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IOC sees Japan as potential host of 2026 Olympic Esports Games
IOC sees Japan as potential host of 2026 Olympic Esports Games
Kyodo News
Published Dec 30, 2023 10:35 AM PHT
Crowds are unfazed by the rain at the Shibuya scramble crossing in Tokyo, Japan on June 22, 2023. Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
TOKYO —The International Olympic Committee has called on Japan to host an Olympic Esports Games in 2026, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
The IOC's inaugural Olympic Esports Week was held in June 2023 in Singapore. Four months later, IOC President Thomas Bach announced plans to create an Olympic Esports Games amid the rapid growth of esports, especially among young people.
While Japan has been slow to embrace esports, hosting a big esports event could be a chance for the country to regain its footing after Sapporo's withdrawal from the 2030 Winter Olympic bid race.
Led by its royal family, Saudi Arabia plans to launch an annual Esports World Cup in the summer of 2024 and have the largest prize pool in esports history.
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Esports will also be played at the 2026 Asian Games, the Asian version of the Olympics, to be co-hosted by Aichi Prefecture and its capital, Nagoya.
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