Andorra eSports

In May 2021, the Government of Andorra and Andorra Business, then known as Actua Empresa, presented a Strategic Plan to place Andorra as an international reference of electronic sports (eSports). In this way, the Principality became the second European country and fifth in the world in passing a law to regulate this sector, and the first in approving the development of a strategic plan. Since then, the Principality has organized numerous events and has achieved an exponential growth of the sector.

The second edition of the eSports City Fest fills the center of Andorra with electronic games, technology, and entertainment.

2024-10-14T10:34:30+01:0027/07/2024|

Andorra la Vella was the setting for the second edition of the Esports City Fest, the country’s most important festival of electronic games, technology, and entertainment, held on July 26 and 27 at the Congress Center and Plaça del Poble in the capital. One of the major attractions of this edition was the wide variety of international competitions featured during the event. The top eight EMEA teams in Brawl Stars competed in the ECF Andorra Invitational, with internationally recognized players and world-class teams participating. Geoguessr also had its moment with an international qualifier tournament for a spot in the Wild Card [...]

The first eSports City Talks Andorra ends with all tickets available sold out

2024-04-09T15:55:38+01:0022/02/2024|

Thursday 22 February 2024 Andorra was the stage for the first eSport City Talks, an event centered around innovation within the community of electronic sports and video games, organized by Andorra Business and Encom, and which was sold out. The event was focused around three content axes: the Integration of e-sports in urban development and as an economic engine; the innovative role of blockchain technology; and the exploring of synergies between gaming and education.The Minister for Presidency, Economy, Labor and Housing, and president of Andorra Business, Conxita Marsol, who opened the event, recalled that “for the Andorran Government it is a [...]

eSports City Talks, the event on the future of electronic sports and innovation, arrives in Andorra

2024-01-02T11:09:12+01:0019/12/2023|

Tuesday December 19th 2023 On February 22nd, Andorra la Vella will host the eSports City Talks, an event centered on innovation within the e-sports and videogames community. This day-long event will allow the confluence between students, professionals and videogame lovers from different countries so as to learn, exchange ideas and speak about the future of an industry in continuous evolution. The eSports City Talks event will be planned around three axes of content: Integration of e-sports into urban development and as an economic engine; the disruptive role of blockchain technology; and the exploration of synergies between gaming and education. In [...]

A business delegation from the country headed by Andorra Business participates in the Saló del Gaming in Barcelona

2023-12-13T10:28:53+01:0001/12/2023|

Friday December 1st 2023 The second edition of the Saló del Gaming (Saga) once again has an Andorran presence, in an event that aims to host over 5000 visitors and with an exhibition area of more than 7000 square meters. The event will run through December 3rd at the Farga de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, and Andorra Business has a space where various companies from the country related to the field of videogaming, such as Golden Haven Games, GIA Project and ANA Gaming, are presenting their work. Along with the Andorran delegation, development companies are taking part, who will present novelties [...]

Andorra Business and Andorran companies present Andorra´s potential in the electronics sports industry at the GES 2023

2023-11-27T10:21:53+01:0026/10/2023|

Thursday October 26th 2023 Andorra Business, along with various Andorran companies and entities such as theACA Club, Onalabs and Idunity, participated on Thursday October 26th, in the Global Esportainment Summit 2023 (GES 2023), the largest professional congress in Europe and Latin America on the ecosystem, culture and entertainment in electronic sports celebrated for the first time in Barcelona after having been in Madrid. The Andorran delegation presented the projects under development in the country. Jaime Punter-Villagrasa, Chief Technical Officer and Quality Manager at ONALABS, explained how the entity is analyzing different player metrics; Alberto Moreno, Chief Technology Officer at IDUNITY, [...]

