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Established | 2018 |
Number of tournaments | Annual |
Administrator(s) | World Sailing |
Website | esailing-wc |
The Esailing World Championship is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognised by World Sailing the main sports governing body. The contract to run the event was given to a private company, Virtual Regatta that had amassed ten of thousand of sailors playing Offshore sailing routing game following major offshore races in real time.
Year | Finals Location | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Discipline | Notes |
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2018 | Sarasota, Florida | ![]() |
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Inshore Fleet Racing | [1][2] |
2019 | Bermuda | ![]() |
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2020 | Virtual | ![]() |
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2021 | Virtual | ![]() |
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During the Spring 2021, The Olympics Virtual Series where held. For the first time, 5 esports disciplines organized esport Competition under the Olympic realm.
Esailing being one of the 5 selected esport. the Inshore Series featured three action-fueled events which each crowned a winner and runner ups. The three events were split into three boat types; the 49’er, Laser and Nacra 17, and took place on the shores of Kiel, Rio de Janeiro and Marseille.[8][9]
Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
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Laser | ![]() |
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Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
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49er | ![]() |
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Boat | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
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Nacra | ![]() |
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