The 1st Chosun University President's Cup eSports Amateur Tournament 'Successfully Concluded'

Chosun University held the 1st Chosun University President's Cup eSports Amateur Tournament and conducted a commemorative photo session. Photo by Chosun University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] The 1st Chosun University President's Cup eSports Amateur Tournament, hosted by the Chosun University Link Plus Project Group and the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, successfully concluded on the 7th.

According to Chosun University on the 8th, this eSports amateur tournament was organized to foster a healthy lifestyle sports culture in the stagnant cultural and artistic fields, improve the perception of spectator culture and gaming culture, and expand the game industry infrastructure, which is one of the content areas for nurturing the cultural industry in Gwangju.

The competition adopted the online game League of Legends as its event, proceeding through preliminary matches followed by semifinals and finals. The matches were held without spectators to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and were available for live viewing via the Gwangju eSports YouTube channel.

The opening ceremony of the semifinals, held on the 6th at the Gwangju eSports Stadium, began with an opening address by Chosun University President Min Young-don, followed by congratulatory video messages from Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop and Assemblyman Yoon Young-duk, and congratulatory speeches by Assemblyman Lee Byung-hoon and Dong-gu District Mayor Lim Taek. Afterwards, participants were encouraged before the semifinals officially commenced.

The semifinals featured the final four teams that advanced from competition among 36 teams nationwide, including from Busan and Jeju. Among them, the Chosun University team 'Nanchongjinmeok (Really Effective at the President's Cup)'?which had previously been runner-up in the Honam region tournament?made headlines by reaching the semifinals.

The final match was contested between the teams 'OBG (One Battle Game)' and 'AFM' from Busan and Masan. After intense competition, 'AFM', which included three professional gamer trainees, claimed the championship. The 2nd place went to 'OBG', 3rd place to 'Annyeonghadeoyeon' from Jeju, and 4th place to 'Nanchongjinmeok'.

The first-place team received a prize of 3 million KRW and the Chosun University President's Award; the second-place team was awarded 2 million KRW and the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency Director's Award; the third-place team received 1 million KRW and the Chosun University Link Plus Project Group Director's Award. Additionally, a total of 3 million KRW in prizes and awards were given to participants through online and offline preliminaries.

President Min Young-don stated, "eSports is increasingly establishing its position as an international sport, having been selected as an official event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games," and added, "Chosun University will take this opportunity to expand various programs to revitalize the eSports industry and focus on nurturing professional talent."

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