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Ireland
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.
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
- Commentator:
- TBD
Prize Pool
€TBC EUR (≃ $TBC USD) divided between the top TBC teams.
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Converted EUR prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (fxtop.com) on DD/MM/25.
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Group Stage
Bracket Stage
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