A business delegation organized by Andorra Business participates in DreamHack 2023

2023-07-12T10:48:23+01:0006/07/2023|

A business delegation organized by Andorra Business is taking part from Friday, July 6th, in DreamHack Valencia 2023, Spain´s most important electronic sports festival, with practically all tickets sold out and an estimated attendance of 65000 people, according to data provided by the organization. Andorran participation falls within the framework of the recently signed agreement between Andorra Business and Encom, the organizer of the event. The director of the Andorran entity, Judit Hidalgo, highlighted that "it allows the country´s business men and women from the sector to participate in different work sessions with both Spanish and International colleagues focusing strategy [...]

Andorra Business will welcome the first electronic sports event to be hosted in the country on the 20th and 21st of May

2023-03-28T11:09:26+01:0015/03/2023|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise in functions, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO ofEncom, company which manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, Arturo Castelló announced at a press conference on Wednesday that Andorra will become an official host of theEsports City League, the largest amateur electronic sports competition in Spain, which is now beginning its third season. This agreement includes the Principality´s hosting of the Esports City Fest, an International event open to the public and that will take place in the Andorra sports center on May 20th and 21st. Registration for the Esports [...]

Andorra Business and 8 emerging Andorran companies show the country´s potential at the 4YFN of the Mobile World Congress

2023-03-15T20:03:49+01:0027/02/2023|

For the third consecutive year Andorra Business is participating in 4YFN, the event for emerging companies which is integrated within the Mobile World Congress, and that takes place in Barcelona since 2014. And is doing so, once again, accompanied by 8 Andorran startups, in this edition: Agile Compass, Zeno Quantum, Airnex, Motor Match RC, Ship-Quik, Automòbil Club d'Andorra, Litlab Games and Alpine Security, who are showing their projects at the entity´s stand and taking the opportunity to make new business contacts. For the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, "we are returning to 4YFN not only to promote the investment [...]

Andorra will host its first large scale eSports event in the spring

2023-03-15T20:03:35+01:0009/12/2022|

Andorra Business and Encom, the company that manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, signed, on Friday, at the DreamHack València an agreement to work together on the design of a stage that integrates the main agents from the industry and that is aligned with the country´s strategic objectives all the while executing each of the operating lines contained within the Andorran eSports law. The agreement, signed by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO of Encom, Arturo Castelló, converts Andorra into an official host for theEsports City League, the most [...]

Some of the country´s emerging companies attend the 4YFN from Mobile World Congress with the help of Andorra Business

2022-03-07T14:51:37+01:0001/03/2022|

Andorra Business is participating, for the second year running, in 4 Years From Now (4YFN), the international event for start-ups within the framework of the world´s biggest exposition for the mobile industry, the Mobile World Congress, taking place until Thursday at the Fair of Barcelona. The entity has a stand where investment opportunities in Andorra are explained and has also helped 8 companies and entities from the country to be present (Niu Andorra Telecom, Naos, Airnex, Freemindtronic, PurpleDye, Imporex, Job and Play, and Iniced) and use the space to present their projects and set up professional meetings. Simultaneously, the Minister [...]

Overview of the first eSports event in the Principality organized by Andorra Business and the GES

2022-02-17T09:46:59+01:0018/11/2021|

Next Friday 26th of November, at the Les Fontetes theatre in La Massana, the GES X Andorra will take place, the first in person professional eSports event in the Principality where strategic, management and implementation aspects will be discussed and there will also be a leisure activity part. The doors will open at 10 A.M. when the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, and the director of Global Esports Summit, Antonio Lacasa, will welcome attendees. After which a roundtable will commence “How to build an eSports friendly country”, moderated by the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo and participants [...]

Andorra announces the celebration of its first eSports event at the Global Esports Summit in Madrid

2022-03-07T14:37:01+01:0028/10/2021|

Andorra was the country invited to participate in the Global Esports Summit 2021 (GES21) in Madrid, celebrated on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th of October in Madrid. The reason being the approval of the first strategic plan by a country, which has generated great interest. On Friday, the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, presented in front of 800 people, the Andorran plan and announced the celebration of the country´s first eSports event, to be held on the 26th of November. The official presentation will be made in the forthcoming weeks. In this [...]

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