Location:

Ireland
Format:
Round Robin Groups > Single Elimination
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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
- 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
Prize Pool
€TBC EUR (≃ $TBC USD) divided between the top TBC teams.
| Place
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$ USD
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€ EUR
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Team
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1st
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$
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€
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2nd
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-
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-
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3rd
|
-
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-
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4th
|
-
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-
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Converted EUR prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (fxtop.com) on DD/MM/25.
Participants
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ATU Aegis| [[{{#var:teamcardimage}}|119x119px|center|link=]] |
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Group Stage
| Round Robin Group A
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Trinity Quacks
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| 2.
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QUB Whiffers
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| 3.
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Maynooth Martyrs
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TUD A
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ATU Aegis
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| Round Robin Group B
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SETU Vikings
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UCD Leviathans
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| 3.
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UCC Boring Players
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DCU Clutch or Drink
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Bracket Stage
External links
References