{"id":15637,"date":"2023-05-24T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/?post_type=news-sport&#038;p=15637"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:24:39","slug":"chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023","status":"publish","type":"news-sport","link":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILE&#8217;S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Miami, USA (May 24, 2023)<\/strong> <strong>\u2013<\/strong> America\u2019s premier multisport event \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/santiago2023.org\/en\">Santiago 2023 Pan American Games<\/a> \u2013 will feature a new attraction this October. Chile\u2019s capital Santiago is set to welcome the best athletes of the Americas, competing in 39 sports, as well as esports athletes in two top esports titles \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.konami.com\/efootball\/en\/\">eFootball\u2122 2023<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dota2.com\/home\">Dota 2<\/a> \u2013 at the inaugural Pan American Esports Championships (#PEC23).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalesports.org\/\">Global Esports Federation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/\">Panam Sports<\/a> confirm the staging of #PEC23 at the National Stadium Sports Park in Santiago, Chile. Both Open and Women categories competitions will be staged alongside the sports program of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. This allows esports athletes and teams to also compete for national glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first Pan American Esports Championships in Santiago 2023 will be a spectacular event that brings together our #worldconnected community, fans, and new friends who are unfamiliar with this fascinating world of esports and gaming,\u201d said <strong>Paul J. Foster, CEO of GEF<\/strong>. \u201cWe are working together with Panam Sports to deliver an unforgettable experience for the athletes and spectators who will attend this innovative digital festival of sport and entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neven Ilic, President of Panam Sports<\/strong> expressed, \u201cThe Pan American Esports Championships gives us the opportunity to engage a new generation of youth through an activity that they are passionate about and that is trending globally. Spectators who attend the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games at the National Stadium will get to experience a showcase of innovation as well as the high-level esports competition that will highlight some of the best esports athletes from our continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GEF #worldconnected community continues to flourish and grow with a diverse, exciting lineup of global events on the horizon. The Pan American Esports Championships in Santiago, the European Esports Championships in Poland, and the Riyadh 2023 Global Esports Games in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are connected by the mission to convene the best in the world of esports, and they showcase the diversity and passion of #worldconnected.<\/p>\n<p>From the Americas, Europe, Asia through Africa and Oceania, the GEF is committed to promoting and celebrating esports and is proud to see its community represented in all corners of the world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2023-05-24-a-las-10.07.19-1160x766.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15638 size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1160\" height=\"766\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15638 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2023-05-24-a-las-10.07.19-1160x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1160\" height=\"766\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, USA (May 24, 2023) \u2013 America\u2019s premier multisport event \u2013 the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15642,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news_sports":[147,69,67],"class_list":["post-15637","news-sport","type-news-sport","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_sports-esports","news_sports-press-releases","news_sports-santiago-2023"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CHILE&#039;S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHILE&#039;S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Miami, USA (May 24, 2023) \u2013 America\u2019s premier multisport event \u2013 the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Panam Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-08T18:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"539\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/\",\"name\":\"CHILE'S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-24T14:48:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-08T18:24:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":539},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CHILE&#8217;S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Panam Sports\",\"description\":\"Home\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CHILE'S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CHILE'S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports","og_description":"Miami, USA (May 24, 2023) \u2013 America\u2019s premier multisport event \u2013 the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/","og_site_name":"Panam Sports","article_modified_time":"2023-06-08T18:24:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":539,"url":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/","url":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/","name":"CHILE'S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023 - Panam Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-05-24T14:48:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-08T18:24:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-18-at-16.57.52-e1684939777696.jpeg","width":960,"height":539},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/chiles-national-stadium-to-host-historic-pan-american-esports-championships-at-santiago-2023\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CHILE&#8217;S NATIONAL STADIUM TO HOST HISTORIC PAN AMERICAN ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTIAGO 2023"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/","name":"Panam Sports","description":"Home","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-sport\/15637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-sport"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-sport"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_sports","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_sports?post=15637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}