Asian Games 2026 Esports Medal Table

Who won the Asian Games 2026 esports medals, and which country finished first? China topped the standings with 3 golds and 1 silver. Japan finished 2nd with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

I'd separate the gold race from the total medal count when comparing these results. Japan, South Korea and Malaysia each collected 5 medals, while China's 4 included the most event wins. The esports programme ran from September 22 to October 2 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

Asian Games 2026 Esports Medal Table

China finished first on the gold-first ranking. The order below matches the published esports medal standings: golds decide first, then silvers and then bronzes.

Identical medal records share a rank, so the positions skip after ties. Iran and Myanmar share 6th, and Indonesia follows in 8th.

Japan sits above South Korea because both won 2 golds, but Japan collected 2 silvers to South Korea's 1. A total-medals sort would hide that distinction.

Medal Winners in All 11 Events

Each row below is 1 medal event. Countries listed together in the bronze column shared 3rd place and each received a bronze entry.

The podiums follow the Games' event results and JeSU's results record. The combined fighting event includes all 3 games shown in its name.

JeSU's record covers the 7 events Japan entered. The Games' separate result summaries confirm the remaining podiums, including Myanmar's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang gold.

How the Medal Count Works

The programme had 11 medal events across 13 game titles. JeSU's competition outline explains that the fighting games formed a single team event, with 1 player for each game.

That makes the counting straightforward:

• Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8 and The King of Fighters XV contributed 3 game titles to 1 medal event.
• The other 10 medal events account for the other 10 titles.
• The full programme therefore had 10 + 3 = 13 titles and 10 + 1 = 11 gold-medal events.

Bronzes need a separate calculation. Gran Turismo 7 and PUBG Mobile each awarded 1 bronze. The other 9 events awarded 2 each, as their final result summaries show.

• Bronze entries: 9 × 2 + 2 × 1 = 20.
• All medal entries: 11 gold + 11 silver + 20 bronze = 42.

The official fighting-games result gives a useful example. South Korea took gold, Japan silver and both Hong Kong, China and Saudi Arabia finished 3rd. That event contributed 4 country medal entries.

I'd keep the shared bronzes visible when comparing delegations. Removing a joint 3rd-place country would change both its medal total and the overall count.

What the Results Show

The golds were concentrated, while the podium places reached more delegations. Adding the event wins gives China, Japan and South Korea 7 of the 11 golds, or 63.6%. The other 4 golds went to 4 different delegations.

Their winning events explain why a single game gives an incomplete view of the overall result:

• China won Honor of Kings, Naraka: Bladepoint and Identity V.
• Japan won Puyo Puyo Champions and Pokémon UNITE.
• South Korea won League of Legends and the combined fighting-games event.
• Malaysia won Gran Turismo 7, Thailand won PUBG Mobile, Iran won eFootball and Myanmar won Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Japan's official post-Games review confirms its 5-medal haul. Japan, South Korea and Malaysia reached that same total through different combinations of wins and lower podium places.

Malaysia is the clearest example of breadth below the top 3. Its medals came from 5 different events, including a racing gold and silvers in eFootball and Honor of Kings. China's 3 wins still put it ahead in the country ranking.

Indonesia's 2 silvers came from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Pokémon UNITE. Both teams reached their finals, but Iran's single eFootball title puts it higher under gold-first ordering. I think that is a useful limit to keep in mind when judging an entire delegation by its rank.

For PUBG Mobile followers, Level Infinite's final report confirms Thailand, China and Pakistan as the medalists. Pakistan's bronze was its only esports medal here, making that podium its whole contribution to the country table.

The Asian Games 2026 PUBG Mobile recap breaks down the point gaps and map splits behind that finish. Those explain the competition within the event; the medal table compares the resulting country awards.

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What I'd Compare Next

I'd start with the event podium when judging a national team's result, then use the country table for the wider comparison. Indonesia's 2 finals and Pakistan's PUBG Mobile bronze deserve their own context, even though neither delegation won gold.