en Esports at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Esports
at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Esports ; at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Venue	Ashgabat Indoor Athletics Arena
Dates	25–27 September 2017
	← 2013

Various video game esports competitions were played at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games as a demonstration sport.^[1] Medals won in this sport were not included in the official overall medal tally.^[2]

Four video game categories were contested at the games, which include Hearthstone, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, The King of Fighters XIV, and Dota 2.^[1]^[3] All 64 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from Asia and Oceania were eligible to send players for the qualification phase for Electronic sports. A two-month qualification process was conducted with players and teams securing qualification for the final tournament by May 2017.^[4] The players registered through an online portal by Alisports, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group.^[5]

KeSPA, the esport organization of South Korea, announced its withdrawn from the games on May 25, 2017, citing that it concerned about the level of organization of Alisports, and not including League of Legends, the most popular MOBA game of the world,as a medal event.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hearthstone	Liu Bo China	Tümenbayaryn Nambarjin Mongolia	Chen Yung-he Chinese Taipei
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	Zhou Hang China	Wang Lei China	Bataagiin Ononbat Mongolia
The King of Fighters XIV	Lin Chia-hung Chinese Taipei	Tseng Chia-chen Chinese Taipei	Su Haojun China
Dota 2	China Li Chunbo Xu Ziyang Lu Kang Lu Hao Zhan Yaoyang	China Zheng Yuanxing Luo Bin Chen Hang Yang Yuepeng Flecher	Philippines James Inocencio John Linuel Abanto Djardel Mampusti Carlo Manalo Mark Louise Reyes

Medal table

Results

Hearthstone

Group stage

25 September

Group A

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts	CHN	LAO	PAK
1	Liu Bo (CHN)	2	2	0	6	—	3–0	3–0
2	Nanthanakone Vongxay (LAO)	2	1	1	3	0–3	—	3–0
3	Sardar Muhammad Husnain (PAK)	2	0	2	0	0–3	0–3	—

Source: Official website

Group B

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts	PHI	PHI	PAK
1	Richard Castillo (PHI)	2	2	0	6	—	3–0	3–0
2	Dustin Mangulabnan (PHI)	2	1	1	3	0–3	—	3–1
3	Saqib Shoukat (PAK)	2	0	2	0	0–3	1–3	—

Source: Official website

Group C

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts	MGL	TPE	TKM
1	Tümenbayaryn Nambarjin (MGL)	2	2	0	6	—	3–2	3–1
2	Tsao Tsu-lin (TPE)	2	1	1	3	2–3	—	3–1
3	Serdar Nurmyradow (TKM)	2	0	2	0	1–3	1–3	—

Source: Official website

Group D

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts	CHN	TPE	KAZ
1	Liu Shuda (CHN)	2	2	0	6	—	3–2	3–2
2	Chen Yung-he (TPE)	2	1	1	3	2–3	—	3–2
3	Olzhas Batyrbekov (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	2–3	2–3	—

Source: Official website

Playoffs

26 September

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Liu Bo (CHN)	3
Tsao Tsu-lin (TPE)	0	Liu Bo (CHN)	3
Richard Castillo (PHI)	1	Chen Yung-he (TPE)	1
Chen Yung-he (TPE)	3			Liu Bo (CHN)	3
Nanthanakone Vongxay (LAO)	1			Tümenbayaryn Nambarjin (MGL)	1
Tümenbayaryn Nambarjin (MGL)	3	Tümenbayaryn Nambarjin (MGL)	3
Dustin Mangulabnan (PHI)	2	Liu Shuda (CHN)	0
Liu Shuda (CHN)	3			3rd place decider

				Chen Yung-he (TPE)	3
				Liu Shuda (CHN)	2