Esailing World Championship Explained

Esailing World Championship
Number:Annual
Established:2018
Administrator:World Sailing
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The Esailing World Championship (ESWC) is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognized by World Sailing the main sports governing body. Esailing consists of real time regatta simulation via video game. The video game support of the competition since 2018 is provided by the French company Virtual Regatta. Esailing is also one of the esport disciplines selected by the International Olympic Committee for the Olympics Esports Weeks (OEW) and Olympics Virtual Series (OVS).

Esailing World Championship - Results

Year Finals Location Winner 2nd 3rdDiscipline Notes
2018 Inshore Fleet Racing [1] [2]
2019 [3] [4]
2020 Virtual [5] [6]
2021 Virtual [7]
2022 (7 January 2023)[8]
2023 [9] [10]
2024 [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team Esailing World Championship - nations'Cup

Since 2020, the Esailing Team World Championship are also organized among supporting national federations of World Sailing. The team from won the first edition, followed by the team from in 2021 and 2022 and the team from in 2023

Esailing Nations Medal Scoreboard

Ranking of nation by medal obtained in Esailing World Championships from World Sailing

Country - federation Gold Silver Bronze ESWC participants
5
  • 2018 "L1" - Elouan Le coq (FRA)
  • 2021 France- Nation Cup
  • 2022  "AlexK RS" - ALexandre Kowalski (FRA)
  • 2022 France- Nation Cup
  • 2023  "UOL Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA)
3
  • 2018  "Epicure" - O. Chapuis (FRA)
  • 2019  "Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA)
  • 2023 France- Nation Cup
2
  • 2021 "MCES Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA)
  • 2023 "UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA)
18
  • 3 (2018)
  • 3 (2019)
  • 2 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
  • 2 (2022)
  • 4 (2023)
  • 2 (2024)
2
  • 2020 Great Britain - Nation Cup
  • 2024  "F7 RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR)
4
  • 2021 Great Britain - Nation Cup
  • 2022 Great Britain - Nation Cup
  • 2022  "Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR)
  • 2023  "Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR)
1
  • 2020  "Déjà Vu" - Mike O'Donovan (GBR)
7
  • 2 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
  • 1 (2022)
  • 1 (2023)
  • 1 (2024)
2
  • 2020 Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP)
  • 2021 UOL Carlos Parejo (ESP)
2
  • 2020  CNS - Ramón Parejo (ESP)
  • 2020 Spain- Nation Cup
1
  • 2022 Spain- Nation Cup
8
  • 1 (2018)
  • 3 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
  • 2 (2024)
2
  • 2019  "Velista71" - Filippo Lanfranchi (ITA)
  • 2023 Italie Nation Cup
3
  • 2018  Alessandro Merlino (ITA)
  • 2019  Luca Coslovich (ITA)
  • 2021 Italie Nation Cup
10
  • 2 (2018)
  • 2 (2019)
  • 1 (2021)
  • 3 (2022)
  • 1 (2023)
  • 1 (2024)
2
  • 2021  "VIT Chico" - Francisco Pinheiro de Melo (POR)
  • 2024  "ChicoPmelo" - Francisco Pinheiro de Melo (POR)
2
  • 1 (2021)
  • 1 (2024)
2
  • 2023 Japan - Nation Cup
  • 2024 "FUNe KG-R" - Toshiki Kogure (JPN)
6
  • 1 (2021)
  • 3 (2023)
  • 2 (2024)
1 5
  • 1 (2019)
  • 2 (2022)
  • 2 (2023)
3
  • 1 (2018)
  • 1 (2019)
  • 1 (2020)
2
  • 1 (2021)
  • 1 (2022)
1
  • 1 (2018)
1
  • 1 (2020)
1
  • 1 (2022)
1
  • 1 (2023)
1
  • 1 (2024)
1
  • 1 (2024)
1
  • 1 (2024)

Olympics Virtual Series (OVS) Esailing Champions

During the Spring 2021, The Olympics Virtual Series where held. For the first time, 5 esports disciplines organized esport Competition under the Olympic realm.

