Ireland Esports Collegiate Spring Series 2026 Premier

[e][h]Ireland Esports Collegiate Spring Series 2026 Premier

League Information

Organizer:

Nativz Gaming

Sponsor:

Red Bull Logitech G
Dogpatch Labs
GG Machines
Play Aid

Game Version:

Counter-Strike 2

Type:

Online

Location:

 Ireland

Start Date:

2026-02-11

End Date:

2026-04-16

Links

Winners

 

 

 

 

Maps

Ancient • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Train • Overpass

Teams

Number of Teams:

7

About

• The Premier Division is invite-only and we’ll be coordinating this in the New Year via your Student Reps.
• 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.

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 
  •  Oroblanco 
  •  shaw 
  •  Alex 
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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.
• Points would contribute to qualification for Ireland Esports Collegiate 2025/26 Premier National Finals.

Place	Prize	Team
1st	100 points	Trinity Quacks
2nd	80 points	UCC Boring Players
3rd / 4th	50 points *	UCD Leviathans
3rd / 4th	50 points *	QUB Whiffers
5th / 6th	20 points	MUVINCERE
5th / 6th	20 points	SETU Vikings
7th	10 points	TUD A

* A third place game was originally due to be played as different points were equally allocated for 3rd / 4th (60 / 40 points respectively). However this could not take place due to scheduling issues so the points were evenly allocated between these teams with 50 each.

Prize points are based on defined points per finishing position up to 8th place as of 03/01/26.

Participants

TUD A

1	b_lanc
2	MrPepegaHim
3	Dustalope
4	basic
5	Ervinas150
6	M1N
7	fierce_viper
8	Domko

SETU Vikings

1	m4gija
2	Vynxis
3	MooN
4	MeLikeBurger
5	awaken
6	skilladhino
7	murz1kk

UCD Leviathans

1	jak
2	anthonyca
3	ki1ker
4	NoobGamer69
5	xellla
6	aiseirghe
7	joviA1

MUVINCERE

1	K1Wl
2	Sukuna
3	Baldy
4	sh1nharu
5	Fol1Ne
6	Bobrze
7	BonPog

Trinity Quacks

1	qweqweqwewqrq
2	KingFreddy
3	TheMemeBeam
4	TripleAWeeb
5	Kyubii
6	asphyxia

UCC Boring Players

1	Maro
2	Fanatic7
3	kaiZ
4	DRLX
5	thogatron
6	f1ow0w

QUB Whiffers

1	senan
2	skeewox
3	drewpie
4	Patsy
5	biot1c

Group Stage

Round Robin Group A
February 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026February 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026
1.	Trinity Quacks				2-0	6p
2.	QUB Whiffers				1-1	3p
3.	MUVINCERE				0-2	0p

Round Robin Group B
February 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026February 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026
1.	UCC Boring Players				2-1	6p
2.	UCD Leviathans				2-1	6p
3.	SETU Vikings				2-1	6p
4.	TUD A				0-3	0p

Bracket Stage

Semifinals

Trinity Quacks

UCD Leviathans

UCC Boring Players

2

QUB Whiffers

1

Finals

Trinity Quacks

2

UCC Boring Players

0

External links

• CS2 Premier - Spring 2026 - Overview - Tournament | Challengermode, challengermode.com
• Ireland Esports Collegiate Series Returns for 2025/26 — Bigger, Bolder, and Ready to Raise the Game Post, irelandcollegiate.com

Trivia

* According to the livestream of the grand final, Trinity Quacks only played in one match before the grand final. The rest of their matches were forfeitted by their opponents

References