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Arena of Valor at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	BritAma Arena
Dates	26 August 2018
Competitors	40 from 8 nations
Medalists
China   Chinese Taipei   Vietnam

The Arena of Valor tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was an eSports demonstration event that contested on 26 August 2018. The Arena of Valor tournament gold medal was won by China beating Chinese Taipei in the grand final. Vietnam was awarded the bronze medal.

Qualification

Arena of Valor qualification matches took place offline in Hong Kong. Indonesia as hosts automatically qualifies while India as the sole participating team in the South Asia Qualifier qualifies without playing a single match.

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	1	Indonesia
East Asia Qualifier	3	Chinese Taipei  China  Hong Kong
Southeast Asia Qualifier	3	Vietnam  Thailand  Laos
South Asia Qualifier	1	India

Regional qualification

A round robin format was used for the qualification tournaments.

East Asia

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	4–0	Qualified
2	China	3–1
3	Hong Kong	2–2
4	South Korea	1–3
5	Macau	0–4

Source: AESF

Southeast Asia

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Vietnam	5–0	Qualified
2	Thailand	4–1
3	Laos	2–3[a]
4	Philippines	2–3[a]
5	Malaysia	1–4[b]
6	Singapore	1–4[b]

Source: AESF

South Asia

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	India	–	Qualified

Source: AESF

1. ^ Head to head: Laos wins over the Philippines
2. ^ Head to head: Malaysia wins over Singapore

Tournament

The format used in this tournament are best of three, double-elimination.

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round										Final
	1	Hong Kong	2
	2	Laos	0
						Hong Kong		1
						Vietnam		2
	3	Vietnam	2
	4	India	0
											Vietnam		1
											China		2
	5	Indonesia	0
	6	Chinese Taipei	2
						Chinese Taipei		0
						China		2
	7	Thailand	0
	8	China	2																		China		2
																					Chinese Taipei		0
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
						Hong Kong		2
	Laos		2			Laos		0								Vietnam		0
	India		0								Hong Kong		0			Chinese Taipei		2
											Chinese Taipei		2
						Chinese Taipei		2
	Indonesia		1			Thailand		1
	Thailand		2

Results

Rank	Team
	China
	Chinese Taipei
	Vietnam
4	Hong Kong