Indian esports athletes aim to make a great start in 13th World Championships

Aiming to make a great start and questing for national pride, with a chance to get hands-on a whopping prize pool of USD 50,000, Indian esports athletes are proudly representing the country at the ongoing 13th Esports World Championship Finals.

Indian esports athletes are proudly representing the country at the ongoing 13th Esports World Championship Finals. (Image Credit: Twitter)
By Arnab Mukherji | Nov 17, 2021 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Aiming to make a great start and questing for national pride, with a chance to get hands-on a whopping prize pool of USD 50,000, Indian esports athletes are proudly representing the country at the ongoing 13th Esports World Championship Finals, which is scheduled from 14th to 20th November, in Israel. Being one of the first non-virtual Esports events since the pandemic, the Israeli city of Eilat is set to play host as it welcomes 500 Esports athletes from 85 nations travelling for the illustrious fixture. The prestigious event has four official games titles included, which are DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Tekken 7, and eFootball™️ 2022 along with one promoted title, Audition. The Asian nations competing at 13th IESF Esports World Championship are Republic of Korea, Mongolia, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.The broadcast schedule for the competition can be found on the IESF World Championship official website and social media channels, while the broadcast will be streamed live on IESF’s Twitch channel, as well as its official website.

Here are the details and schedule of the Indian representations.

TEAM INDIA SCHEDULE

Gaming Category: CSGO

Today’s Schedule (November 16, 2021)

Format:
Preliminaries: Round Robin, 4 groups of up to 4 teams, top 2 advance
Playoffs: 6-team Double Elimination
Total Participating Countries: 11
India placed in Group B with Sweden, Kosovo, Namibia
Indian Team: Skipper Ritesh Sarda, Shuvajyoti Chakraborty, Anshul Adarkar, Hrishikesh Shenoy and Ninad Sonare
Today’s Opponents:

India vs Namibia (4pm IST)- India defeated Namibia
India vs Sweden (6 pm IST)
India vs Kosovo (8pm IST)

Remaining Day’s Schedule

November 17: Remaining preliminaries
November 18: Knock-out

Tekken 7
Today’s Schedule (November 16, 2021)

Format:
Preliminaries: Round Robin, 4 groups of up to 5 teams, top 4 advance
Playoffs: 16-player Single Elimination with Bronze Match
Total Participating Countries: 20
India placed in Group 3 with Poland, Nigeria, Venezuela and Belgium
Indian Team: Hitesh Khorwal aka rcool

Today’s Opponents
India vs Poland (5 pm IST)
India vs Nigeria ( (6 pm IST)
India vs Venezuela (7 pm IST)
India vs Belgium (8pm IST)
Remaining Day’s Schedule
November 17: Remaining preliminaries
November 18: Knock-out

PES
Today’s Schedule (November 16, 2021)
Format:
Preliminaries: Round Robin, 4 groups of up to 6 teams, top 2 advance
Playoffs: 8-player Single Elimination with Bronze Match
Total Participating Countries: 24
India placed in Group 1 with South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Philippines and Italy
Indian Team: Hemanth Kommu aka peshemak7

Today’s Opponents
India vs South Korea (8:30 pm IST)
India vs Philippines (10pm IST)
Remaining Day’s Schedule
November 17, 2021
India vs Spain (5:50 pm IST)
India vs Italy (7 pm IST)
India vs Turkey (8.30 pm IST)
November 18: Knock-out

ESFI joins hands with MPL Sports Foundation and Power as sponsors for the Indian Team

In a major boost for the esports ecosystem in India, MPL Sports Foundation and the international sport wear brand from Bata, POWER has joined hands with Esports Federation of India (ESFI) to support the Indian Team participating in the Finals of the 13th Esports World Championship in Israel. Competing for national pride and a prize pool of USD 50,000, the multi-game event will feature four official games titles including DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Tekken 7 and eFootball™ 2022 and one promoted title, Audition. The Championship starting from November 16-20 will see a seven member Indian team competing in three gaming categories.