The Amazon University Esports Summer Tournament concluded last week with the finale of the CSGO competitions.
The summer-long tournament, which began on July 11th 2022, welcomed 1,735 university players and 224 teams, alongside student staff in tournament production roles supporting hosts GGTech and NUEL.
Students across the UK and Ireland competed for a share of £4,450 in Amazon vouchers across League of Legends, Valorant, including women’s and non-binary competitions, CSGO, Rocket League, Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege and Teamfight Tactics (TFT).
Amazon University Esports summer 2022 winning teams
- Women’s and non-binary League of Legends: Ethereal Cats (mix team made up of students from several universities)
- Women’s and non-binary Valorant: ASScendants (mix team made up of students from several universities)
- League of Legends: Ready Player One, Loughborough University
- Valorant: Origins OGs, Imperial College London
- Teamfight Tactics: yl c0, University College London
- CSGO: T4, University of Southampton
- Rocket League: Warwick Summer Scraps, University of Warwick
- Rainbow Six Siege: Swansea Storm, Swansea University
- Overwatch: Portsmouth Paladins, University of Portsmouth
The Warwick win also comes as their LoL team Grey Cabbage won Insomnia 69 and the University of Warwick was nominated for collegiate honours at the 2022 Esports Awards.
What the winners and NUEL had to say
Weronika Wojciechowska, captain of ASScendants, the winning team of the women’s and non-binary Valorant competition, said: “[It was a] good chance to meet other woman in Valorant and a good starting point for participating in other tournaments.”
Teamfight Tactics winner yl c0 from University College London commented: “Happy to win for the first time after competing for a while, always enjoys the relaxed nature of NUEL tournaments.”
Delon Fang (Reaper), from the League of Legends’ winning team Ready One, added that this has been one of the most formal and successful competitions of the many he has participated in, and that these kind of tournaments “are really good events for bonding with teammates, and the most important experience during our university life”.
David Jackson, GGTech/NUEL country manager, added:
“This brings a close to another successful Amazon University Esports Summer Tournament which has seen high levels of engagement and given students a great platform to interact during the summer.”
David Jackson, GGTech/NUEL
“As students’ participation increases, and universities embrace esports through courses and facilities, esports societies and competitions will grow, providing students with additional opportunities in esports-related fields such as event production, management, casting, and other related field is essential.”
Amazon University Esports competition includes partners such as Riot Games, Intel and Twitch Student.
Ahead of the Summer 2022 UK/Ireland tournament, Amazon University Esports previously said demand for Valorant UK student esports is “booming”.
With students embarking on their university journey after receiving their A-Level results recently, esports societies will begin reaching out to new joiners ahead of the academic year and the new season of Amazon University Esports competitions.
Further reading: How NUEL’s Women and Non-Binary university tournaments are making esports more inclusive in the UK
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.
