- University students from more than 16 European countries will compete to be European Champions in five games.
- The initiative aims to foster a sense of community among its players, provide European university students with a high quality international competition experience, and offer them their first professional opportunities within the industry.
- Registrations for the open tournaments of the single-player games are already open. It is the eighth season of the competition, and its total prize pool is €14,000.
UNIVERSITY Esports Masters (UE Masters) announces the launch of Season 2024, featuring competitive gaming tournaments for university students across Europe. The season includes tournaments in League of Legends, VALORANT, Rocket League, Teamfight Tactics, and Clash Royale.
UNIVERSITY Esports Masters is the international competition for university students, where students from all over Europe compete for the title of European University Champion. The 2024 edition will be the 8th season of the competition, and will have a total prize pool of €14,000.
More than just an esports competition
The main goals of UEMasters are to foster a sense of community among players across Europe, give them the opportunity to compete in high quality international tournaments and provide opportunities to the next generation to take esports further.
In addition to supporting players in a potential career as esports players, the event is an opportunity for many students to take paid organisation and broadcast roles – both on camera and behind the scenes. This presents the next generation of grassroots talent, not just players, with valuable chances to get their first professional experience in the burgeoning esports industry.
How can Italian students qualify?
Open Tournaments
The single player games included in UEMasters – Teamfight Tactics and Clash Royale – are now open to students to sign up. To participate, students must be enrolled in universities registered with the associated national competitions (in Italy, this competition is UNIVERSITY Esports), and not be professional players.
Registration is open until March 6th, and interested players can register via the following links:
Teamfight Tactics: https://uemasters.com/competition/tournament/university-esports-masters-2024-teamfight-tactics
Clash Royale: https://uemasters.com/competition/tournament/university-esports-masters-2024-clash-royale
The Teamfight Tactics competition will take place on March 9th and 10th, distributing a prize pool of €550 among its top players. The Clash Royale tournament will be held on March 16th and 17th, with a prize pool of €350 for the top players.
Team-Based Games
Teams will be formed from each country’s national qualifiers, allowing students to represent their country in the competition and vie for the European Champion title. The teams representing Italy are the UNIVERSITY Esports Winter Split finalists:
In Rocket League, ‘Outplayed Genova’ from the Università degli studi di Genova will represent Italy.
In League of Legends, ‘SEE Unina’ from Università degli Studi di Napoli «Federico II» and ‘Yutoru PesiGod’, representing Politecnico di Milano have qualified to the continental competition.
VALORANT teams will be ‘Centrale del latte di Milano’ from Università degli studi di Milano, and ‘SEE Sapienza’, representing La Sapienza Università di Roma;
Rocket League
The dates for the Rocket League tournament are as follows: the Swiss Round will take place on May 4th and 5th, followed by the Playoffs and Final on May 11th and 12th. The prize pool for the top teams totals €2,100.
More information: https://uemasters.com/competition/tournament/university-esports-masters-2024-rocket-league
League of Legends and VALORANT
For the League of Legends competition, the Swiss Round is scheduled for April 20th and 21st, followed by the Playoffs on May 18th and 19th.
More information: https://uemasters.com/competition/tournament/university-esports-masters-2024-league-of-legends
As for the VALORANT competition, the Swiss Round will be held on April 27th and 28th, with the Playoffs taking place on May 25th and 26th.
More information: https://uemasters.com/competition/tournament/university-esports-masters-2024-valorant
The Grand Final for both games will be played in person at a surprise location in July, with the top two teams competing in a best-of-five format to determine the European Champion. The prize pool for each game is €5,500.
About UNIVERSITY Esports in the Italy
UNIVERSITY Esports Italy is an esports competition and grassroots community organiser with more than 1000 students from around 50 universities across the whole country taking part. In its ninth season in Italy and working closely with video game publishers and brands, UNIVERSITY Esports is one of the most active grassroots gaming communities in the country.
During this season, UNIVERSITY Esports Masters will be supported by some of the most important publishers in the market, such as Riot Games and Supercell.
All the latest updates from the competition can be followed through its social media channels, and the broadcast will take place on its official Twitch channel.