Esports at the Asian Games 2026 (Aichi-Nagoya): the 11 medal events, dates and venue — League of Legends is in, Dota 2 is out. Facts and data angle by Batru.
Esports returns as a full medal sport at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: 11 medal events across 13 titles, September 23 – October 2, 2026 at the Aichi International Exhibition Center. League of Legends is on the program; Dota 2 is not.
As at Hangzhou 2022, players compete for their countries — 23 nations are entered — and esports medals count in the official Asian Games tally. League of Legends returns after South Korea took the Hangzhou gold.
Dota 2 is not on the 2026 program. It was a medal event in Hangzhou, and industry reporting attributed the omission to production and broadcast constraints: Dota matches can run anywhere from twenty minutes to well over an hour, which is hard to schedule for broadcast windows.
National-roster events are where draft-level analysis matters most: one-off teams have no club history, so heroes, drafts and player pools carry the signal. That is the lens Batru applies to national-team competition across our covered games.
September 23 to October 2, 2026, at the Aichi International Exhibition Center in Tokoname, as part of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
11 medal events across 13 titles: League of Legends, Honor of Kings, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PUBG Mobile, Pokémon Unite, Identity V, Naraka: Bladepoint, eFootball, Gran Turismo 7, Puyo Puyo Champions, and a Competitive Martial Arts event combining Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8 and The King of Fighters XV.
No. Dota 2 was a medal event at Hangzhou 2022 but is not on the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 program; industry reporting pointed to its unpredictable match length as a broadcast and scheduling challenge.
Yes — since Hangzhou 2022, esports is a full medal sport, and results count toward the official national medal tally.
Batru is an independent data site and is not affiliated with the Olympic Council of Asia or the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 organizing committee. Details reflect official announcements as of September 2026 and may change.
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