AOV Asian Games 2018: China Wins, Indonesia Fails

The biggest sporting event in Asia which is held every 4 years, the Asian Games, is still running. Now, the eSports branch has been played. Of the six games that have been contested, there have been a number of winners. One of them is the 2018 AOV Asian Games.

Being one of the eSports sports that were competed at the 2018 Asian Games, Arena of Valor was held on Sunday 26 August 2018. This MOBA genre mobile game was the opening for other eSports.

AOV Asian Games 2018

2018 Asian Games AOV eSports Team

Arena of Valor is a game on smartphones with the MOBA genre. This game is produced by the Internet giant from China called Tencent. This game is played by 10 players who are connected online. The ten players play by choosing unique heroes to fight against each other in order to destroy enemy buildings, so as to win a match.

After becoming the most popular Play Store game 2017, AOV was competed in the eSports exhibition sport together with FIFA 2018, League of Legends, Starcraft II, Clash Royale, and Hearthstone. At the 2022 Asian Games, in Hangzou, China, eSports will be competed as one of the official sports. Arena of Valor may be contested there again or it may be eliminated.

Indonesia is eliminated

Team Taiwan vs Indonesia in AOV Asian Games 2018

The 2018 Asian Games AOV match was held at the Britama Arena. The Indonesian team’s first opponent was Taiwan. The country that is part of mainland China is one of the strongest Arena of Valor teams from Asia. Not only based on the statistics of the players, the strength of the Taiwan team was also proven in the match. Taiwan played well, while Indonesia played sluggish. Indonesia lost easily in the best of 3 match with a score of 2-0.

The defeat to Taiwan made Indonesia have to compete in the loser bracket. In the loser bracket, Indonesia is against Thailand, which was previously defeated by China. Having eleven and twelve abilities with Thailand, Indonesia still lost. However, this time fierce resistance was given. Glen Richard and colleagues lost with a score of 2-1. This defeat to Thailand made the Indonesian team eliminated from the championship.

After Indonesia was unable to proceed to the next round, Thailand, Laos, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam competed for the 2018 AOV Asian Games title. Of the six, the 3 strongest teams were China, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

According to Tribunnews, the failure of the Indonesian Team was seen by its players as a result of lack of flying hours, and lack of calm in making decisions in the game. They also apologized to the fans who have supported the Indonesian team. In the future, they will train harder so that they can perform even better in facing teams from abroad.

China Becomes Champion

Winner of AOV Asian Games 2018

After holding round after round, finally, the 2018 AOV Asian Games champion was obtained. In this sport, China again dominated. They, get gold from this eSports tournament. The first champion title from Arena of Valor was pinned to the Chinese team. Based on CGTN News, the Chinese team defeated the Chinese Taipei or Taiwan teams in the final with a score of 2-0. For his defeat, Taiwan was awarded a silver medal. For bronze, the medal was given to Vietnam who was able to achieve third place in this championship.

So, that’s the latest information about the 2018 AOV Asian Games. For those of you who want to keep updating about eSports Asian Games, stay tuned, Game News!