China news agency, Hangzhou, September 29th, 2023 (Reporter: PG One) The final of League of Legends project of Hangzhou Asian Games was held in Hangzhou E-sports Center on the evening of 29th, and the Korean team won the championship by beating China Taipei 2-0. China defeated the third-place Vietnamese team 2-/kloc-0 and won a bronze medal.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, e-sports made its debut as an official event for the first time. There were seven events, namely League of Legends, the glory of the king Asian Games Edition, Peace Elite Asian Games Edition, Knife Tower, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, Street Fighter 5 and Football Online 4.
In League of Legends, before the start of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China and South Korea were generally optimistic that they would finally meet, but in the pre-match lottery, both teams were drawn in the same half.
As the seed team, China directly entered the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games. In the quarter-finals, China defeated China and Macau 2-0; South Korea won all the way from the group stage and entered the semi-finals.
In the semi-final, China was slightly inferior in player status and teamwork, and lost to the Korean team 0-2, so it missed the final. In the other semi-final, the China Taipei team beat the Vietnamese team 2-0 and advanced to the final.
In the League of Legends final held on the evening of September 29th, 2023, South Korea once again showed its great strength, beating Chinese Taipei team 2-0 and winning the League of Legends championship of Hangzhou Asian Games.
Brief introduction of Hangzhou Asian Games
Hangzhou Asian Games takes "China New Era Hangzhou New Asian Games" as its orientation, "China's characteristics, Asian style and splendor" as its goal, and adheres to the hosting concept of "green, intelligent, thrifty and civilized" and the hosting principle of "Hangzhou as the mainstay and the whole province sharing".
From April 25, 2023, a three-day meeting of heads of delegation for the Hangzhou Asian Games was held in Hangzhou, and representatives from 45 Asian countries and regions attended the meeting. 15 June, the countdown to the Hangzhou Asian Games 100 days, the fire of the Asian Games was successfully collected in Damojiao Mountain, Liangzhu Ancient City Ruins Park, Hangzhou. On the same day, the medals for the Hangzhou Asian Games were awarded in Hushan.
On June 29th, 2023, the World Media Conference of the 2nd Hangzhou Asian Games was released at Hangzhou International Expo Center. In July, the registration of athletes for the Hangzhou Asian Games was successfully completed. All the Olympic Committees in 45 countries (regions) of the OCA registered, and the number of athletes reached12,500, the highest in history.