Asian Games 2023 esports: India’s Street Fighter V results and scores
Mayank Prajapati and Ayan Biswas represented India in the Street Fighter V: Champion Edition esports event in Hangzhou. Get results and scores.
Mayank Prajapati aka MiKeYROG and Ayan Biswas aka AYAN01 represented India in the Street Fighter V: Champion Edition esports event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
Making its debut as a medal sport at the Asian Games, esports kicked off at Hangzhou 2023 on September 24. Street Fighter V: Champion Edition at Asian Games 2023 was held from September 26 to 28 at the China Hangzhou Esports Centre.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition is a 1v1 fighting game where players choose a unique character with special moves and abilities. Players can select any character they like out of the 40 available. A Street Fighter V match usually lasts around one to two minutes. All ties in the Street Fighter V event at the Asian Games 2023 were played in a best-of-three matches format.
Asian Games 2023 Street Fighter V: India’s squad
India’s SFV players: Mayank Prajapati, Ayan Biswas
Mayank Prajapati and Ayan Biswas made the cut for the Indian team at Hangzhou 2023 by winning the National Esports Championships (NESC) organised by the Esports Federation of India.
Ayan Biswas started his Asian Games 2023 esports campaign with a 2-0 victory against Nguyen Khanh Hung Chau of Vietnam in the Round of 32 before going down 1-2 to Alrayfal Abdulrahman Salem A of Saudi Arabia in the Winners Bracket Round 1. The Indian then beat Nguyen 2-0 again in the Losers Bracket Round 2. However, Ayan Biswas lost to Yeh Man Ho of Hong Kong China in the Losers Bracket Round 3 and bowed out of the tournament.
Mayank Prajapati began his tournament in Hangzhou in the Round of 32 against Rajikhan Talal Fuad T of Saudi Arabia and lost 1-2. He then endured another loss against Al-Mannai Abdulla of Qatar by 0-2 and exited the tournament.
Apart from Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, esports at the Asian Games features FC Online, Dota 2, League of Legends, Arena of Valor Asian Games Version, Dream Three Kingdoms 2 and Peace Elite Asian Games Version (also known as PUBG Mobile).
India were scheduled compete in four of these – League of Legends, FC Online, Dota 2 and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
Asian Games 2023 Street Fighter V schedule
All in Indian Standard Times (IST)
The Asian Games 2023 SFV tournament followed a double elimination bracket format, which means a player is only knocked out after losing two ties, barring the grand final and qualifying stage.
The 16 winners from the Round of 32 enter the winners’ bracket and play each other until a winner from the bracket is determined after the winners’ bracket final.
The 16 losing teams from the Round of 32, meanwhile, start off the losers’ bracket.
The losers from each round of the winners’ bracket keep dropping down to the losers’ bracket in every other round (2, 4 and 6) to play against the teams progressing from earlier rounds. The loser of the winners’ bracket final and the winner of the losers’ bracket round 7 meet in the losers’ bracket final.
The losing team from the losers’ bracket final clinch the bronze medal while the winner meets the eventual winner of the winners’ bracket in the grand final for the gold medal.
A total of 35 esports players from 22 countries competed at the Asian Games 2023 Street Fighter V esports event.