Esports at the Asian Games

Esports has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 2022 edition in Hangzhou, China. It was first introduced as a demonstration sport in 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.

History
Esports would make its debut at the Asian Games alongside traditional sports in the 2018 edition in Jakarta and Palembang as demonstration event. The event featured six titles – games for mobile and PC.

Esports would become a medal event in the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023 boosting the discipline's bid for recognition as a legitimate sport. The event for the postponed games, featured seven titles. Hearthstone was supposed to be the eight title but was scrapped due to license expiry issue.

The discipline is still set to be held in the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan.

Events

 * Team events
 * The 2018 edition which featured esports as a demonstration event also featured Arena of Valor and League of Legends


 * Individual events


 * The 2018 edition which featured esports as a demonstration event featured Clash Royale, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

Medal table

 * Excludes 2018 Asian Games medals where esports was held as a demonstration event