ECL 3 kicks off in July, has £16,000 prize fund

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 10/06/2011

Tickets have gone on sale for the European Console League 3 at Loughborough University – with £16,000 in prize money up for grabs.
There’s a range of game tournaments to enter including matches of Call of Duty, Halo: Reach and Super Street Fighter IV. We’ve got the full details here.

Here’s how the prize fund breaks down:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops (360) – 1st £2,500, 2nd £1,500, 3rd £1,000
• Halo: Reach – 1st £2000, 2nd £1000, 3rd £750
• Gears of War – 1st £1500, 2nd £850, 3rd £400
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) – 1st £850, 2nd £400, 3rd £250
• FIFA 11 (360) – 1st £600, 2nd £300, 3rd £100
• Super Street Fighter IV (360) – 1st £600, 2nd £300, 3rd £100
• StarCraft II (PC) – 1st £750, 2nd £150, 3rd £100

To enter, it costs £240 per team of four. Individual tickets cost £60, or to enter a FIFA, Street Fighter or StarCraft tournament it’ll set you back £25.
Spectators can get in by paying £10 for one day or £20 for the weekend.
Leet will be competing in the Halo: Reach tournament.  Get practicing and we’ll see you there.
You can read more details, buy tickets or take a look at the tournament rules on the ECL website. Will you be attending?

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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