | 1 |  Indonesia
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| East Asia Qualifier |  Changzhou |
2 |  Japan Hong Kong
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| Southeast Asia Qualifier | Online | 2 |  Vietnam Malaysia
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| South Asia Qualifier | 1 |  India
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| Central Asia Qualifier | 1 |  Kazakhstan
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| West Asia Qualifier | 1 |  Iran
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Regional qualification[edit]
East Asia[edit]
Source: AESF |
Southeast Asia[edit]
Source: AESF South Asia[edit]
Source: AESF |
Central Asia[edit]
Source: AESF West Asia[edit]
Source: AESF |
- ^ Goal difference: Vietnam (+12), Malaysia (+1), and Thailand (–7)
Players[edit]
Each nations was represented by two players.[4]
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India
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Indonesia
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Iran
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| Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Malaysia
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Vietnam
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Format[edit]
The format used in this tournament are best of three with single round robin in the group stage and single elimination in knockout stage. The highest two of each group will advance to semifinals.[5] The best of three series consists of the following: 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, and a second 1 vs 1.[4]
9 in-game clubs are available for selection for competitors of the PES tournament. In a best of three series between two nations, each side cannot select the same in-game club more than once. Two nations cannot play the same in-game club against each other in a single match. In the event that the two sides choose the same club, a referee shall make a coin toss to decide which team shall change their selection.[4]
- Available in-game clubs
FC Barcelona
Liverpool F.C.- Arsenal F.C.
FC Schalke 04
Inter- AC Milan
SC Corinthians Paulista
CA River Plate
Colo-Colo
Tournament[edit]
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GD | PTS |
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| 1 | Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| 2 | Malaysia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 2 | –3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 3 | –19 | 0 |
Teams shaded in blue advanced to the knockout stage.
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GD | PTS |
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| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 |
| 2 | Vietnam |
3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Indonesia |
3 | 1 | 2 | –6 | 3 |
| 4 | India |
3 | 0 | 3 | –31 | 0 |
Teams shaded in blue advanced to the knockout stage.
Knockout stage[edit]
| Semi-finals | Gold Medal Game | |||||
| 1 September - BritAma Arena | ||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||
| 1 September - BritAma Arena | ||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||
| Iran | 1 | |||||
| 1 September - BritAma Arena | ||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||||
| 1 September - BritAma Arena | ||||||
| Vietnam | 2 | |||||
| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
Results[edit]
| Rank | Team |
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Japan
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Iran
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Vietnam
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| 4 | Malaysia
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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) - ↑ "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) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Pro Evolution Soccer". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ "AESF: Road to Asian Games 2018".
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