SING A P O RE E S P OR T S

HOW IS ESPORTS CLASSIFIED IN SINGAPORE?

ESPORTS HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED A SPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SINGAPORE JUST LIKE THE UK.
ALTHOUGH, THERE IS A DESIGNATED GOVERNING BODY (SGEA) WHICH IS PART OF THE SINGAPORE
NATIONAL OLYMPIC COUNCIL (SNOC). THIS MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH NOT CLASSIFIED AS A SPORT, IT IS
RECOGNISED AS A CREDIBLE ACTIVITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
ESPORTS IN SINGAPORE ALSO HAS MULTIPLE ACADEMY PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS OF ALL
AGE MUCH LIKE THE UK.
SINGAPORE IS ALSO HOME TO MANY OF THE COMPANIES THAT OWN THE GAMES PARTICIPATING IN
ESPORTS COMPETITIONS AROUND THE WORLD. COMPANIES SUCH AS RIOT GAMES AND UBISOFT ARE
BASED IN SINGAPORE.
 WHAT NATIONAL BODIES / ORGANISATIONS ARE IN
SINGAPORE?
THE SINGAPORE ESPORTS ASSOCIATION (SGEA) IS THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR ESPORTS IN SINGAPORE AND IS
THE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION (NSA) FOR ESPORTS. NSA ACTS AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR SPORTS IN
SINGAPORE.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SGEA IS PART OF THE SINGAPORE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COUNCIL. THIS MEANS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE’S ANTI DOPING RULES ALSO APPLY TO THE COMPETITION RULES OF THE SINGAPORE ESPORTS
ASSOCIATION.
IN ADDITION, THE GLOBAL ESPORTS FEDERATION (GEF), FOUNDED IN 2019, IS BASED IN SINGAPORE AND IS ONE OF THE TWO
LEADING ESPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE WORLD. THE GEF IS THE ASSOCIATION THAT IS HOSTING THE ISTANBUL 2022
COMPETITION ASWELL AS PLANNING TO HOST ANOTHER WORLD WIDE TOURNAMENT IN 2023 KNOWN AS RIYADH 2023
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ESPORTS GAME IN
SINGAPORE?
THE MOST POPULAR GAME IN ESPORTS IN
SINGAPORE IS DOTA 2. IT IS REPRESENTED BY 13
ESPORT TEAMS THAT HAVE WON $378,516 IN PRIZE
MONEY EARNINGS.

DOTA 2 IS A 10 PLAYER GAME (5V5) WITH THE AIM

TO BREAK THE OPPOSING TEAMS’ STRUCTURES.
(SIMILAR TO LEAGUE OF LEGENDS).

JUST UNDER HALF OF THE PRIZE MONEY WAS EARNED

BY THE MOST POPULAR ESPORTS TEAM FOR DOTA 2.
WHO IS THE MOST POPULAR ESPORTS TEAM IN
SINGAPORE
THE MOST POPULAR ESPORTS TEAM AND MOST SUCCESSFUL
IN SINGAPORE IS SCYTHE GAMING. IN TOTAL THE TEAM HAS
EARNED $153,705 IN PRIZE MONEY WON FROM 6
TOURNAMENTS
THE TEAM HAS WON $1321 ON DOTA BETWEEN THE
ROSTER. WHICH IS 0.86% OF THEIR SUMMARY. HOWEVER,
SCYPTHE GAMING HAS WON $152,384 IN PRIZE MONEY IN
DOTA 2. WHICH IS 99.14% OF THEIR EARNINGS.
SCYTHE GAMING IS RANKED 59TH AMONG
777 DOTA 2 TEAMS WORLDWIDE.
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DOES SINGAPORE HOST ANY ESPORTS EVENTS?

SINGAPORE HOSTED THE GARENA FREE
FIRE WORLD 2021 WHICH HOST 18
TEAMS FROM 10 REGIONAL SERIES. THIS
WAS HELD IN SINGAPORE VENUE
MARINA WHICH TOOK PLACE FORM
28/05/2021 TILL 30/05/2021. THE
PRIZE POOL FOR THIS WAS AROUND
$2,000,000 USD.
ONE ESPORTS SINGAPORE MAJOR WAS
THE FIRST MAJOR DOTA PRO CIRCUIT.
THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST REGIONAL
EVENT IN OVER A YEAR FOLLOWING THE
LOCKDOWN. THE TEAM CONSISTED OF
EIGHTEEN TEAMS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD WITH A PRIZE POOL OF
$500,000 USD.
 HOW IS THE ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE OF
SINGAPORE'S ESPORTS DIFFERENT TO THE UK?
SINGAPORE WAS THE GLOBAL GOVERNING BODY FOR THE E-SPORTS AND WAS LAUNCH ON
DECEMBER 16 2019 . THE HEADQUARTERED IN SINGAPORE WAS SETUP TO HELP COLLABORATE
AND GROW E-SPORTS, ACT AS A FORUM TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE AND THE AUTHORITY FOR
INTERNATIONAL E-SPORTS COORDINATION.

THE BRITISH ESPORTS ASSOCIATION (SET UP ON 21 MARCH 2016) IS THE NATIONAL BODY FOR
ESPORTS AND WAS THERE GRASSROOTS ESPORTS SCENE TO HELP PROVIDE AN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO NATURE FUTURE TALENT. THEY NO INTERACTION WITH THE
GOVERNMENT.