Free Fire And BGMI Team India Matches Time And Location At Asian Games 2023

The Asian Games, often known as Asiad, will take place again in 2023 after being postponed due to COVID-19 the previous year. Athletes from several continents participate in this sporting event, which takes place every four years, in order to win medals for the nations they represent. But what makes this year unique is that it is the first time in history that there are seven esports titles, which go toward the medal total.

Esports have previously been a part of the Asian Games, although only as a demonstration sport. This implied that while nations could take part in esports, the medals won won’t get added to their final total.

2023 Asian Games esports dates and location

The Dota 2 finals will wrap up the esports competition at the 2023 Asian Games on October 2, 2023, starting on September 24. The event will take place at the China Hangzhou Esports Centre in Hangzhou, China, which was formerly known as the Xiacheng District Esports Venue. Over 4,000 people can fit within the facility.

Esports anticipated to be the most popular event

Many anticipate an increase in viewership as the vast world of gaming and esports makes its debut at the Asian Games. This is clear from the fact that the only Asian Games category with a lottery-based mechanism for ticket sales is esports.

With the largest field of athletes in history, the Asian Games are already enormous. This sporting event will feature around 12,000 participants from 45 different nations, with 31 of those countries sending their esports teams.

The largest powerhouse in this competition is China, the event’s host nation. Most sports, including esports, are expected to be dominated by the nation.

All esports titles in the 2023 Asian Games

There are seven esports titles that will offer medals for the 2023 Asian Games. Here is a list of the featured esports:

• League of Legends
• Dota 2
• Honor of Kings (Arena of Valor)
• PUBG Mobile
• EA FC 24 (FIFA Online 4)
• Street Fighter V
• Dream Three Kingdoms 2

Where to watch

A few nations with the event’s rights, including China, Singapore, and Australia, will be able to watch the 2023 Asian Games on local television channels. If you want to watch it on television, you can look for the official broadcasters in your nation.

There were some YouTube channels that streamed the Hangzhou 2022 opening ceremony, like CNN-18, and there will probably be more channels that broadcast the event in the future. 

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Free Fire And BGMI Indian Teams at Asian Games 2023

Several notable esports titles including Free Fire have not been included in the Asian Games 2023, unfortunately. Even though hypothetically, they did have Free Fire events, they wouldn’t have Indian representation in the game, since the game is banned in India. 

Similarly, as for as Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is concerned, the game is an Indian specific game. After pUBG Mobile was banned in India, Krafton had launched BGMI, a Indian erosion of PUBG in the country to cater to the Indian population. Thus BGMI is not available in other countries. Therefore there is no chance of BGMI featuring in the Asian Games. However, its counter part PUBG is a part of the line-up, but will have no Indian representation for obvious reasons.