The ESPORTS Olympic Games were announced in 2024 as a cooperation between the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia, and the events “regularly” take place within 12 years, starting from 2025. But now it looks like this axle time. He was too bullish as Sportbusiness The report says that the event was delayed, maybe until 2027.
There are many reasons for the delay: Sportbusiness continued X That “the organizers need more time to establish a new hosting and financing model”, and game publishers are also concerned about the “strict time axis”.
So far, no matches, dates, places or qualification processes have been announced: the Olympic Essport Games website still says that “work on the selection of the city and the inaugural place of the Olympic Esports Olympic Games will begin, determining the time of the event, the game titles will be taken into account and the process of qualifications for players “.
In a statement provided PC Gamer, the International Olympic Committee refused to comment on the reported delay, saying that “the organization of the first edition of the Esports Olympic Games is in progress.”
“As announced from the very beginning, there is a need to create a new ESPORTS hosting model in the Olympic Games, which differs from the hosting model of the Olympic Games,” said the spokesman of the IOC. “The Olympic and Paralympic Committee was established and met, which includes the IOC, the Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The result was great unity.
“The organization of the Esports Olympic Games is just as significant as developing a road map to an event that will have to raise the awareness of games, promote them and engage participants. Discussions in the joint committee are still pending to make the goal to create the first E -Sports Olympic Games, a breakthrough event for both the world of E -Sports and in the Olympic movement. “
At this point, this is not official, and the Olympic Esports Games website still says that 2025 is a year, but at least it does not sound as if the work goes forward with a particularly swift clip. It is still at the beginning of the year, but at this point apparently nothing nailed, I will not be surprised if the delay is finally confirmed. We’ll let you know if and when it will happen.
