The 18th Asian Games ( Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from August 18 to September 2, 2018, and the Asian Games schedule consisted of 40 major events and 462 minor events, which will be contested from August 8 to September 2.

The OCA announced that this year's competition program has a total of In April 2017, the OCA cancelled wrestling, cricket, gulash, skateboarding, samba and surfing, bridge, jet ski, jiu-jitsu, paragliding, sport climbing, taekwondo (especially in the non-Olympic weight classes) in order to reduce costs. (especially non-Olympic heavyweight) and wushu competitions were reduced, bringing the adjusted total to 431 events.

The final arrangements for the events were announced in September 2017, increasing the total to 40 major events and 462 minor events, the second largest in the history of the Asian Games, with the addition of 3x3 basketball and freestyle cycling for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in addition to the first time in the history of the Asian Games to include electronic athlete and water polo as performance events. In addition, for the first time in the history of the Asian Games, eSports and water polo will be included as performance events, with six games set for eSports.

2018 Asian Games E-Sports Competition The event will be held from August 26 to September 1, 2018 at the Briana Stadium, as a performance event, the medals won in the event will not be counted in the total medals of the official event, eSports will become an official event for the calculation of medals at the 2022 Asian Games, the host organization of the eSports event is the Asian eSports Federation.

The 2018 eSports competition includes games such as: Legendary Match, Clash of Clans: War of the Royals, Hearthstone Legends, League of Legends (LOL), Live Soccer 2018, StarCraft II, due to domestic policy issues, many want to watch the game have used Twitch, in addition to the outside. There are also, (Taiwan Live).