Korea claims second straight LoL gold at Asian Games

The team completed an unbeaten tournament run after sweeping Chinese Taipei 3-0 at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.

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Korea's League of Legends team celebrates clinching its second straight gold with a 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 2.

Korea's League of Legends team swept Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the final of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 on Friday to win its second straight gold without dropping a game all tournament.

The win at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Japan, follows Korea's gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, when esports made its debut as an official medal sport.

Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok sat out the final, with Kim "Zeka" Geon-woo starting in mid. Choi "Zeus" Woo-je, Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu, Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong and Ryu "Keria" Min-seok rounded out the lineup.

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Faker, Zeus and Keria, who were also on the Hangzhou squad, now each have two Asian Games golds. Canyon, Zeka and Gumayusi earn exemptions from mandatory military service, which Korean law grants to Asian Games gold medalists.

Korea beat Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and India in the group stage and Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the semifinal.

League of Legends was Korea's last esports event of the Games, and the national team finished with five medals: two golds, one silver and two bronzes.


BY JEONG HYE-JEONG [[email protected]]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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