India sent a two-person squad to the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China, for the FC Online esports competition, formerly known as FIFA Online 4. The China Hangzhou Esports Centre served as the venue for all esports events.

The Asian Games 2023 FC Online contests are slated to take place from September 24 to September 27, although India's campaign concluded on the first day of competition. Karman Singh's campaign ended in the losers' bracket round 2, however Charanjot Singh advanced to the round 4.

Esports makes its official debut as a medal sport in Hangzhou 2023 after making an appearance as a demonstration sport at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.

Hangzhou will host seven different esports medal events: Dream Three Kingdoms 2, Peace Elite Asian Games Version (also known as PUBG Mobile), FC Online 4, Dota 2, League of Legends, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, and Arena of Valour Asian Games Version. India is included in the initial quartet.

EA Sports created the online football game FC Online. The official name of the game is FC 24 (EA Sports FC 24).

FC Online athletes from India: Karman Singh Tikka and Charanjot Singh

After making it to the final of the National Esports Championships (NESC), which were run by the Esports Federation of India (ESFI), Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh Tikka were eligible to compete in the Asian Games.

India's top-ranked FIFA Online 4 player is Charanjot Singh. After winning the Asian Games 2023 South Asia seeding competition in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, the 20-year-old was awarded an advantageous draw.

Karman Singh Tikka, who goes as tikkatown in-game, came in fifth place during the seeding competition. The 20-year-old Delhi native won the Community Cup the previous year and finished second in the first ever eISL championships.

Starting in the Round of 32, Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh Tikka both began their Asian Games 2023 careers.

Without mentioning the grand final and qualifying round, the FC 24 event has a double elimination format, meaning a player can only be eliminated after losing two ties.

Following the winners' bracket final, the 16 victors from the Round of 32 advance to the winners' bracket where they will compete against one another to determine the winner of the tournament.

In the meantime, the losers' bracket is opened by the 16 losing teams from the Round of 32.

Every other round (2, 4, and 6) the losers from the winners' bracket will continue to descend to the losers' bracket to play against the teams making advancement from previous rounds. In the losers' bracket final, the loser of the winners' bracket final and the victor of the losers' bracket round 7 will square off.

In the losers' bracket final, the losing team will take home the bronze medal, and the winner will play for the gold medal in the grand final against the eventual champions of the winners' bracket. The Asian Games 2023 FC Online tournament will use a best-of-three match format for all ties.

There are 36 esports competitors competing in the Asian Games 2023 FC Online event, representing 21 different countries.