Esports at the 2018 Asian Games – StarCraft II tournament

The StarCraft II tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was an eSports demonstration event that contested on 30 August 2018.[1]

StarCraft II
at the 2018 Asian Games
VenueBritAma Arena
Dates30 August
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 

Qualification

Starcraft II qualification were determined through online matches.[2] Indonesia as hosts automatically qualifies while Kazakhstan as the sole participating team in the Central Asia Qualifier qualified without playing a single match.[3]

Means of qualificationVacanciesQualifier
Host country1 Indonesia
East Asia Qualifier2 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
Southeast Asia Qualifier2 Vietnam
 Thailand
South Asia Qualifier1 Sri Lanka
Central Asia Qualifier1 Kazakhstan
West Asia Qualifier1 Iran

Regional qualification

Players

The following eight players took part in the StarCraft II tournament.[4]

NationPlayerID
 Chinese TaipeiHuang Yu-HsiangNice
 IndonesiaNyoman Arie PranasaktiJaquelton
 IranShahriar ShakiDeMiGoD
 KazakhstanSatybaldin AdletLightweight
 South KoreaCho SeongjuMaru
 Sri LankaAmruth AlfredAmyPie
 ThailandPichayut PrasertwitStriKE
 VietnamTran Hong Phucmeomaika

Tournament

The format used for this event was single elimination with best of five except on the gold medal match which use best of seven.[5]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold Medal Game
 
          
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 
 South Korea3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Thailand0
 
 South Korea3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Iran0
 
 Iran3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Indonesia0
 
 South Korea4
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Vietnam1 Bronze Medal Game
 
 Vietnam3
 
30 August - BritAma Arena
 
 Kazakhstan0
 
 Iran0
 
 
 Vietnam3
 

Results

RankTeam
 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
 Vietnam
4 Iran

References

  1. Etchells, Daniel. "Schedule for Asian Games esports demonstration event released". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  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.
  3. "AESF Game Result" (PDF). Asian Electronic Sports Federation. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. "StarCraft II Headlines Esports at the Asian Games". StarCraft World Championship Series. Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. https://esports.id/other/news/2018/08/894b77f805bd94d292574c38c5d628d5/pengundian-tim-dan-bagan-grup-untuk-ekshibisi-esports-di-asian-games-2018#
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