Esports at the 2026 Asian Games were held at Aichi International Exhibition Center, from 22 September to 2 October 2026.
This was the second edition of the Asian Games that featured esports as a medal event, after first debuting as a demonstration event in 2018.
Background On 8 July 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia officially added esports to the 2026 Asian Games calendar with the Japan Esports Union and the Asian Electronic Sports Federation as co-organizers.
In November 2024, the OCA was planning to remove esports from the Asian Games with plans to create a separate competition for non-traditional sports including chess and card games.
On 6 February 2025, the OCA's executive board approved 11 video game titles for the esports tournament, and finalised on 22 February 2025 with an updated line-up, which included 13 video game titles in 11 events.
Additionally, Virtual Taekwondo (VTKD) a virtual reality fighting game based on conventional taekwondo will also feature in the Asian Games. Although VTKD is grouped with the taekwondo event rather than considered as esports for the purpose of the games calendar.
Schedule The schedule is as follows: P Preliminary roundsE Elimination stage¼ Quarter-finals½ SemifinalsF Finals Event↓/Date →22Tue 23Wed 24Thu 25Fri 26Sat27thSun 28thMon 29Tue 30Wed 1Thu 2Fri eFootball P ¼ ½ F colspan=19 Gran Turismo 7 P ½ F colspan=19 Honor of Kings colspan=12 P ¼ ½ F colspan=8 Naraka: Bladepoint P ½ F colspan=17 Puyo Puyo Champions colspan=5 P ¼ ½ F colspan=14 Identity V colspan=15 P ¼ ½ F colspan=2 League of Legends colspan=17 P ½ F Mobile Legends: Bang Bang colspan=17 P ¼ ½ F Pokémon Unite colspan=7 P ¼ ½ F colspan=11 PUBG Mobile colspan=15 E E F colspan=6 Competitive Martial Arts P ¼ ½ F colspan=14
Games The following are the events and the corresponding game titles and platforms for the esports competition for the 2026 Asian Games.
Event / Game title Platform of players eFootball PC 2 (Team; one player per platform) Mobile Gran Turismo 7 PlayStation 5 1 (Single) Honor of Kings Mobile 5 (Team) Naraka: Bladepoint PC Team Puyo Puyo Champions PC 1 (Single) Identity V Mobile 7 (Team) League of Legends PC 5 (Team) Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mobile 5 (Team) Pokémon Unite Nintendo Switch 6 (Team) PUBG Mobile Mobile 5 (Team) Fighting games Street Fighter 6 PlayStation 5 3 (Team; one player per title) Tekken 8 The King of Fighters XV
Qualification
Qualification tournaments were held for six events covering six video game titles in Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Games Date Venue Teams qualified Identity V 30 May–1 June 2026 Singapore Naraka: Bladepoint 4–5 June 2026 League of Legends 12–14 June 2026 Kuala Lumpur Honor of Kings 13–21 June 2026 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 18–21 June 2026 Singapore PUBG Mobile 19–21 June 2026 Ho Chi Minh City
Medalists eFootballHassan PajaniAbolfazl AghaeinasabFarish LuzmanMuhd Hariz Hazmi HakiminEkuya KidaYuga ChataniAbubakir IminjonovFarrukh MirkhamitovGran Turismo 7Honor of KingsHuang YaoqinWang KeXu BichengMeng JiajunZhao HayuHe WeijiaNicholas NgChen Tat YannLim Chee HongChong Han HuiRyan NaLee Han SiangKong Tsz KinCheng Ka HinKwok Ho WaChui Sum KiLi Ka HingDeng Xin ZhanDragon DajaoGolden DajaoCharles EsguerraChammy NazarreaJustine TanJhon TungolNaraka: BladepointXu KunbinSui XiangyunWang TongrongTan XujieWang FengSahawat PhonngamNopparat PidkwamlabKevin LemoineWachirawut ChangsoiJongrak KampangkaewLiu Tang-shiunYan Kai-enChen Shang-yiYeh Chih-yuCheng Hsu-yuTrần Công TínhLại Nguyễn Anh KhoaHồng PhátLại Nguyễn Anh KhoaDiệp Chí HiếuPuyo Puyo ChampionsIdentity VLu YahuiFan SiqiMu XinyueChen MingmingShi XiangweiSun LeLu ShujiaRyo KamiyaYuto AwataMasumi KonumaMasahiro UemuraRyuhi OyamaKentaro MaedaMasaki UenakaGan Hong MingGeorge Shan Yuan ChinYiau Wen FangVincent Kai Liang YiiNicky Jung Hong HoNg Wei HaoEuggee CheahCheng Kai-shengChen Kuang-yehChu Tang-yaoTang Sheng-chunChang Chun-mingChuang Po-chunSu Bin-chengLeague of LegendsChoi Woo-jeLee Sang-hyeokKim Geon-wooRyu Min-seokKim Geon-buLee Min-hyeongLin Yu-enLiu Jia-haoChiu Tzu-chuanYu Jun-jiaTsai Ming-hungChen Yi-chinNguyễn Đăng KhoaTrần Duy SangĐinh Anh TàiLê Văn Hoàng HảiTrần Duy ĐứcHoàng Công NghĩaKhalid Al-ZahraniAjwad WazzanNawaf Al-JuaidNawaf Al-KhowaiterSahal WaggassAbdolaziz Al-MubarakMobile Legends: Bang Bang Han Htoo SweHein Htet OoKyaw ThuyaMyo Myint Ko Ko KyawShine Lin AungSyauki Fauzan SumarnoMuhammad Affan WahyudiDalvin Ramadhana PutraAlexander Owen Marcetami BuheAlbert Neilsen IskandarArif Fudin Dingarai PutraMuhammad Qayyum AriffinMuhammad Danial Mohamad FuadMuhammad HaqqullahHazziq Danish Mohamad RizwanMuhammad Danish Fitri RazmanMuhamad Razif SazaliOtgonbayar LkhagvasurenTegshjargal BagabandiErdenesuren ErdenebilegBayarsaikhan TengisTumurbaatar ErmuunbaatarPUBG MobileNuttawut MuensaSathit ThanormchitSupachai SingkaewPawarit WongthonghatsachaiPhumrapee WannalertsakulHe JianghongHe RuiboChen YumengLiu JinshanLi HaokuiMuhammad HuzaifaShayan AsadFalak Shar MemonHasnain RahmanSyed SameerPokémon UniteHiroki SatoShouki TakadaMashika ShirakawaKoto TobaRenta HigashiYudai KosekoDeni ArdiyantoNovrizal Diananta SaidMarcello HillersGM Judha Raja PanggabeanMuhammad Haikal IrawanPark Sung-soonCho Min-hyeokJin Su-beenKim Jae-youngLee Jih-wanLance DavidDucke Harnold LeoncioLawrence Anthony GatmaitanKim Rey SalazarRobert Jon MempinMichael Vaughn OcioCompetitive Martial ArtsYeon Jea-gilBae Jae-minLee Kwang-nohKojiro HiguchiDaichi NakayamaAkihito SawadaShaman Abdullah AlzaaqiBadr Abdulaziz AlomairOsama Mohammed AlhujiliWong Yuk CheungYeh Man HoLin Hin Hei
Medal table
Participating nations
(hosts)
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