Bristol and Warwick universities prepare to represent the UK at the Amazon University Esports Masters 2022

The Amazon University Esports Masters (UEM) is officially kicking off its 2022 edition with another annual League of Legends competition, featuring the best uni teams from across Europe.

The group phase is taking place from March 19th to April 3rd, with 22 university teams from across 15 countries aiming to reach the grand finals in June.

For this season, GGTech, NUEL and Confetti have teamed up to produce the broadcast for League of Legends (12 game days’ worth) in Confetti’s facilities, with four of Confetti’s Esports Production students running the key production roles, supported by Confetti, GGTech and NUEL staff.

Amazon UEM gathers the university teams that led the spring season in League of Legends, Rocket League, Teamfight Tactics and Clash Royale, and provides them with the chance of representing their institution and their country against top competitors from across Europe.

In this year’s edition, the LoL tournament will feature university teams from:

• The UK (U. of Bristol, U. of Warwick)
• Spain (U. of La Laguna, U. Málaga)
• France (U. Lyon, U. Sorbonne Paris Nord)
• Poland (Politechnika Gdańska, AGH U. of Science and Technology)
• Italy (Politecnico di Milano, U. Bocconi); Turkey (Bahçeşehir U., Bursa Uludag U.)
• Germany (U. Bremen, Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology); Lithuania (Kaunas Tech. U.)
• Ireland (U. College Cork); Slovakia (Slovak U. of Technology)
• The Netherlands (U. of Twente)
• Hungary (Budapest U. of Tech. & Economics)
• Czechia (Mendelova U. v Brně)
• Belgium (U. Libre de Bruxelles)
• Portugal (Instituto Superior Técnico)

The schedule is as follows:

“The best teams and players in each competition will achieve the title of ‘Esports European Academic Champions’, sharing the total prize pool of €24,500,” said Marcin Rausch, UEM project manager.

“This is a fantastic event which is full of emotions, engagement and competition. You are welcome to join us on the broadcast to feel this incredible energy.”

In Rocket League there will be two days of broadcast (playoffs and finals), whereas for TFT and CR only the finals will be broadcast.

The Amazon University Esports Masters competition has partners including Riot Games, Intel and Twitch Student.

Last year, UK university esports bodies – NUEL and NSE – announced they would be teaming up to provide slots in the University Esports Masters.

NUEL recently announced its Amazon University Esports 2022 Spring Split with more than £24,000 worth of prizes available to students in the UK and Ireland.

LoL’s group phase, playoffs and grand finals will be broadcast through the following links: twitch.tv/uemasters (in English), and twitch.tv/universityesportstv (in Spanish).

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.