Esailing being one of the 5 selected esports.

The Inshore Series featured three action-fueled events which each crowned a winner and runners-up. The three events were split into three boat types; the 49’er, Laser and Nacra 17, and took place on the shores of Kiel, Rio de Janeiro and Marseille.[15] [16]

Nacra - 23 June 2021

The Offshore Race was a race from Rio to Tokyo.

Olympics Esports Week (OEW) - Esailing - Singapore 2023

As a follow-up to 2021's Olympic Virtual Series, the IOC and the Singapore National Olympic Council held the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in Singapore in June 2023. Several Sports Games were part of the event including esailing whose finale was held on 23 June. [21] [22]

2024 America's Cup Eseries

In September 2024, The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has entered into esport with AC Sailing and the first-ever esport AC championship.

The competition consisted of six weekly online qualifier rounds, with the winners earning their spot in the America’s Cup e-Series Grand Final.

Two additional wild-card players joined the live final held on September 28th in Barcelona. The final saw the victory of Liam Dimock | EsailingCentral from New Zealand after 5 contested Races, bringing home the trophy and 25000€ cash prize.[25] [26] [27]

The competition was held using the America Cup sailing simulator, developed by Team New Zeland[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L1 wins eSailing World Championship title. sailing.org.
  2. Web site: eSailing World Championship 2018 . sailranks.com.
  3. Web site: Velista71 wins eSailing World Championship title. sailing.org.
  4. Web site: eSailing World Championship 2019 . sailranks.com.
  5. Web site: Spain's Joan Cardona clinches 2020 eSailing World Championship title. sailing.org. 7 November 2020. 8 November 2020.
  6. Web site: eSailing World Championship 2020 . sailranks.com.
  7. Web site: eSailing World Championship 2021 . sailranks.com.
  8. Web site: Esailing World Championship 2022 Finale . sailranks.com.
  9. Web site: Esailing World Championship 2023 Finale . sailranks.com.
  10. Web site: 2023 eSailing World Champion crowned at the 55th Barcolana in Trieste, Italy . sailing.org.
  11. Web site: Esailing World Championship 2024 Finale . sailranks.com.
  12. Web site: Stockholm ready for 2024 eSailing World Championship Grand Final showdown. sailing.org.
  13. Web site: So Farley, So Good. sailing.org.
  14. Web site: Farley's cancer treatment led to esailing success.
  15. Web site: IOC makes landmark move into virtual sports by announcing first-ever Olympic Virtual Series . olympics.com.
  16. Web site: Olympic Virtual Series: Premiere for esports at the 2021 Olympics . ispo.com.
  17. Web site: OVS SAILING EVENT / LASER FINAL. sailranks.com.
  18. Web site: OVS SAILING EVENT / 49er FINAL. sailranks.com.
  19. Web site: OVS SAILING EVENT / Nacra 17 FINAL . sailranks.com.
  20. Web site: Olympic Virtual Series: What a Grand Finale it was . olympics.com.
  21. News: Athletes gear up for the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in Singapore . The Straits Times. 21 June 2023 . Kwek . Kimberly .
  22. Web site: Olympic Esports Finals 2023: Virtual Regatta finalists confirmed . olympics.com.
  23. Web site: Olympic Esports Series 2023: Tim "UOL Pepitõ" Carpentier wins Virtual Regatta inshore sailing event. olympics.com.
  24. Web site: Olympic Esports Week Esailing Final. sailranks.com.
  25. Web site: AMERICA’S CUP E-SERIES. americascup.com.
  26. Web site: Kiwi teens finish 1-2 to claim fat cheques in America’s Cup E-Series Grand Final. stuff.co.nz.
  27. Web site: America’s Cup: Auckland duo top podium in e-Series for big paydays and chance at sailing AC40 in Barcelona. nzherald.co.nz.
  28. Web site: AC Sailing . steampowered.com.
  29. Web site: America's cup E-Series Live Final. sailranks.com.

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