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OCA Announces Esports as an Official Medal Sport of the AICHI/NAGOYA Asian Games 2026

Esports will be recognized alongside 40 other sports disciplines.

Hongyu ChenbyHongyu Chen
July 9, 2023
in Events & Tournaments
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Nagoya Esports 2026

Credit: Tomio344456 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced that esports would continue to become the official title of the 20th AICHI/NAGOYA Asian Games in Japan, following the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games.

In general, the AICHI/NAGOYA Asian Games will feature 41 sports, including 32 sports from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, such as Wushu, Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball), Kabaddi, Kurash, Jujitsu, baseball, Karate, squash, and esports. The competition will be held in Nagoya, Japan, from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, 2026.

It’s not clear which esports title will be featured in AICHI/NAGOYA Asian Games, but it’s more likely the games that are popular in Japan or developed by Japanese game publishers, such as Capcom’s Street Fighter series will be prominently featured. Street Fighter V is also one of the seven esports titles of the Hangzhou Asian Games, alongside League of Legends, Dota 2, Three Dream Kingdoms, Honor of Kings, Peacekeeper Elite, and FIFA Online 4.

The competition will be held on Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 of this year, or 76 days away.

Tags: 20th AICHI/NAGOYA Asian GamesAichiEsportsJapanNagoyaOCAOlympic Council of AsiaOlympics
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Hongyu Chen

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Hongyu "Eddie" Chen serves as conduit from China to the rest of global esports scene as the only Chinese journalist living in China while writing for Western media outlets. For the last four years Eddie served as the China esports correspondent for The Esports Observer and Sports Business Journal. He is a bilingual graduate of MA Business and Marketing and a certified BEng Electronic and Communication Engineer.

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