The First ever Korea-Arab e-Sports Tournament to be held in Seoul

This year’s Arab Cultural Festival is to be held as the first ever Korea-Arab eSports Tournament in Seoul which is hosted by Korea-Arab Society(KAS) and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Korea e-Sports Association and Krafton. Arab Cultural Festival is an annual festival that has been held by KAS since 2008. It aims to strengthen mutual cultural exchange between Korea and the Arab world.

This year, with the great popularity of eSports among young generation, and as the eSport category was officially selected at this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, KAS invited five Arab teams to have a friendly game with a Korean team to expand Korea-Arab cultural exchange in the e-sports field. 

The ROX  team will participate as the Korean representative, and the five Arab teams will include 'Team Falcons’, ‘Team Jordan’, ‘NASR Esports’, ‘Virtual Gaming Squad’, and  ‘Xenon' . The Arab team consisted of 26 players from Arab countries, including Jordan, Kuwait Libya, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. 

The tournament will be livestreamed on the Krafton’s official YouTube channel(@PUBG MOBILE Esports KR) in Korean as well as via an Egyptian game influencer(@Momo Gamer) YouTube channel in Arabic. 

▶ PUBG Mobile Esports Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pubgmesportskr

▶ Egyptian gaming influencer’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MomoGamer74

- Dates and Time: (Wed) 15 Nov / Time: 17:00~20:30

- Venue: VSG Arena (B1F, Icon Yeok Sam, Teheran-ro 44gil 8, Gangnam-gu, Seoul)

- Entry: Free

- Hosted by Korea-Arab Society

- Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Korea e-Sports Association and Krafton

To attend the tournament: Please click here to register in advance.

*For those who visit and watch the tournament on-site, we will present e a souvenir.