#SEAGames2023 News | Esports to Have 9 Events

 

There will be 9 events in Esports for the 32nd edition of the Southeast Asian Games according to the official Facebook page of E-Sports Federation Cambodia. 

 

According to the post on December 30, 2022, these are Attack Online 2 (Individual & Team), PUBG Mobile (Individual & Team), Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Men's Team & Women's Team), League of Legends: Wild Rift and Cross Fire.

 

The latest addition is the VALORANT event. 

Credit: Facebook/E-Sports Federation Cambodia

#SEAGames2023 News | Philippines Named Athletes for Esports

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Philippine athletes for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament in the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia has been named b its national esports team Sibol.

 

These are Bren Esports' Angelo Kyle "Phewww" Arcangel, Marco Stephen "SUPER MARCO" Requitano, Michael Angelo "KyleTzy" Sayson, David Charles "Flap" Canon, and Rowgien Stimpson "Owgwen" Unigo. Also included in the national team is Nowee "Ryota" Macasa of Onic PH.

 

The team will be guided by Bren head coach Francis Glindro (Duckeyyy).

 

Meanwhile, the following is the roster for the Philippines MLBB women's national team: Mery Christine Vivero (Meraaay), Roamer Gwyneth Diagon (Ayanami), Kaye Maerylle Alpuerto (Keishi), Rica Fatima Amores (Amore),  Sheen Perez (Shinoa), Alexandria Dzole Dardo (Lexaaa) with head coach Abraham Unida.

 

The Philippines won two gold medals at the last SEA Games in Vietnam 

 

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#SEAGames2023 News | Thailand To Miss Esports Event

The Thailand Esports Federation (TESF) has announced that they are not going to send athletes for VALORANT event in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia. 

Thailand together with Singapore and Brunei already confirmed their non-participation in the said event in Esports in May. This is due to the late addition of the game that resulted Thailand not having enough time to prepare and finalize its VALORANT athletes. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the budget for sending more athletes.

 

However, the Thailand Esports Federation decided to send only two teams for the 2023 SEA Games in Esports. These are in PUBG Mobile and Attack Online 2. 

 

With all of these, the federation still remains optimistic about the country’s chances of winning medals in the events they will be participating in.

 

The 32nd SEA Games will featured 9 events in Esports this coming May 2023.  

 

 

#SEAGames2023 News | Indonesia To Send 48 Esports Athletes

 

The Indonesian Esports National Team for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia is set to be named in the coming days as Indonesia is still on the process of selecting its best athletes to represent the red and white flag. The composition will soon be announced by the federation on or before March 1.

 

Series of  qualifying events are taking place as 102 athletes joined the national selection for the 2023 SEA Games and only 48 athletes will be selected to compete in the biennial meet.

 

However, there is one team who wanted to represent Indonesia without undergoing the selection process. But the national federation indicated that all athletes who will represent Indonesia must undergo the selection process and must meet qualification standards set by the national federation as to give equal opportunities for those who wanted to represent Indonesia through fair process.

 

Indonesia who won two gold medals at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam is set to compete in six out of the nine events in Esports in Cambodia.

 

The 32nd Southeast Asian Games is scheduled from May 5 to 17 with Phnom Penh as the main hub. 

E-Sports at the 20th ASEAN University Games (AUG) 2022

 

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Below are the medalists in E-Sport at the 20th ASEAN University Games 2022. Arena of Valor was the game being played in the competition.

#SEAGames2021 News 021 | Vietnam and Philippines Shows Readiness in Esports

 

 

 

Vietnam and the Philippines shows readiness in esports that will be contested at the 31st Southeast Asian Games this coming month of May.

 

Host Vietnam which is still conducting the selection process through series of tryouts and eliminations (for some events) to achieve the best e-gamers to represent its country. Host Vietnam's goal is to achieve better results than their 2019 SEA Games campaign and of course win gold medals in this sport.

Meanwhile, Team Philippines will be represented by 54 athletes and will compete in all esports events. The selected players are based on the series of tryouts conducted by Sibol, the Philippines's national esports team. 

Based on the selection tryouts, Rise Nation and God Ascends will represent Team Philippines in Free Fire while Imperial Esports will compete in Arena of Valor.  

This will be the 2nd time that esports will be contested as a medal event in a multi-sport competition after the discipline was featured as a demonstration sport in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At the 2019 SEA Games, Philippines won three gold medals while Vietnam bagged three bronze medals. 

#SEAGames2021 News 020 | Malaysia's Esports Sets Target Medal

Esports will be contested in the 31st Southeast Asian Games which Vietnam is hosting this coming May. This medal-sport event will be held at the National Convention Center in Hanoi from May 13 to May 22 .

The Malaysian Electronic Sports Federation (MESF) has set a modest goal of four-medal and a top two overall finish in this year's SEA Games.

A total of 10 gold medals will be up for grabs in eSports in the Vietnam Games but only aged 18 and above by May 12 are allowed to compete for this sport.

Malaysia will compete in  PUBG Mobile (individual), Garena Free Fire, League of Legends (PC) as well as in both men’s and women’s team events of League of Legends: Wild Rift (mobile) but will not compete in CrossFire.

 

Malaysia is expecting that medals would come from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile (team event), FIFA Online 4 and Arena of Valor.

