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Esports recognized as an achievement sport in Indonesia

Esports recognized as an achievement sport in Indonesia

The Indonesian Ministry of Youth and Sports and the KONI (Indonesian National Sports Committee) has officially recognized esports as an achievement sport in Indonesia.

This is a big news and a positive step towards the growth of esports. It suggests that in the future esports can be included as an official sport in national sports events in Indonesia.

In this conference the Indonesian government also appointed the Indonesian Esports Managing Committee (PB ESI) as the sole institution to cover esports in Indonesia under the Indonesian National Sports Committee.

PB ESI’s vision is ‘To develop and promote a stable esport ecosystem, while Indonesia becomes the leader of esports in the Asian region.’

Esports has clearly shown its dominion by being part of Sports events like 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia and being featured as a medal sport in the 2019 SEA Games in Manila, Philippines.

Esports will also be featured as a medal sport at the 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Pattaya in Thailand.

There have been speculations of esports being included in the 2024 Olympics which will be held in Paris.

All of this hints at esports being recongnized as a sport on the international level someday in the future.

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