Esports community aggregator Harena Data has today announced the launch of the Canadian Collegiate Esports League (CCEL), a competitive video gaming league in partnership with Canada's most forward-thinking universities. The CCEL aims to nationalize esports adoption among Canadian universities by creating a unified body to organize, manage, and lead collegiate esports.
 
Using Harena Data's esports analytics and club management portal, GYO Score, universities can organize competitive or casual matches, manage their players and teams, connect with other schools, and keep track of leagues and records. The program will launch with 14 universities with more planning to join in the near future. The CCEL will kick off with a Rocket League Tournament on May 29th. The tournament will create the best experience possible by mixing social events with competitive nature as schools battle against one another for reputation and prizes.
 
Registration for CCEL will begin in May for the Rocket League tournament taking place on May 29, 2021. More information can be found at http://canadiancollegiateesportsleague.ca/

Registration will take place on https://gyoca.gg/
 
A list of participating universities at launch include:

• University of Victoria
• University of Alberta
• University of Windsor
• Dalhousie University
• Holland College
• Mount Royal University
• York University
• McGill University
• Simon Fraser University 
• University of Regina
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• University of Lethbridge
• University of British Columbia Okanagan
• University of Manitoba

 
"It's crucial for esports to have a central organization that brings schools together to play efficiently and competitively," said Bill Dever, Chief Strategy Officer at Harena Data. "Canada is taking a major step as an innovator in the virtual world by embracing uniform, collegiate esports and we are proud to stand by these universities participating. We're only going to grow from here."
 
"The CCEL origins come from a simple fact, we are Canadian Schools and we know there is a unique Canadian voice and a unique Canadian perspective....we think the best we can give to esports is ourselves," said Joni Richardson, CCEL Commissioner and Intramural Programmer at the University of Victoria.
 
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