The Asian Games 2023 seeding competition for Central and South Asian nations ended on Thursday in Macau, and the Indian League of Legends esports squad came out on top in all three of its matches. In the two-day seeding competition, Team India defeated Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The impressive performance in Macau guaranteed India a favourable seeding in the 2018 Asian Games, which are set to take place in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8.
On the first day of the tournament, India defeated Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan by scores of 2-0 before defeating Kyrgyzstan by the same margin on the final matchday. It was a best-of-three format for all of the matches.
Akshaj Shenoy (Kai) served as the team captain for the Indian League of Legends squad. The other members of the team were Samarth Arvind Trivedi (CrankO), Mihir Ranjan (Lotus), Sanindhya Malik (Deadcorp), Aakash Shandilya (Infi), and Aditya Selvaraj (Crow).
The five-person esports squad qualified for the League of Legends competition at the Asian Games 2023 by winning the National Esports Championships (NESC), which was run by the Esports Federation of India (ESFI). Nineteen of the continent’s finest League of Legends teams will compete at the Asian Games in 2023.
Format
The gold medal and bronze medal matches will be played in a best-of-five format, whilst all matches up until the final will be played in a best-of-three format.
Esports at Asian Games 2023
Esports will make its official debut as a medal sport at the Asian Games in 2023. The medals were not included in the official tally because it was only included as a demonstration event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Games at Asian Games 2023
The esports competition at the 2023 Asian Games will feature seven games: FIFA Online 4 (produced by EA SPORTS), PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valour, Dota 2, League of Legends, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
The Indian squad, on the other hand, will only take part in four competitions—Dota 2, FIFA Online 4, League of Legends, and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
A gold, silver, and bronze medal will be offered for each competition. In all, 21 medals are available for the esports competitions.
Two additional video games, Robot Masters and VR Sports, will serve as demonstration events for the Asian Games esports programme in 2023.
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