National Esports Championship to be held in Mumbai on 28 and 29 September

The Esports Federation of India (ESFI), announced the India qualifiers for "National Esports Championship (NESC2019)" for the 11th Esports World Championship Seoul organized by International Esports Federation (IESF). 

The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) has announced the National Esports Championship (NESC2019). The championship, scheduled during the Gamecon on September 28 and 29 at the Phoenix Market City, Kurla, Mumbai, will serve as the qualification event for the 11th Esports World Championship, to be organised by the International Esports Federation (IESF) in Seoul, South Korea.

The ESFI has also confirmed Alcis as the Kit Partner and OneGigaFiber as “Internet Gaming Partner” for NESC2019.

Gamecon, a Rohawk Capital initiative has partnered ESFI for National Esports Championship 2019. The top Indian eSports talent will compete in games like Tekken7 and eFootball PES 2020.

The winner will represent India at the World Championship in Seoul.

The last year has been an encouraging one for ESFI. At the Jakarta Asian Games 2018, India’s leading esports athlete Tirth Mehta got a bronze medal in esports demonstration category (Hearthstone), Karan Manganani was placed 4th for Clash Royale. ESFI’s team qualified for the main event at Asian Games by winning the South Asian Qualifiers (Asian Games 2018) for Hearthstone, Clash Royale, PES, Arena of Valor. India had the second-highest representation at the main of the Asian Games.

Abhinav Tejan (Tekken7) had won the NESC 2018, giving an impressive performance by jumping to 4th rank at the 10th Esports World Championship held at Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei last year while Indian CSGO Team (Bharat Kiran, Shailesh Dalvi, Manan Bhatt, Faizan Farooqui & Ishpreet Singh) was placed 9th and India’s overall rank was 13th.

Abhinav Tejan will be the favourite for Tekken7. It will be interesting to see whether Navaneetha Krishnan and Ankur Diwakar will be able to carry their form from the Asian Games, last year.

This year’s World Championship will happen at VSG Arena, Seoul, Korea in December. The host nation Korea is considered the Mecca of eSports.

Last year was very encouraging for ESFI, with participation in Asian Games 2018, where Indian esports athlete Tirth Mehta got a Bronze medal in esports demonstration category (Hearthstone), Karan Manganani was placed 4th for Clash Royale. ESFI’s team qualified for the main event at Asian Games by winning the South Asian Qualifiers (Asian Games 2018) for Hearthstone, Clash Royale, PES, Arena of Valor. India had the second-highest number of teams qualified for the main event at Asian Games 2018.

Abhinav Tejan (Tekken7) had won the NESC2018 and gave an impressive performance by jumping to 4th rank at the 10th Esports World Championship held at Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei last year while Indian CSGO Team (Bharat Kiran, Shailesh Dalvi, Manan Bhatt, Faizan Farooqui & Ishpreet Singh) was placed 9th, and India’s overall rank was 13th.

Abhinav Tejan will remain the favourite for Tekken7, will Navaneetha Krishnan and Ankur Diwakar maintain their dominance which they had for Asian Games, needs to be seen.

Alcis continues its support by being the “Kit partner” for ESFI and OneGigaFiber has come onboard as “Internet Gaming Partner” for NESC2019.

This year’s World Championship will happen at VSG Arena, Seoul, Korea in the month of December this year, with support of Ministry of Sports Culture and Tourism, Korea. Korea has been the Mecca for Esports.