12/5/23 – Esports Winter Championship Update

December 6, 2023 Athletic Department Blog Updates

The schedule for the 2023 KHSAA Winter Esports Championships Presented by UK HealthCare has been released at khsaa.org. The semifinalists and finalists in each sanctioned offering will compete in person on Tuesday, December 12 at the UKFCU Esports Lounge at The Cornerstone on the campus of the University of Kentucky.

Brackets for all five sanctioned titles can be found at the following links:

• League of Legends (PC)
• Rocket League (PC)
• Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
• Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate (Nintendo Switch)
• Madden NFL 24 (Sony Playstation 4/5)

Teams that qualify for the in-person event will be sent instructions to join a Zoom video conference call on Thursday, December 7 at 2 PM (ET). Event details including parking, check-in procedures, ticketing, and other pertinent information related to the event will be discussed during the call. Details about joining the call will be sent to participating coaches at a later date.

All tickets to the event will be sold online via GoFan, the KHSAA’s official digital ticket partner, at khsaatickets.org.  A $12 Advance Discount ticket will be available for purchase prior to the day of the event. On the day of the event, the Advance Discount ticket will be replaced by a $14 Gameday ticket. Both ticket prices include all fees.  Re-entry is allowed at this event (fans will be issued wristbands for every digital ticket redeemed).  There are no cash sales.

Children 10 and under are free, but parents are required to “purchase” the Kentucky Children’s Hospital 10 & Under Free Ticket for each child.

Summary State Information:

• 2023 Fall/Winter State Championship Instructions for Teams
• 2023 Fall/Winter State Championship Schedule of Events
• Tickets for the KHSAA State Esports Winter Championships presented by UK HealthCare
• Driving Directions to the Cornerstone (UK)

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.