South Korea closed the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with five esports medals from nine events, including a second consecutive League of Legends gold, Esports Insider reported, citing InvenGlobal. The final tally was two golds, one silver and two bronzes, spread across team and individual competitions.
The League of Legends final was played at Aichi Sky Expo on October 2, where South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 3-0. The team finished the tournament undefeated across all eight of its games, topping Group B with wins over Chinese Taipei, India and Hong Kong before a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia in the semifinals.
Faker, Zeus and Keria returned from the roster that won gold at Hangzhou, while Canyon, Zeka and Gumayusi took the medal in their Asian Games debuts. The win extended South Korea's run of Asian Games League of Legends titles and was the last of its two golds at these Games.
A first gold in the fighting-game team event
South Korea opened its medal account on September 26, when Bae Jae-min, Lee Kwang-no and Yeon Je-gil beat host nation Japan 5-2 in the fighting-game team final, an event that combined Tekken 8, The King of Fighters XV and Street Fighter 6. South Korea had trailed 1-2 before taking four consecutive sets.
Lee won two matches during the comeback and Bae claimed two sets after losing his opening one. Yeon also won a set against Kojiro Higuchi, who had beaten him earlier in the event.
The silver, the bronzes and the events that missed out
Kang Dong-shin added silver in Puyo Puyo Champions, reaching the September 26 final before losing 2-10 to Japan's Yuki Kurihara. South Korea's first esports podium of the Games had come three days earlier, when Kim Young-chan finished third among eight finalists in Gran Turismo 7, a competition decided on points across three races.
The Pokemon UNITE team took the other bronze. Kim Jae-young, Park Seong-soon, Lee Ji-hwan, Cho Min-hyuk and Jin Soo-bin beat Singapore 2-1 in the September 27 quarterfinals and then lost 0-2 to Japan in the semifinals; the competition awarded tied third place without a separate bronze-medal match.
Four of the nine events South Korea entered finished off the podium. The PUBG Mobile team placed sixth with 71 points, having won the opening match of the final day. Honor of Kings and Identity V were eliminated in the quarterfinals, and the eFootball entry did not advance from the group stage.
