Esailing World Championship
Tournament information
Established2018
Number of
tournaments
Annual
AdministratorWorld Sailing
Websitewww.sailing.org/our-sport/esailing//

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.

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

YearFinals LocationWinner2nd3rdDisciplineNotes
2018Sarasota, Florida "L1" - Elouan Le coq (FRA) "Epicure" - O. Chapuis (FRA) Alessandro Merlino (ITA)Inshore Fleet Racing[1][2]
2019Bermuda "Velista71" - Filippo Lanfranchi (ITA) "Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA) Luca Coslovich (ITA)[3][4]
2020Virtual Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP) CNS - Ramón Parejo (ESP) "Déjà Vu" - Mike O'Donovan (GBR)[5][6]
2021Virtual 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]
2023Trieste "UOL Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA) "Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR) "UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA)[9]

[10]

Team Esailing World Championship - nations'Cup

Since 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

Ranking of nation by medal obtained in Esailing World Championships from World Sailing

Country - federationGoldSilverBronzeESWC participants
 France (FRA) 5
  • 2018 "L1" - Elouan Le coq (FRA)
  • 2021 France- Nation Cup
  • 2022  "AlexK RS" - ALexandre Kowalski (FRA)
  • 2022 France- Nation Cup
  • 2023  "UOL Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA)
 3
  • 2018  "Epicure" - O. Chapuis (FRA)
  • 2019  "Asere" - Tristan Peron (FRA)
  • 2023 France- Nation Cup
 2
  • 2021 "MCES Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA)
  • 2023 "UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA)
 16
  • 3 (2018)
  • 3 (2019)
  • 2 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
  • 2 (2022)
  • 4 (2023)
 Spain (ESP) 2 2
  • 2020  CNS - Ramón Parejo (ESP)
  • 2020 Spain- Nation Cup
 1
  • 2022 Spain- Nation Cup
 6
  • 1 (2018)
  • 3 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
 Italie (ITA) 2
  • 2019  "Velista71" - Filippo Lanfranchi (ITA)
  • 2023 Italie Nation Cup
 3
  • 2018  Alessandro Merlino (ITA)
  • 2019  Luca Coslovich (ITA)
  • 2021 Italie Nation Cup
 9
  • 2 (2018)
  • 2 (2019)
  • 1 (2021)
  • 3 (2022)
  • 1 (2023)
 Great Britain (GBR) 1
  • 2020 Great Britain - Nation Cup
 4
  • 2021 Great Britain - Nation Cup
  • 2022 Great Britain - Nation Cup
  • 2022  "Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR)
  • 2023  "Farley RS" - Arthur Farley (GBR)
 1
  • 2020  "Déjà Vu" - Mike O'Donovan (GBR)
 6
  • 2 (2020)
  • 2 (2021)
  • 1 (2022)
  • 1 (2023)
 Japan (JPN) 1
  • 2023 Japan - Nation Cup
 4
  • 1 (2021)
  • 3 (2023)
 Portugal (POR) 1
  • 2021  "VIT Chico" - Francisco Pinheiro de Melo (POR)
 1
  • 1 (2021)
 Netherlands (NED) 1 4
  • 1 (2019)
  • 2 (2022)
  • 2 (2023)
 Turkiye (TUR) 3
  • 1 (2018)
  • 1 (2019)
  • 1 (2020)
 Greece (GRE) 2
  • 1 (2021)
  • 1 (2022)
 New Zealand (NZL) 1
  • 1 (2018)
 Croatia (CRO) 1
  • 1 (2020)
 Germany (GER) 1
  • 1 (2022)
 Switzerland (SUI) 1
  • 1 (2023)

Olympics Virtual Series (OVS) Esailing Champions

During 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.[11][12]

Laser - 25 May 2021

BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
Laser "Havuc" - Kaan Mazlumca (TUR) Mike O'Donovan (GBR) Tim Carpentier (FRA)[13]

49er - 6 June 2021

BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
49er Lukas Mohr (DEN) Arhur Farley (GBR) Tangi Le Goff (FRA)[14]

Nacra - 23 June 2021

BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
Nacra Arhur Farley (GBR) Bart Lambriex (NED) Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP)[15][16]

The Offshore Race was a race from Rio to Tokyo.

Olympics Esports Week (OEW) - Esailing - Singapore 2023

As 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. [17] [18]

Winner2nd3rdNotes
 "UOL Pepito" - Tim Carpentier (FRA) Cavan Fyans (GBR) "Magic - ChicoPMelo" Francisco Melo (POR)

[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "L1 wins eSailing World Championship title". sailing.org.
  2. ↑ "eSailing World Championship 2018". sailranks.com.
  3. ↑ "Velista71 wins eSailing World Championship title". sailing.org.
  4. ↑ "eSailing World Championship 2019". sailranks.com.
  5. ↑ "Spain's Joan Cardona clinches 2020 eSailing World Championship title". sailing.org. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "eSailing World Championship 2020". sailranks.com.
  7. ↑ "eSailing World Championship 2021". sailranks.com.
  8. ↑ "Esailing World Championship 2022 Finale". sailranks.com.
  9. ↑ "Esailing World Championship 2023 Finale". sailranks.com.
  10. ↑ "2023 eSailing World Champion crowned at the 55th Barcolana in Trieste, Italy". sailing.org.
  11. ↑ "IOC makes landmark move into virtual sports by announcing first-ever Olympic Virtual Series". olympics.com.
  12. ↑ "Olympic Virtual Series: Premiere for esports at the 2021 Olympics". ispo.com.
  13. ↑ "OVS SAILING EVENT / LASER FINAL". sailranks.com.
  14. ↑ "OVS SAILING EVENT / 49er FINAL". sailranks.com.
  15. ↑ "OVS SAILING EVENT / Nacra 17 FINAL". sailranks.com.
  16. ↑ "Olympic Virtual Series: What a Grand Finale it was". olympics.com.
  17. ↑ Kwek, Kimberly (21 June 2023). "Athletes gear up for the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in Singapore". The Straits Times.
  18. ↑ "Olympic Esports Finals 2023: Virtual Regatta finalists confirmed". olympics.com.
  19. ↑ "Olympic Esports Series 2023: Tim "UOL Pepitõ" Carpentier wins Virtual Regatta inshore sailing event". olympics.com.
  20. ↑ "Olympic Esports Week Esailing Final". sailranks.com.
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