 

To do it, its federation is now organizing a national selection trials from February 18 to March 6 to identify the best players to represent Malaysia.

 

After the selection process, players will attend a two-month boot camp at the National Sports Council (NSC) in Bukit Jalil and EBN Esports City at Quill City Mall as well as be sent for exposure in both domestic and international competitions before heading to Hanoi. 

 

Malaysia bagged 1 gold medal and a bronze medal in Esports in the 2019 SEA Games in Manila.

✹ #AsianGames2022 News 01 - Esports Game Titles Announced

 

The Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) reveals eight Esports Game Titles and two demonstration titles to be Contested At Asian Games 2022. Below are the 8 Esports Game Titles: 

 

• Arena of Valor Asian Games Version
• DOTA 2
• Dream Three Kingdoms 2
• EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games
• HearthStone
• League of Legends
• PUBG Mobile Asian Games Version
• Street Fighter V

 

In addition, to promote technology-based electronic sports around the Asian Games, two additional titles have been decided to feature as demonstration titles at the 2022 Asian Games and they are: 

 

• AESF Robot Masters – Powered by Migu
• AESF VR Sports – Powered by Migu

 

#SEAGames2021 | Esports Events Announced

The Vietnam Recreational and Electronic Sport Association (VIRESA) has announced the official esport titles that will be included at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

The event will feature ten esports tournaments, up from the six esports medals in 2019.

The full list of SEA esports games are as follows:

Mobile Games

• Wild Rift (Men’s only): Team-based
• Wild Rift (Women’s only): Team-basedArena of Valor: Team-based
• PUBG Mobile: Individual
• PUBG Mobile: Team-based
• Free Fire: Team-based
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang: Team-based
  

PC Games

• League of Legends: Team-based
• FIFA Online 4: Team-based
• CrossFire: Team-based

The news was announced via the VIRESA website and highlighted by Joebert Yu, deputy secretary general at the Philippine Electronic Sports Organization (PESO).

PC Games

The SEA Games will take place at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, from November 21st to December 2nd 2021.

 

 

 

🎮 Esports | VPG World Cup kicks off this Saturday

 

Below are the grouping for VPG World Cup with Indonesia in Group D while Malaysia in Group F. Good luck to both teams! 

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Esports has been named as a full medal event for the 2022 Asian Games, a major step towards the mainstream for a sport that has long harbored Olympic ambitions.

 

Eports and breakdancing were both included on the program for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, at the Olympic Council of Asia’s general assembly in Muscat this week.

 

Also, breakdancing, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing were approved for the Paris 2024 Olympics, as the Games strive to appeal to younger audiences.

 

 

Source: www.japantimes.co.jp & Inquirer.net

 

E-Sports at the 30th SEA Games - Philippines 2019

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Competition Date: 5th-10th December 2019
Competition Venue: Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City

SEA Games 2019 News 072: Myanmar E-sports Team Selection Begins This Month

Myanmar has plan to compete in three to five events out of the six events to be contested in e-sports in SEA Games 2019.

E-sports is one of the 56 sports calendared at the 30th Southeast Asian Games to be held in the Philippines which will open on November 30 this year.

Preparation of team Myanmar includes the selection of players to be fielded in events like Dota 2, Mobile Legends and Arena of Valor.

The selection process will begin on May 19 and will end on August 18 with series of seven try-outs and main try-out.

According to Myanmar Times, champion team will be awarded K15 million.

E-sports will be featured for the first at the Southeast Asian Games as a medal sport event.

E-sports in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games is accredited by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation.

SEA Games 2019 News 065: Malaysia Strengthens its E-sports Campaign

Malaysian e-sports team strengthens its campaign by the initiative support of Razer.

Razer will provide the players with tournament gears and accessories which include Razer DeathAdder Elite gaming mouse, the BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard and the Kraken Tournament Edition Headset.

Aside from those mentioned above, Razer will also be providing “world-class professional training” to the Malaysian players.

Team Malaysia will also conduct a bootcamp in the five official SEA Games e-sports events.

E-sports events which will be featured at the biennial meet are DoTA 2 and StarCraft II on the PC; Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Arena of Valor on smartphones; and Tekken 7 on gaming consoles.

Razer is the official partner of the 30th Southeast Asian Games which will be held in the Philippines this November.

Esports will debut as a medal sport among 55 other sports to be contested at the 30th edition of SEA Games.

SEA Games 2019 News 021: Malaysia to Hunt Esports Representatives

After Indonesia and Singapore expressed their process of preparedness in Esports, Malaysia is now on hunt for players going to the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

Inevitable as may say, the growing popularity of Esport becomes more wider because of competitions happening around the world.

And one of these Esports growth-ness is the establishment of a local Esports league in Malaysia. This is one part of the government’s efforts to unearth talents in online gaming and to hunt Malaysia's representatives for Manila SEA Games this November.

In terms of regulations, Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq said the ministry has set up an eSports task force to be manned by cyber game professional players.

With the task force, Malaysia can set the rules and regulations for eSports.

SEA Games E-Sports confirmed events are Dota 2 and Starcraft II (PC), Tekken 7 (console), and Arena of Valor and Mobile Legends (mobile). The sixth and last confirmed event is the NBA 2K.

For more info visit the official 2019 SEA Games website.