On the 24th, the '2026 Asian Esports Championships Asia 2026 (ECA 2026), hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and co-hosted by the Korea Esports Association, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Jinju City, opened.


On the morning of the 24th, fighting games (Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, The King of Fighters XV) were played. Representatives of Korea included Lee Kwang-no in The King of Fighters
As a result of the preliminary round, Korea and Japan, which are strong in fighting games, easily advanced to the finals. The first set was played with Street Fighter 6. In the match between Yeon Je-gil and Kojiro Higuchi, Yeon Je-gil, who chose Viper, lost to Kojiro Higuchi's Guile, and Japan won the first game. In the second set played in The King of Fighters
However, Jaemin 'Knee' Bae lost again in the 3rd set, and Gwangno Lee won again in the 4th set in The King of Fighters However, since Korea was the first country to rise to first place in the preliminary round, there was one more opportunity.

The first set of the bracket reset final was played with Tekken 8. Korea started off at 0:1 with Bae Jae-min being completely defeated. The second set was a king-off match, and Lee Gwang-no won this time, showing a clear difference in skill in the king-off match. However, he lost again in the 3rd set of Street Fighter 6, and the 4th set was Tekken 8. Both players fought tightly and the score was 2:2, but in the end, Japan won, and Japan won the fighting game event.