The BUEC 2023 Winter season is over! All series have been played, all the points have been counted. 110 universities have joined the fight to be crowned Esports University of the Year, though we'll see who that is by the end of Spring 2024. In the meantime, let's see what happened this Winter...
We've had a good shuffle in our top 10 since Spring 2023 but there are still some usual suspects amongst the crowd. The University of Warwick stands at the forefront, leading with an impressive 2272 points, the University of Southampton follows in second place moving up a nice 2 spots since last season. Durham University has cemented itself as a top 3 contender as they have claimed third place, only down just one spot from Spring. Swansea University has put in an incredible effort and made the top 5 for the first time ever, huge congrats to them. King's College London has also put in an amazing effort placing in fifth, moving up from 23rd last season.
There is plenty still to play for coming into the Spring season next year, only 63 points separate 2nd place University of Southampton and 6th place University of Portsmouth. Compared to last Spring, there are three new universities joining the exclusive top ten group; Swansea University, University of the West of England and King's College London, two of these even making the top five!
We'd also like to wish a warm welcome to our best newcomer, Buckinghamshire New University, they have reached 83rd place with 61 points.
Heated competition has swept across the entire UK as regional rivalries intensify in anticipation of the Spring Season. The University of Edinburgh have only just pipped the University of Glasgow to 'Best in Scotland' by one place and Swansea University have taken back their number one spot from Cardiff University for 'Best in Wales'. See the current standings of the Best Regional Esports Universities for Winter 2023 below:
Well done to the teams that performed well this winter, but don't get too comfortable, with small point differences between many teams, everything could change in our Spring season!
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The Top 10
You can see the points table overview here and a full breakdown here.
Winning Teams and Players of Winter 2023
Apex Legends
First place: Swansea Storm (Swansea University)
Second place: Swansea Sirens (Swansea University)
Third place: Haiyaa (University of Sheffield)
Counter-Strike 2
First place: podbots (University of Southampton)
Second place: Half Natty Head Tappers 6 (Lancaster University)
Third place: KCL Lions (King's College London)
Dota 2
First place: UCL Instant Reflex (University College London)
Second place: Sheffield Samurai (University of Sheffield)
Third place: Warwick_Ducks (University of Warwick)
Overwatch 2
First place: Oxford Omnics (Oxford University)
Second place: Durham Defenders (Durham University)
Third place: Loughborough Team 1 (Loughborough University)
Rainbow Six Siege
First place: UWE Sea Stags (University of the West of England)
Second place: Swansea Storm (Swansea University)
Third place: Warwick Esports (University of Warwick)
Rocket League
First place: Roehampton Esports Gold (Roehampton University)
Second place: Exeter Emperors (University of Exeter)
Third place: Loughborough Lions (Loughborough University)
Splatoon 3
First place: SeaSLUGs (University of Sheffield)
Second place: King's College London (KCL Sea Lions)
Third place: Cambrian Explosion (University of Cambridge)
Super Smash Bros
First place: incineroar fan club (University of Warwick)
Second place: FLX Phoenix Smash (Falmouth & Exeter Student's Union)
Third place: Uni of Edinburgh (University of Edinburgh)
Teamfight Tactics
First place: Shaun Fernando (University of Warwick)
Second place: jieruichen (University of Glasgow)
Third place: Philip Tang (University of Warwick)
VALORANT
First place: UCL Silly Cats (University College London)
Second place: Bristol Bagres (University of Bristol)
Third place: Korean Pop Superstars (Staffordshire University)
VALORANT Women & Non-Binary
First place: Lincoln iladies (University of Lincoln)
Second place: Pink Power Rangers (Queen Mary University of London)
Overwatch 2 Women & Non-Binary
First place: MeowMeowMeow (University of Southampton)
Second place: hadleys harem (Nottingham Trent University)
League of Legends Women & Non-Binary
First place: orianna grande (University of Nottingham)
Second place: Bubble bath (University of Bath)
Assetto Corsa Competizione (BUSR)
First place: Ben Gilroy (Durham University)
Second place: Owen Goldsmith (Falmouth & Exeter Student's Union)
Third place: James Whyte (University of the West of England)
F1 2023 (BUSR)
First place: Matthew Agius (University of Kent)
Second place: Cameron Searle (University of Wolverhampton)
Third place: Dasan Yeomans (Nottingham Trent University)
Guilty Gear Strive (UFG)
First place: sstegy (University of Chester)
Second place: Sherlock is Home (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Third place: NeoJester (Sheffield Hallam University)
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