On December 16th, the 38th General Assembly of the Asian Olympic Council was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. This meeting approved e-sports as the official project of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10th to 25th, 2022.
According to the project attributes and setting principles, the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee reported the proposal that e-sports was selected as the official project of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games at the general meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia on the afternoon of December 16th. At the meeting, the OCA approved the plan submitted by the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee to optimize the setting of competition events, and added two events, e-sports and break dancing, on the premise of keeping 40 major events unchanged.
E-sports and chess belong to both "intellectual projects", while break dancing belongs to "sports dance". This means that e-sports and break dancing are officially included in the competition of Hangzhou Asian Games. Details such as the number of medals in new events and the way of competition will be improved in the follow-up discussion.
Following the 18th Jakarta-Megaport Asian Games in 2018, e-sports will become the official event of the Asian Games for the first time and be recorded in the national medal list.
From niche projects to independent industries, it is never optimistic to win glory for the country. This is a moment for the e-sports industry to create history, and it is also the glory that all e-sports users feel the same.
As a participant, witness and promoter of the development of the e-sports industry, Tencent E-sports will spare no effort to continue to move forward on the road of e-sports exchanges and work with all industry partners to create the best era of e-sports.