On September 20, the Thai Electronic Sports Federation (TESF) has just received a notice of eSports recognized as the official sport. Tesf also shared the article of Royal Gazette (Journal published on the law and regulations of the Thai government) on his official page. This is considered a big step for the Esports industry in this Southeast Asian country.
Not only recognized, eSports in Thailand also has the right to reach potential sponsors, national titles, promoted and supported to organize events, organizations as well as other associations related to eSports. On the other hand, eSports teams and athletes will also have the opportunity to receive funding from sports and sports funds of Thailand.
According to ThaiererEsports ranked 14th in official sports recognized in Thailand. Meanwhile, TESF is a Thai eSports management agency based in Bangkok, and has hosted and organized a series of large and small tournaments in Southeast Asia. Typically Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 2020, where Tesf invited Razer and Samsung Galaxy as partners.
In recent years, eSports in Thailand has grown dramatically, especially in mobile games and FPS. After the success of the League of Legends Bangkok Titans (once attending the Worlds 2015), Thailand's League of Legends suddenly decided and no longer received much investment as before. In return, Thailand began to focus on Lien Lien Mobile, speed as well as PUBG PC and PUBG Mobile.
In addition, Valorant is also a popular game in Thailand. In the Masters 2 international tournament in Reykjavik, Thailand had a representative to compete with the world's leading teams, X10 Esports. In addition, with Team Secret (formerly Bren Esports) did not have enough accumulated points, the X10 Esports was eligible to attend the World Valorant World Finals in December.
