Ireland Esports Collegiate Winter Series 2025 Premier
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Ireland Esports Collegiate Winter Series 2025 Premier
League Information
Organizer:
Game Version:
Type:
Online
Location:
Ireland Format:
Round Robin Groups > Single Elimination
Start Date:
2025-10-06
End Date:
2025-12-05
Links
Winners
Maps
Teams
Number of Teams:
9
Contents
About
- A new top tier for 25/26, mirroring “First Team” structures in traditional sports (like varsity rugby or football). It’s where each university fields its strongest representative team.
- Full national broadcasts (Mon–Thu), LAN National Finals in May, and recognition as the university’s top team. The focus is high performance, visibility, and varsity-level standards.
- To elevate esports to the same status as other top-tier student sports, we believe that this format will help to increase awareness of esports within the competing institutions and create a reason to start seeking more support for the Societies, players and coaches etc.
- The seeds for the event are as follows:
1. Trinity Quacks
2. UCD Leviathans
3. SETU Vikings
4. QUB Whiffers
5. Maynooth Martyrs
6. DCU Clutch or Drink
7. UCC Boring Players
8. TUD A
9. ATU Aegis
Rules
Format
- Group stage:
- The regular season will use a round-robin league format.
- Bracket stage:
- The top teams will advance to a single-elimination playoff bracket.
Expand to see the full list of rules for this event:
- Check-in period: Teams have a 15-minute grace period to be ready for their match. Any team not ready after 15 minutes will forfeit the match, unless an exception is granted by an admin.
- Team size: 5vs5. Each Premier Series team may use a one-time emergency substitute during the season.
- Max rounds: 12 rounds.
- Anti Cheat: VAC.
- These rules are not complete, you can find the whole rulebook here.
Broadcast talent
- Commentators:
- Kurt
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Prize Pool
The top teams based on their scoring across Winter / Spring events will qualify for the national semi finals, which ends up in a LAN grand finals planned for May 2026. The prizes will only be awarded to the national finalists.
The points are awarded as follows:
- Group Stage Wins: Each win in the group stage secures 1 point.
- 5th to 8th Place Finish: Teams finishing in these positions will also earn 1 point, recognizing their advancement in the competition.
- 4th Place Finish: Achieving the 4th place position will grant a team 2 points.
- 3rd Place Finish: A commendable 3rd place finish is rewarded with 3 points.
- 2nd Place Finish: The runners-up will be awarded 4 points, highlighting their near victory.
- 1st Place Finish: The champions of each title will earn the highest reward of 5 points, marking their triumph in the challenge.
| Place | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st
|
5 points |  Trinity Quacks
|
| 2nd
|
4 points |  SETU Vikings
|
| 3rd
|
3 points |  UCD Leviathans
|
| 4th
|
2 points |  Maynooth Martyrs
|
| 5th / 6th | 1 point |  QUB Whiffers
|
| 5th / 6th | 1 point |  UCC Boring Players
|
| 7th / 8th | 1 point |  TUD A
|
| 7th / 8th | 1 point |  DCU Clutch or Drink
|
| 9th | - |  ATU Aegis
|
Prize points are based on defined points per finishing position up to 8th place as of 03/01/26.[1]
Participants
Group Stage
| Round Robin Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 - November 5, 2025 | ||||||
| 1. | Maynooth Martyrs | 3-1 | 9p | |||
| 2. | Trinity Quacks | 3-1 | 9p | |||
| 3. | QUB Whiffers | 3-1 | 9p | |||
| 4. | TUD A | 1-3 | 3p | |||
| 5. | ATU Aegis | 0-4 | 0p | |||
| Round Robin Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 - November 5, 2025 | ||||||
| 1. | UCD Leviathans | 4-0 | 12p | |||
| 2. | SETU Vikings | 3-1 | 9p | |||
| 3. | UCC Boring Players | 2-2 | 6p | |||
| 4. | DCU Clutch or Drink | 1-3 | 3p | |||
Bracket Stage
Semifinals
Maynooth Martyrs
1
SETU Vikings
2
UCD Leviathans
0
Trinity Quacks
2
Finals
SETU Vikings
0
Trinity Quacks
2
3rd Place Match
Maynooth Martyrs
0
UCD Leviathans
2
External links
- Premier Winter - CS2 - Overview - Tournament | Challengermode, challengermode.com
- Ireland Esports Collegiate Series Returns for 2025/26 — Bigger, Bolder, and Ready to Raise the Game Post, irelandcollegiate.com
References
- ↑ Leaderboard | Ireland Esports Collegiate Series, steamcommunity.com
