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Electronic sports at the 2018 Asian Games

The League of Legends tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was an esports demonstration event that was held from 27 to 29 August 2018.

Qualification
League of Legends qualification for the Central Asia and West Asia zones were determined in through online matches while other zones' qualification process took place offline in two locations. Indonesia as hosts automatically qualified.

Regional qualification
A double round robin format was used for the qualification tournaments.

East Asia
Source: AESF
 * 1) The ranking of South Korea, Chinese Taipei, and China were determined through a tiebreaker

Southeast Asia
Source: AESF

South Asia
Source: AESF

Players
Four countries, including medalists China, Korea and Chinese Taipei, sent teams composed exclusively of pro players, including multiple champions of national leagues and official Riot Games international events such as the World Championship and the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), including South Korea's Lee Sang-hyeok (Faker) and China's Jian Zi-Hao (Uzi).

Tournament
The format used in the tournament was double round robin in the group stage and single elimination in knockout stage. The highest two of each group advanced to semi-finals. Best of one was used in the group stage, best of three was used in the semi-finals and best of five was used in the bronze and gold medal matches.

Knockout stage
Final

Source: AESF