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.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2018 |
Number of tournaments | Annual |
| Administrator | World Sailing |
| Website | www |
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
edit| Year | Finals Location | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Discipline | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sarasota, Florida |  "L1" - Elouan Le coq (FRA) |
"Epicure" - O. Chapuis (FRA) |
 Alessandro Merlino (ITA) |
Inshore Fleet Racing | [1][2] |
| 2019 | Bermuda | "Velista71" - Filippo Lanfranchi (ITA) |
"Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA) |
Luca Coslovich (ITA) |
[3][4] | |
| 2020 | Virtual |  Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP) |
CNS - Ramón Parejo (ESP) |
 "Déjà Vu" - Mike O'Donovan (GBR) |
[5][6] | |
| 2021 | Virtual | UOL Carlos Parejo (ESP) |
 "VIT Chico" - Francisco Pinheiro de Melo (POR) |
"MCES Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA) |
[7] | |
| 2022 (7 January 2023) | Alicante | "AlexK RS" - ALexandre Kowalski (FRA) |
"Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR) |
 Bart Lambriex (NED) |
[8] | |
| 2023 | Trieste | "UOL Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA) |
"Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR) |
"UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA) |
[9] | |
| 2024 | Stockholm | "F7 RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR) |
"ChicoPmelo" - Francisco Pinheiro de Melo (POR) |
 "FUNe KG-R" - Toshiki Kogure (JPN) |
[11] |
Team Esailing World Championship - nations'Cup
editSince 2020, the Esailing Team World Championship are also organized among supporting national federations of World Sailing. The team from Great Britain (GBR) won the first edition, followed by the team from France (FRA) in 2021 and 2022 and the team from Italie (ITA) in 2023
Esailing Nations Medal Scoreboard
editRanking of nation by medal obtained in Esailing World Championships from World Sailing
| Country - federation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ESWC participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France (FRA)
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5 |
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3 |
|
2 |
|
18 |
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| Great Britain (GBR)
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2 |
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4 |
|
1 |
|
7 |
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| Spain (ESP)
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
| Italie (ITA)
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
10 |
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| Portugal (POR)
|
2 |
|
2 |
| ||||
| Japan (JPN)
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2 |
|
6 |
| ||||
| Netherlands (NED)
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1 |
|
5 |
| ||||
 Turkiye (TUR)
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3 |
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 Greece (GRE)
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2 |
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 New Zealand (NZL)
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1 |
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 Croatia (CRO)
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1 |
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 Germany (GER)
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1 |
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 Switzerland (SUI)
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1 |
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 Sweden (SWE)
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1 |
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 Poland (POL)
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1 |
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 Brasil (BRA)
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1 |
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Olympics Virtual Series (OVS) Esailing Champions
editDuring 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]
Laser - 25 May 2021
edit| Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | "Havuc" - Kaan Mazlumca (TUR) |
Mike O'Donovan (GBR) |
Tim Carpentier (FRA) |
[17] |
49er - 6 June 2021
edit| Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49er |  Lukas Mohr (DEN) |
Arhur Farley (GBR) |
Tangi Le Goff (FRA) |
[18] |
Nacra - 23 June 2021
edit| Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacra | Arhur Farley (GBR) |
Bart Lambriex (NED) |
Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP) |
[19][20] |
The Offshore Race was a race from Rio to Tokyo.
Olympics Esports Week (OEW) - Esailing - Singapore 2023
editAs 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]
| Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA) |
Cavan Fyans (GBR) |
"Magic - ChicoPMelo" Francisco Melo (POR) |
2024 America's Cup Eseries
editIn 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][28]
The competition was held using the America Cup sailing simulator game, developed & published by Emirates Team New Zealand[29]
| Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC 40 | "EsailingCentral" - Liam Dimock (NZL) |
"Booshify" Robbie Wooldridge (NZL) |
BengBengFra (FRA) |
[30] |
References
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- ^ "Esailing World Championship 2022 Finale". sailranks.com.
- ^ "Esailing World Championship 2023 Finale". sailranks.com.
- ^ "2023 eSailing World Champion crowned at the 55th Barcolana in Trieste, Italy". sailing.org.
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- ^ "So Farley, So Good". sailing.org.
- ^ "Farley's cancer treatment led to esailing success".
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- ^ "Olympic Virtual Series: Premiere for esports at the 2021 Olympics". ispo.com.
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- ^ "OVS SAILING EVENT / 49er FINAL". sailranks.com.
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- ^ Kwek, Kimberly (21 June 2023). "Athletes gear up for the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in Singapore". The Straits Times.
- ^ "Olympic Esports Finals 2023: Virtual Regatta finalists confirmed". olympics.com.
- ^ "Olympic Esports Series 2023: Tim "UOL Pepitõ" Carpentier wins Virtual Regatta inshore sailing event". olympics.com.
- ^ "Olympic Esports Week Esailing Final". sailranks.com.
- ^ "AMERICA'S CUP WRAPS UP INAUGURAL E-SERIES SEASON, CROWNING ESAILINGCENTRAL AS CHAMPION". americascup.com.
- ^ "AMERICA'S CUP E-SERIES". americascup.com.
- ^ "Kiwi teens finish 1-2 to claim fat cheques in America's Cup E-Series Grand Final". stuff.co.nz.
- ^ "America's Cup: Auckland duo top podium in e-Series for big paydays and chance at sailing AC40 in Barcelona". nzherald.co.nz.
- ^ "AC Sailing". steampowered.com.
- ^ "America's cup E-Series Live Final". sailranks.com.