South Korea has chosen the esports coaches who will help its gamers competing within the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Video games.
Happening from September nineteenth to October 4th in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, the esports portion of the occasion sees a wide range of taking part nations compete throughout 11 titles.
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Revealed on February twelfth, the 4 chosen coaches can be answerable for deciding on 37 gamers to compete throughout 9 medal occasions. Kang Sung-hoon will spearhead South Korea’s preventing recreation efforts, recruiting gamers for Road Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and The King of Fighters XV competitions.
Elsewhere, former KT Rolster Head Coach Kang ‘Hirai‘ Dong-hoon is in control of assembling the nation’s nationwide League of Legends roster. The nation can be hoping to defend the title it received at the 2022 Asian Video games with a star-studded roster together with six-time world champion Lee ‘Faker‘ Sang-hyeok.
For PUBG Cellular, Nongshim RedForce coach Yoon Sang-hoon will decide a group to compete within the battle royale title, whereas Jung Myung-hoon will select gamers to compete in eFootball, Gran Turismo 7, and puzzle recreation Puyo Puyo Champions.
The chosen coaches will collaborate with the nationwide group to create rosters able to reaching success. South Korea will share additional particulars on the participant choice course of at a later date.
Notably, South Korea won’t area rosters in Pokémon Unite, Honor of Kings, and Cellular Legends: Bang Bang.
South Korea’s Asian Video games Success
Along with its League of Legends victory, South Korea received three different medals throughout its 2022 Asian Video games marketing campaign. The nation’s PUBG Cellular roster scored a silver medal, whereas Kwak Jun-hyouk took residence bronze within the EA Sports activities FC On-line competitors.
South Korea’s second gold medal of the Video games got here in Road Fighter 6, with Kim ‘M.Lizard‘ Gwan-woo defeating Bruce ‘GamerBee‘ Yu-lin Hsiang within the last.
With the number of coaches with loads of expertise spanning a number of genres, South Korea seems to construct on the success of the 2022 Asian Video games, with extra medals this 12 months.
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