Esailing World Championship

Esailing World Championship
Tournament information
Established2018
Number of
tournaments
Annual
Administrator(s)World Sailing
Websiteesailing-wc.com

Esailing World Championship (ESWC)

The Esailing World Championship is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognized by World Sailing the main sports governing body. Esailing consist on 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 5 esport disciplines selected by the International Olympic Committee for the Olympics Virtual Series(OVS).

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]

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.

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 esport.

The Offshore Race was a race from Rio to Tokyo.

The Inshore Series featured three action-fueled events which each crowned a winner and runner ups. 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.[8][9]

Laser - 25 May 2021
BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
Laser "Havuc" - Kaan Mazlumca (TUR) Mike O'Donovan (GBR) Tim Carpentier (FRA)[10]

49er - 6 June 2021
BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
49er Lukas Mohr (DEN) Arhur Farley (GBR) Tangi Le Goff (FRA)[11]

Nacra - 23 June 2021
BoatWinner2nd3rdNotes
Nacra Arhur Farley (GBR) Bart Lambriex (NED) Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP)[12][13]

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. 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  6. "eSailing World Championship 2020". sailranks.com.
  7. "eSailing World Championship 2021". sailranks.com.
  8. "IOC makes landmark move into virtual sports by announcing first-ever Olympic Virtual Series". olympics.com.
  9. "Olympic Virtual Series: Premiere for esports at the 2021 Olympics". ispo.com.
  10. "OVS SAILING EVENT / LASER FINAL". sailranks.com.
  11. "OVS SAILING EVENT / 49er FINAL". sailranks.com.
  12. "OVS SAILING EVENT / Nacra 17 FINAL". sailranks.com.
  13. "Olympic Virtual Series: What a Grand Finale it was". olympics.com.
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