Technological University Dublin have been crowned Ireland’s best university in the Nativz Collegiate esports tournament series for the inaugural 2022/23 season.
They topped the overall leaderboard with 26 points, ahead of South East Technological University (15 points) and Queens University Belfast (14 points) in second and third place respectively.
The points and ranking for each college are based on their performance in the winter and spring seasons.
A first place finish awards five points, second three points, third two points and a fourth place finish awards one point.
You can see Technological University Dublin topping the Nativz Collegiate 22/23 leaderboard below:
“Congratulations to TUD for becoming the overall winner of the first year of Nativz Collegiate!” Nativz Collegiate said in this article on the finals.
“There were only two points separating second and fourth – showcasing the competitiveness and talent of all the participating colleges, we can’t wait to see what the future brings.
“Congratulations to all the participating teams, our production team, our administrators and moderators, and to the many students who have supported us throughout this season.”
Technological University Dublin win Nativz Collegiate overall, but which team won each final?
Technological University Dublin may have topped the overall leaderboard, but they didn’t win every final in each game.
In F1 2022, Trinity College Dublin won, ahead of Technological University Dublin in second place.
In Rocket League, South East Technological University were champions, beating Technological University Dublin’s TUD Apes Vertigo team in the final.
CSGO saw Queens University Belfast beat South East Technological University in the final, while University College Dublin emerged triumphant in League of Legends, beating TUD Apes Alpha in the final.
The news comes half a year after Irish tournament organiser Legion Esports + Media and Dublin esports organisation Nativz Gaming announced a strategic partnership for the Irish collegiate esports league.
Speaking of Nativz and Irish collegiate esports, the upcoming GamerFest 2023 event in Dublin is partnering with Nativz Collegiate to launch their first ever Collegiate Challenge.
In the UK, there’s the NUEL/Amazon University Esports and NSE university esports tournaments, which also recently had their finals.
Last week, Warwick became UK’s Esports University of the Year for a record five times in a row – but the gap at the top of the NSE standings is narrowing.
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.
