Esports at the 2018 Asian Games – Pro Evolution Soccer tournament

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.

Pro Evolution Soccer at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	BritAma Arena
Dates	1 September
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
Japan    Iran    Vietnam

Qualification

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
Host country	N/A	1	Indonesia
East Asia Qualifier	Changzhou	2	Japan  Hong Kong
Southeast Asia Qualifier	Online	2	Vietnam  Malaysia
South Asia Qualifier		1	India
Central Asia Qualifier		1	Kazakhstan
West Asia Qualifier		1	Iran

Regional qualification

East Asia # Team PTS Qualification 1  Japan 12 Qualified 2  Hong Kong 9 3  South Korea 6 4  Macau 3 5  Mongolia 0 Source: AESF

Southeast Asia # Team PTS Qualification 1  Vietnam 6^[a] Qualified 2  Malaysia 6^[a] 3  Thailand 6^[a] 4  Singapore 0 Source: AESF South Asia # Team PTS Qualification 1  India 6 Qualified 2  Maldives 3 3  Sri Lanka 0 Source: AESF

Central Asia # Team PTS Qualification 1  Kazakhstan 6 Qualified 2  Turkmenistan 3 3  Uzbekistan 0 Source: AESF West Asia # Team PTS Qualification 1  Iran 9 Qualified 2  Saudi Arabia 6 3  Syria 3 2  Jordan 0 Source: AESF

1. ^ Goal difference: Vietnam (+12), Malaysia (+1), and Thailand (–7)

Players

Each nations was represented by two players.[4]

Hong Kong	India	Indonesia	Iran
Ng Chor Kwan (Charles_ng) Lam Wing Cheung (gugulam)	Ankur Diwakar (Volleybird0_0) Navaneetha Krishnan Ananda Murugan (navram9677)	Setia Widianto Elga Cahya Putra	Hassan Pajani (Hasan＿Pes) Reza Nobakhtsarkandi (PunisherNB)
Japan	Kazakhstan	Malaysia	Vietnam
Naoki Sugimura (SOFIA) Tsubasa Aihara (Leva)	Utepov Rinat (Rinat_Aktau) Kanysh Abykenov (kanysh86)	Mohamad NorHaikal bin Mohamad Noh (alpha_gaming07) Muhamad Khairul bin Abdul Aziz (hanglejen)	Le Doan Thanh Tam (FigoVN) Do Thai Thien Phuc (thienPhuc1191)

Format

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GD	PTS
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GD	PTS
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

	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

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Iran
	Vietnam
4	Malaysia

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. "18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Pro Evolution Soccer". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
5. https://www.aesf.com/Road-To-Asian-Games-2018/