Boban Totovsky, Secretary General of IESF, explained the reason why Indonesia is hosting the 14th Esports World Championship in 2022 or the 2022 Esports World Championship. According to him, this country is in the top ten esports markets in the world.
"Although the development of esports cannot focus on one country, Indonesia is a strong country and is able to spread education related to esports," said Boban, quoted by us from a press conference, Friday (11/3/2022).
Boban hoped that it could be one of the things that all delegates or participants brought home to their respective countries to be duplicated. Where according to him, how does Indonesia conduct training and counseling related to esports quite well.
The 2022 Esports World Championship is known to have attracted 127 countries to register. Even so, Boban said that technically, it would probably be below that number.
"Due to the limitations due to COVID-19. Then later there will be around 150 delegates, with more than 30 colleagues from the media," said Boban.
Through the meeting which was held online, Bambang Sunarwibowo, Daily Chair of PBESI, did not fail to convey his target to the Indonesian team in the 2022 Esports World Championship. In which he wants at least two to three golds to be obtained, from six match numbers.
"Of course we have to prepare everything related to athletes, coaches and officials. So that way we will be trusted in the future and we are targeting from these six, two or three we can get gold," said Bambang.
A little information, that PBESI itself has coordinated and collaborated with various parties, for the success of the 2022 Esports World Championship event. Such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf).
Coordination is also carried out with various national esports organizations and communities. To determine the various needs and fundamental interests.
Starting from the selection of games to be competed, the readiness of the location and accommodation, and the most critical thing is the preparation of the network infrastructure, to ensure the smooth running of the championship.