{"id":18292,"date":"2023-11-03T08:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/?post_type=news-sport&#038;p=18292"},"modified":"2023-11-03T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:17","slug":"tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports","status":"publish","type":"news-sport","link":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"TENSION AND EXCITEMENT IN THE FIRST DAY OF ESPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The first Pan American Esports Championship began, where athletes played eFootball and Dota 2 simultaneously.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first day of the Pan American Esports Championship was full of excitement from the audience and competitive matchups in the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s group stages of the Dota 2 and eFootball games. Despite the simultaneous matches, athletes are excited about the opportunity and are comfortable, anticipating days of excitement in the world of esports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Dota 2, teams faced off in the group stage, including Peru against Venezuela, Argentina against Cuba, Colombia against Costa Rica and Ecuador against Chile. In the eFootball group stage, 24 countries participated, excluding Chile, which has already qualified for the quarterfinals. The finals are scheduled for November 3 and 4 and will be broadcast live on the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/panamsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panam Sports Channel.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eFootball matches are one-on-one, with each player accompanied by their coach. The matches were held in groups A to F, where each country secured a spot in the quarterfinals by winning two out of the three matches to be played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The tournament atmosphere is very nice. Everything, with the screens, the lights, the stage, the TVs in the background to broadcast the matches, creates a very nice atmosphere. As for the match itself, it was very tough. I drew the two matches and won twice in penalties,&#8221; said Lautaro Rais, an eFootball athlete from the Argentine delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Dota 2, teams compete in five-on-five matches, also best of three, with a 10-minute break between games. The atmosphere was more lively than in the previous game, with more people supporting the local athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I was really comfortable because normally, when you go somewhere else to play, you bring your own devices. Here, they provide all the accessories, and they are quite comfortable. I adapted well, but I&#8217;m not sure about the others. At least my teammates have told me that everything has been very good,&#8221; said Colombia&#8217;s Leonardo Saenz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women&#8217;s matches for both games took place in the afternoon of the same day. In eFootball, eight countries played, including Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. In Dota 2, six countries participated, including Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Peru and Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am happy because women were taken into account for this important event, the Pan American Esports. I have very good feelings for the future and my future in this competition, so I am very happy,&#8221; said Paraguay&#8217;s athlete Ver\u00f3nica Chavez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by Fernanda Fredes<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Pan American Esports Championship began, where athletes played eFootball and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18277,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news_sports":[147,141,102,67],"class_list":["post-18292","news-sport","type-news-sport","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_sports-esports","news_sports-games","news_sports-panam-sports-channel","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>TENSION AND EXCITEMENT IN THE FIRST DAY OF ESPORTS - 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\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TENSION AND EXCITEMENT IN THE FIRST DAY OF ESPORTS - Panam Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first Pan American Esports Championship began, where athletes played eFootball and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Panam Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/esports-hp.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"686\" \/>\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\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/\",\"name\":\"TENSION AND EXCITEMENT IN THE FIRST DAY OF ESPORTS - Panam Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/esports-hp.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T14:23:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/en\\\/news-sport\\\/tension-and-excitement-in-the-first-day-of-esports\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/esports-hp.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.panamsports.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/esports-hp.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":686,\"caption\":\"The Opening Ceremony during the Pan American Esports Games in Santiago, Chile. 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