{"id":4094,"date":"2026-09-28T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/asian-games-2026-iran-wins-efootball-japan-takes-pokemon-unite\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:28:23","slug":"asian-games-2026-iran-wins-efootball-japan-takes-pokemon-unite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/asian-games-2026-iran-wins-efootball-japan-takes-pokemon-unite\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games 2026: Iran wins eFootball; Japan takes Pok\u00e9mon UNITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mobile esports at the 2026 Asian Games produced medal matches in eFootball and Pok\u00e9mon UNITE, with finals contested in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya as part of the Games running Sept. 19\u2013Oct. 4, 2026.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eFootball final on Sept. 23 ended with Iran defeating Malaysia 4-2 on aggregate. Iran\u2019s squad featured Hassan Pajani and Abdolfazl Aghaeinasab. Malaysia\u2019s pairing included Farush Luzman and Muhammad Hariz Hazmi Hakimin. The event used a two-player format that pairs one console player with one mobile player; the combined results determined the aggregate score.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pok\u00e9mon UNITE gold-medal match took place on Sept. 27 in a best-of-five series. Japan and Indonesia split the first two games before Japan won matches three and four to claim the title 3-1.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional mobile finals were scheduled across the week. Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile were set for Sept. 28, with PUBG Mobile continuing through Sept. 29, and Identity V scheduled for Sept. 30. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was also included among the mobile events. Organizers will award medals as each final concludes.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esports competitions ran alongside traditional sports at the Asian Games in Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture. National teams and professional players represented their countries in the phone-based events, with medals contributing to each country\u2019s overall Games tally.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran won eFootball gold over Malaysia; Japan beat Indonesia for Pok\u00e9mon UNITE gold at the Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya, Sept. 19\u2013Oct. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asian Games 2026: Iran Wins eFootball; 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