The Indian League of Legends contingent is all set to represent the nation in the 19th Asian Games. As per the latest update, the team has left for Macau, to compete against the other teams in the run. India will be facing against Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan at Macau, for the ongoing Road to Asian Games Regionals.
Esports in Hangzhou Asian Games 2023
For context, the 19th Asian Games was to be held in 2022 but was ultimately postponed to 2023 due to the COVID outbreak. Furthermore, Esports is making its debut as a medal sport in the upcoming Asian Games with seven titles- Arena of Valor (Asian Games Version), DOTA 2, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, FIFA Online 4, League of Legends, PUBG Mobile (Asian Games Version) and Street Fighter V: Complete Edition. India will however be participating in only four of these events- DOTA 2, FIFA Online 4, League of Legends, and Street Fighter V: Complete Edition.
Indian team to participate in regional seeding of Road to Asian Games Regionals
After qualifying via the National Esports Championships (NESC), the national team for League of Legends has been revealed, who will now be competing in the upcoming RDAG Regionals. The Macau tournament will seed (rank) all the teams in different rounds or groups. This ranking system will be used for the competition during the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games 2023.
Captain Akshaj Shenoy is leading the team comprising of Samarth Arvind Trivedi, Mihir Ranjan, Aditya Selvaraj, Aakash Shandilya, and Sanindhya Malik. They will first face Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan on June 21 before battling it out against Kyrgyzstan on June 22.
Commenting on their participation in the Asian Games, Akshaj Shenoy, captain of the Indian League of Legends team said,
“With the event for the Central and South Asia region starting in 2 days, our team feels very confident going forward into the event. We’ve received training from the Esports and Training organization, FITGMR, which has partnered with ESFI to provide coaching to all the games associated with the event. A few of our players were unable to confirm their participation as exams and deadlines approached, and it was ESFI that helped us by sorting them out which meant that all main members of the team could take part in the event. We are extremely excited and are ready to give it our all to make our country and our supporters proud!”
The Hangzhou Asian Games is scheduled to be held from September 23 to October 8, 2023.
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