Soton Stags win University Halo Chamber League

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 30/11/2022

The University of Southampton’s Halo team, Soton Stags, have won the winter 2022 season of the University Halo Chamber League (UHCL).

The team stayed dominant throughout the season, with their top players boasting some impressive stats.

They beat Birmingham City University 4-0 in the grand final earlier this month, after a 3-1 victory over Durham Defenders in round one and a 3-0 win over Birmingham in the semi-finals.

Bournemouth Barracuda also reached the playoffs but failed to progress due to a player dropping out, forcing them to forfeit regardless of the results of their 3v4 matches.

The Halo tournament – affiliated with UK university esports body NUEL – featured a swiss format for three weeks prior to the playoffs.

Soton Stags – whose Halo team consists of Bondaciouss, Gioco618, Happy 9000 and Kaczeee – celebrated the win on Twitter here:

You can see the full list of results and individual player stats from the winter season of the University Halo Chamber League here.

Alex ‘Reed’ Reed, founder of the University Halo Chamber League and admin for university Halo and CSGO, told Esports News UK: “We were impressed by the turnout this season, we had a bunch of wonderful people try out Halo esports for the first time and we got brilliant feedback at the end of the season.

“We’re committed to supporting university Halo for the foreseeable future and we hope to see even more people join us for our Spring Season!”

Halo Infinite launched last year but has had a tough time establishing itself as a successful esport.

For more on Halo and its university scene, Esports News UK interviewed Reed earlier this year, which you can check out below.

Related content: Video interview with University Halo League founder and NUEL admin Reed from Insomnia69

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. 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 also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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