Olympic Esports Series 2023

The Olympic Esports Series 2023 was the inaugural Esports event organized by the , in collaboration with the . The event comprised of seven esports, with appearing as the dancing event in collaboration with the . The event was the first international tournament since the World Cup, which was last held in 2019. The event took place from June 22 to 25, 2023, at the , with the competition having taken place on June 23.
==Background==
The event was announced on March 1, 2023.https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-announces-olympic-esports-series-2023 The following sports and games were featured in the event:
*Archery (World Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow)
*Baseball (World Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS)
*Chess (International Chess Federation, Chess.com)
*Cycling (UCI, Zwift)
*Dance (World DanceSport Federation, )
*Motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Gran Turismo)
*Sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta)
*Sport shooting (International Shooting Sport Federation, Fortnite)https://olympics.com/en/news/sport-shooting-competition-fortnite-olympic-esports-series-2023
*Taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Virtual Taekwondo)
*Tennis (International Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash)
==Finalists==
Unlike previous events, there were no large-scale public qualifications. Instead, competitors were picked from previous World Cup competitors. The exceptions to this were the Chinese representative, who competed in a separate Chinese event, and the Singaporean representative, who was chosen based on her "performance in previous online competitions."https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/just-dance-no-longer-just-a-hobby-for-singapore-s-representative-at-olympic-esports-week
The competitors were announced on June 5, 2023.https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/just-dance/2023/news-updates/5xyBqvpF7AXZiPjOK9k7As/presenting-the-eight-participants-of-the-just-dance-competition-for-the-olympic-esports-series-2023
The following people competed in the event.
Name 	Tag 	Country
Amandine Morisset 	TheFairyDina	France
Diego Dos Santos Silva	Diegho San 	Brazil
Aleksanteri Landström 	TheAllu 	Finland
Antonino Pomilia 	JustNino 	Italy
Joseph Cordero 	Aazzlano 	United States of America
Adithiyan Armstrong 	Arms73 	India
Fang Yuesi 	Elsie Fang 	People's Republic of China
Siti Zhywee Ramle 	Zhywee 	Singapore
==Judges==
The following Ubisoft employees served as judges for the event.
*Estelle Manas, Choreograph Director
*Benjamin Jouffret, Costume Director
*Matthew Tomkinson, Creative Director
==Results==
The event took place on June 23, 2023, day two of the larger event. The competitors were randomly placed into a bracket where they faced each other one-on-one.https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-esports-finals-2023-just-dance-finalists-confirmed The quarter-finals consist of one song each, while the semi-finals and the final round were best of three. A third-place match was going to consist of one song, but this was canceled as Aleksanteri "TheAllu" Landström conceded due to health issues.
The winner was Amandine "TheFairyDina" Morisset from France, with Joseph "Aazzlano" Cordero from the United States and Antonino "JustNino" Pomilia from Italy rounding out the top three.https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-esports-series-2023-amandine-thefairydina-morisset-wins-just-dance-event
==Trivia==
*Scoring was initially one of the factors that could influence the results of the competition, but it was ultimately left out due to the Joy-Cons disconnecting several times during the event.
*In the YouTube short "Favourite Things with #OlympicEsportsSeries Finalists", Diegho, Dina, and Elsie chose If You Wanna Party as their favorite song from the competition, despite the routine not being played at the competition.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CTw0S2JB2Q4
==Gallery==
Olympics dance promo.jpg|Dance category logo
Olympics finalist header.png|Finalist header
Olympics finalist list.jpg|Finalist list
Olympics pic 1.jpg|Contestants at the event playing More
Olympics pic 2.jpg|Judges at the event
Olympics pic 3.jpg|Contestants at the event
Olympics pic 4.jpg|Contestants at the event
Olympics winners.webp|Winners
==Videos==
Everything You Need to Know about Olympic Esports! - -OlympicEsportsSeries
Just Dance! Everything You Need to Know about Olympic Esports! - -OlympicEsportsSeries
Head 2️⃣ head with two stars, Coni and Soni! 🤝
Olympic Esports Series 2023 - Trailer - Just Dance
🔴 Just Dance - LIVE Olympic Esport Series FINALS!
JUST DANCE x OLYMPIC ESPORT SERIES
We've got to talk about this vid from our finalists at the -OlympicEsportsSeries 🕺
Favourite Things with -OlympicEsportsSeries Finalists
Olympic Esports Series 2023 - Aftermovie - Just Dance
Our -OlympicEsportsSeries Finalists show us their signature move
==References==
Category:Just Dance Events