The University Esports 2023/24 Winter Split in the UK & Ireland has concluded, with more than 5,000 students from 114 universities.
The winning teams, announced below, claimed their share of the £6,000+ total prize pool.
The 13th season of University Esports, organised in UK & Ireland by NUEL, will continue next February with its Spring Split, which will determine the teams that will compete in the University Esports Masters, the international European tournament whose 2023 finals took place in Nottingham earlier this year.
Globally, the competition holds more than 100,000 students from 26 countries, making it one of the most prominent intercollegiate esports tournaments worldwide.
University Esports 2023/24 Winter Split Winners in Full
- League of Legends: EXE Machina, University of Exeter
- League of Legends Women and Non-Binary: Pumpkin Queens
- Valorant: Roehampton Yetis, University of Roehampton
- Valorant Women and Non-Binary: Zara and Kittens
- Teamfight Tactics: Marvelo, University College London
- Counter-Strike 2: Mama P, University of Warwick
- Rocket League: Roehampton Esports Gold, University of Roehampton
- Apex Legends: Segsfield Shagons, University of Sheffield
- Overwatch 2: Warwick Angels, University of Warwick
- Overwatch 2 Women and Non-Binary: Durham Dumplings
- Rainbow Six Siege: Swansea Storm, Swansea University
- Dead by Daylight: The Trapper Mains
In terms of the overall leaderboard from the Winter Split, the University of Warwick topped the leaderboard for the second year in a row, followed by the University of Bath and University College London.
Students will play during the Spring Split to accumulate more points towards their university’s total score, with a winning university announced at the end of the season.
Overwatch 2 was also added to the women and non-binary tournaments for the first time for the University Esports 2023/24 Winter Split.
There’s also a more detailed finals recap here:
University Esports 2023/24 Winter Split community support and student skills
University Esports aims to nurture talent and provide students with the opportunity to take their first steps into the pro esports ecosystem.
Dozens of paid opportunities are created each season for students to get involved and showcase their skills, and gain work experience, including in broadcast roles, league operations and more.
The University Esports 2023/24 Winter Split finals broadcasts were produced at Confetti X, the world-class esports centre at Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, part of Nottingham Trent University. The event broadcast was developed and run entirely by Esports Production students from the university.
University Esports also supported events at the University of Lincoln, University of Sussex and a collaboration between University of Dundee, Abertay University, and Dundee and Angus College called Dundee Duel 2023, which raised almost £1,500 for Shelter Scotland.
University Esports Student Spotlights highlighted students who are making positive contributions to the university esports community. The first of which was Marcel Kajut from Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, part of Nottingham Trent University, who created their own Valorant events at university to provide new opportunities to students.
Students also voted for their choice of game to join the University Esports roster. After more than 1,000 votes, Dead by Daylight was the fan favourite and the winning team from the tournament were ‘The Trapper Mains’ from London School of Economics, University of Birmingham and Technological University Dublin.
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.
