Esports Federation of India (ESFI) announced the commencement of the National Esports Championships (NESC) 2022 to select India’s gaming contingent for Asian Games 2022 which will start on April 4, 2022. This is the first time when esports will be entering the Asian Games 2022in Hangzhou, China, with 24 medals being awarded in eight gaming titles.
The eight medal games are FIFA, an Asian Games version of PUBG Mobile and Arena of Valor, Dota 2, League of Legends, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, HearthStone, and Street Fighter V. As of now, all Indian gamers can compete in the national championships for DOTA 2, Hearthstone, FIFA22, Street Fighter V and League of Legends which was announced by ESFI on Saturday.
However, there is no certain information over Arena of Valor and PUBG Mobile (PUBGM) since both games are banned in India. Although, the latter game was relaunched as Battlegrounds Mobile India for Indian players.
The teams who would register will compete in Road to Asian Games Regionals between April and July to determine their seeding at the main event in September. Here is the link to register for the games players are interested to compete in NESC 2022.
- Hearthstone: https://forms.gle/qSJgtgSjfHg42GPN7
- FIFA: https://forms.gle/sjSDK9UKjF7NhRwq7
- League of Legends 2022: https://forms.gle/5c7eJJ7351XaU3Le8
- Dota 2: https://forms.gle/hXDNp1GR9Yyz52wa9
