The ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship was the first of its kind, housing the championships of five game titles’ 2019 competitive season under a single LAN event. Players from hundreds of colleges throughout North America competed in a series of qualifiers, with 20 different universities qualifying for single, or multiple event championships. Leading up to the event, 6 ESPN broadcasted episodes of the ‘Collegiate Esports Championship Countdown’ were produced and broadcasted every Friday leading up to the Championship weekend, May 9th – 12th. Over the course of that three-day Championship event at Comicpalooza, over 50,000 Comicpalooza attendees stopped by and over 1 Million viewers watched on Twitch.
Tournament Broadcast
- Location:
- Comicpalooza, Houston TX
- Date:
- 2019
- Game Title(s):
- Overwatch, Street Fighter V, Hearthstone, Starcraft II, Heroes of the Storm
- Participants:
- Finalists from CSL & Tespa Collegiate Series
- Audience:
- 50,000+ attendees at Comicpalooza; 1.1m+ Twitch viewers