Preparing for the SEA Games, IESPA will screen athletes through the first esports championship in Indonesia

After previously being an exhibition branch at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Esports has finally become one of the medal sports at the 2019 SEA Games event which will take place from November 30 to December 11, 2019 in the Philippines. To deal with this big event, IESPA has started to hold events and national championships which will also serve as a screening platform for athletes who will later compete in the SEA Games.

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The first event held by IESPA is the IENC (Indonesia Esports National Championship) which will soon hold a preliminary round in various regions, with a round grand final in Jakarta. Later IENC will screen the Indonesian contingent for the game branch, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Tekken 7. Each branch of the game will be represented by one team, or two people for games individual.

The screening process will be very strict, because only the strongest team or players are entitled to participate in national training (national training) and are dispatched to the 2019 SEA Games. This is in line with the statement of Plt. Secretary General of KOI (Indonesian Sports Committee), Mrs. Hellen Sarita de Lima, who was questioned separately.

“IESPA has the right to select the national training athletes to be submitted to the KOI which will then make the selection through monitoring and evaluation with a team of experts to form a contingent of the SEA Games or other international multi-events”, said Helen Sarita de Lima’s mother

Mrs. Hellen Sarita de Lima and Mr. Eddy Lim

With the issuance of this statement, it is clear who has the right to make the selection and determine who will go to the 2019 SEA Games which will take place in the Philippines later.

“Currently, we are opening as many opportunities as possible for Indonesian esports teams who want to become the 2019 SEA Games contingent through the official channels that we provide,” said Eddy Lim, the general chairman of IESPA. “Currently the 2019 SEA Games has two official channels, namely IEL and IENC. Later there will be several more events that will be held in the near future”, he added.

Not to forget, in closing, Mrs. Hellen Sarita de Lima explained that in all sporting activities it is necessary to implement Olympic values which consist of, peaceful (peace), friendship (friendship), excellence (advantage), and respect (value). He hopes all events esports load those values. How is your team ready to compete?

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