Collegiate StarLeague (“CSL”) celebrated the end of another incredible year of collegiate eSports at ‘DreamHack Austin 2016.’ The finals, which took place from May 6-8, 2016, featured top college teams battling for a total of $50,000 in scholarship money. This was the first time DreamHack opened its doors in North America, welcoming over 20,000 attendees and spectators and making it one of the largest eSports events in the United States.
University teams from five different games gathered in hopes of bringing home the gold. With two live streams, 100 broadcast hours and 4 million unique viewers, this was an industry first for an event of this scale. The massive turnout and passion exhibited by the players has already generated excitement for next year.
Fourteen teams qualified to attend the live finals across the five titles and the winning teams were as follows:
– League of Legends: Mayville University (Scholarship awarded: $15,000)
– DOTA 2: University of British Columbia (Scholarship awarded: $15,000)
– StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void: University of California, Berkeley (Scholarship awarded: $10,000)
– HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft: University of British Columbia (Scholarship awarded: $10,000)
– Counter Strike: Global Offensive: San Jose State University (Scholarship awarded: $5,000)
Collegiate StarLeague, a division of WorldGaming, is the world’s largest collegiate gaming league. Since 2009, it has awarded over $250,000 in scholarship money to student gamers from around the world, with 17,000 registered players across 600 registered schools. Details surrounding the upcoming 2016-2017 season will be announced over the summer. For more information, visit www.cstarleague.com .