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Revision as of 15:37, 9 September 2017
Electronic sports for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will be a demonstration sport.[1]
Video games
Four video game categories will be contested at the games.[1] The card category is a new video game category for this edition.[2]
Initially the fourth video game was planned to be a sports game either a title from the FIFA or NBA franchise.[1] The King of Fighters XIV was later announced to be the fourth game.
| Category | Video Game | Event |
|---|---|---|
| MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) | Dota 2 | Team |
| RTS (Real-Time Strategy) | StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | Individual |
| Card | Hearthstone | Individual |
| The King of Fighters XIV | Team |
Qualification
All 64 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from Asia and Ocenia are eligible to send players for the qualification phase for Electronic sports. NOCs had until June 10, 2017 to register players for the event. By June 30, NOCs who registered players will select at most two players or teams from the list submitted on June 10 for each video game.[1]
The players will be registered through an online portal by Alisports, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group.[3]
The selected players competed in six regional qualifying competitions which was held from July 1-20.[1]
| Geographical area | Qualification slots by Video game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | StarCraft II | Hearthstone | King of Fighters XIV | FIFA 17 | |
| Host country | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| East Asia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| South Asia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Central Asia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| West Asia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| South East Asia: | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Oceania | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota 2 | |||
| StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | |||
| Hearthstone | |||
| The King of Fighters XIV |
Concerns
Thailand's participation was blocked due to the Thai Esports Association, has yet to get recognition from the government as a sports association. Although its Ministry of Tourism and Sports has supported the move, other government bodies especially the Ministry of Public Health blocked the move over concerns related to gaming addiction.[4]
Australia decides not to participate over its disagreement with the process of seeding players through online qualifiers instead of recruiting players from individual sporting organisations or National Olympic Committees calling the process “inconsistent with generally accepted practices for national representation of sporting codes”. It also maintains its decision to only send athletes that will compete in sports that will be featured in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "OCA announces eSports schedule for Ashgabat 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Kim, Andrew (22 May 2017). "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games choose Dota 2 over League of Legends for MOBA category". Slingshot. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ a b Ashton, Graham (14 June 2017). "Australia Is the Latest Country to Back Out of the 2017 AIMAG Esports Event". The eSport Oberver. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Ashton, Graham (3 July 2017). "Thai Ministry Denies National Esport Players from Competing in 2017 AIMAG". The eSports Observer. Retrieved 7 September 2017.