IOC announces Olympic Esports Series 2023 with live finals in Singapore across nine sports

The Olympic Esports Series 2023 has begun this week. Professional and amateur players from around the world have been invited to take part in the qualification rounds across a host of the featured games. Taking place at Singapore’s Suntec Centre from June 22-25, the finals action will represent the showpiece event of the Olympic Esports Week 2023.

Ad The Olympic Esports Series 2023 will reach its conclusion with live, in-person finals for the first time, with players having the opportunity to progress to the Olympic Esports Finals 2023. OlympicsDjokovic has 'lots of desire' to break more records, talks up Paris Olympics bidYESTERDAY AT 08:21 «The Olympic Movement brings people together in peaceful competition,» David Lappartient, Chair of the IOC Esports Liaison Group, said. «The Olympic Esports Series 2023 is a continuation of that, with the ambition of creating more spaces to play for both players and fans of elite competition.

»We look forward to witnessing some of the world’s best compete on the global stage, as well as exploring together shared opportunities and lessons — across health and wellbeing, training and innovation.” Coming together in Singapore, the players will compete in front of fans for the title of Olympic Esports Series winner. This evolved format of the IOC’s virtual competition follows 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.