Alisports, Olympic Council of Asia form e-sports partnership

Alisports, the sports wing of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and the Olympic Council of Asia announced a strategic partnership on Monday in Hangzhou, to bring the fast-developing e-sports or electronic sports to the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

The partners said e-sports will be added to the 2017 Ashgabat Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. At the same time, Alisports will actively participate in working with the OCA to continue market development for every sports event at the games.

E-sports is a dynamic and fast-growing sector in China and internationally.