The 2022 Asian Games feature seven different game titles, but the one we are focusing on today is League of Legends!
The tournament is participated in by esports athletes from countries all over Asia, and the 2022 edition has esports titles as an official medal sport for the first time.
The tournament has some amazing players participating and representing their countries, a lot of whom you League of Legends esports fans will know. These are the likes of Faker, Ruler, FoFo, and Chovy, but who are they representing?
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What countries are playing League of Legends in the 2022 Asian Games?
There are 15 countries participating in the inaugural appearance of the Riot Games title in the Asian Games, after Kuwait withdrew from the tournament. They are:
- China
- Malaysia
- India
- Saudi Arabia
- Chinese Taipei
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Macau
- Maldives
- Palestine
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- United Arab Emirates
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2022 League of Legends Asian Games Format
The format of the tournament is fairly standard, with 11 teams participating in the Group Stage, and being split into three groups of three and one group of two (due to the withdrawal of Kuwait).
Matches will be best-of-one formats, with the group winners heading to the knockout stages of the tournament.
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In the case of a tiebreaker, the stipulations are:
- Head-to-head record
- Average time of victories
- Number of tower takedowns
- Number of kills
- Total gold earnings
- Tiebreaker game(s), broken using the criteria above
- Drawing of lots
In the knockout stage, the four group winners will be joined by the four seeded teams (China, Malaysia, India, and Saudi Arabia) and play a single-elimination bracket.
This then leads to the semi-finals and, finally, the final of the whole League of Legends Asian Games tournament.
2022 League of Legends Asian Games Groups
As we mentioned, 11 teams are split into four groups: three of three teams and one of two teams. Those groups are as follows:
Group A:
- South Korea
- Hong Kong
- Kazakhstan
Group B:
- Vietnam
- Japan
- Palestine
Group C
- Chinese Taipei
- Maldives
- United Arab Emirates
Group D
- Macau
- Thailand
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2022 League of Legends Asian Games Schedule
So you want to watch the 2022 Asian Games League of Legends tournament, right? Well, knowing when every game and every stage is would help!
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The schedule is below:
- Group Stage: September 25-26
- Quarter-Finals: September 27
- Semi-Finals: September 28
- Bronze Medal and Grand Final: September 29
