Olympics Esports

"The Olympic Esports Series 2023 begins today, when both professional and amateur players from around the world are invited to take part in qualification rounds across a host of the featured games. The Olympic Esports Series 2023 will culminate in live, in-person finals for the first time, with players having the opportunity to progress to the Olympic Esports Finals 2023. Taking place at Singapore’s Suntec Centre from 22 to 25 June, the finals action will be a highlight of the recently announced Olympic Esports Week 2023. Coming together in Singapore for this unique competition, the players will compete in front of fans for the prestigious title of Olympic Esports Series winner. The thrilling finals action will be streamed globally across Olympics.com and Olympic social channels. This evolved format of the IOC’s virtual competition builds on the successes of the Olympic Virtual Series. The 2021 series, which took place ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, attracted over 250,000 participants from across 100 countries to take part in competitions. The Olympic Esports Series 2023 marks another step in supporting the development of virtual sports within the Olympic Movement, as laid out in Olympic Agenda 2020+5, and continues its collaboration with the gaming and esports communities to create new opportunities for players and fans alike." "The initially confirmed featured games across nine sports are: Archery (World Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow), Baseball (World Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS), Chess (International Chess Federation, Chess.com), Cycling (UCI, Zwift), Dance (World DanceSport Federation, JustDance) Motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Gran Turismo). Sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta), Taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Virtual Taekwondo) Tennis (International Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash)," Source - https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-announces-olympic-esports-series-2023