2025 Asian Esports Competition to Participate in 5 Asian Countries, Held in Vietnam from 20th to 22nd
Nov 19, 2025
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The "2025 Asian Esports Championships Asia 2025" will open in Kanter City, Vietnam, on the 20th.
The Korea-China-Japan Esports Competition, which was launched in 2021, will be expanded to all parts of Asia starting this year and will be newly held as an `Asian Esports Competition.' For the first time since its launch, this competition will be attended by countries other than Korea, China, and Japan. A total of 120 athletes and officials from five countries, including South Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, will participate, and it is expected to take a leap forward into an international esports competition representing Asia.
This year's official events are 'League of Legends' and 'Crossfire', and 'Stepin' was selected as a demonstration event. The Republic of Korea will send an official national team to the 'League of Legends' event and two of the association's own starters to the 'Stepin' event.
In the 'League of Legends' event, the Esports Performance Improvement Committee selected players by comprehensively reviewing the LCK Challengers League performance this year in accordance with the national team selection and operation regulations.
First of all, coach Park Joon-seok (BNK Pierx Youth) was appointed as the leader, and the team consisted of six players, including 'Soboro' Lim Sung-min (BNK Pierx Youth), 'Willer'Kim Jung-hyun (BNK Pierx Youth), 'Gini' Yoo Baek-jin (KT Rollster), 'Ukal' Son Woo-hyun (DRX), 'Padok'Park Seok-hyun (Katy Rollster), 'Career'Oh Hyung-seok (BNK Pierx Youth). In addition, 'Tangerine' Park Joo-won (Genji Global Academy) will be joined as a strategic analyst.
This year's Asian esports competition will open on the 20th and will be held at the Technology Exchange Center of the Science and Technology Bureau in Kanter City, Vietnam, for three days until the 22nd. The preliminary round of the League of Legends will be held from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the 20th and 21st, and the final match will be held from 6 p.m. on the 22nd. The match will be played in a single round robin manner, with each match winner team earning one point and the final top two teams advancing to the final.
The 2025 Asian esports competition will be broadcast live on the official YouTube, SOOP, and Zizik of the Korea esports association. Next year, the 2026 Asian esports competition will be held in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do. As it is a pre-Asian Games competition, it plans to promote the composition of the event centering on the official events of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
In addition, Korea, China, and Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines are discussing participation in accordance with the reorganization of the Asian regional representative national competition. The competition is hosted by the Vietnam Esports Association (VIRESA), and the Korean national team is sponsored by Sidiz, Logitech G, Levion and PNP Healthcare.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
