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South Africa's top three Rocket League teams from the Western Cape were invited for an exhibition for the MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience at Canal Walk. Paul Roos Gymnasium fielded a very young team that gained much stage experience against the other veteran teams. The competition was fierce with the results as follows:

🥇Curro Durbanville (Wolves) R3 000

Congratulations on completing a long year of esports. With great pride I want to thank all the schools that attended and made the 2026 African Gaming Championship a massive success. The event, students skills and experience has continued to grow since 2024 into the largest esports LAN tournament in Africa. The full results are contained in this report as well as our three R60 000 winners for the bursary to North-West University.

The students are noticably putting up a challenge in the all ages division. I would like to highlight that the top 4 EA FC players consisted of 3 under 18s. The 4th place in Rocket League and 8th place in Fortnite Trios were also high school teams. I am extremely proud that consistent inter-school competitions and infrastructure is closing the gap and increasing the overall skill of our nation.

We hosted over 40 students this year at AGC with 268 students competing over the week. Our online league also spiked at over 4 500 students competing in different games across South Africa (and we are still finishing up the CURRO leagues).

With The African Gaming Championship and Term 2 holidays we hope your South African Winter has been full of excitement. Term 3 is on and we are back with more NITRO ASL Esports Action.

AGC photos are out on Facebook. See links to the photos underneath.

Day 1

Welcome back from holiday! The Nitro ASL esports league, brought to you by ACER and North-West University, is readying up for an exciting Term 2. Let's get to it.

This is your reminder that sign ups for all tournaments close on Friday the 17th of April. After registration closes teams and players will be seeded into divisions based on Term 1 results. Be sure to get your registrations and subscriptions ready in time. For assistance please email [email protected]. 

We were at Hoërskool Bellville last weekend with their MP Sports Festival. Westerford High School won the EAFC competition. CURRO Durbanville High School won Rocket League (3v3). Brawl Stars was won by a Settlers and Bellville mixed team. Settlers High School won Brawlhalla. Bishops won Clash Royale. Full results can be found here and pictures can be found here. 

Welcome to NITRO ASL 2026. Our esports league is improving, growing and THRIVING thanks to your on-going support. I hope you have had a good rest and are ready to bring that energy onto our efields.

On the 13th of January we were at Wynberg Boys High School helping them with their grade 8 orientation program. Check out some of the photos here.

Last results for NITRO ASL and some awesome events are on the menu today!

DING DING Results time. Who made it into Premiere?

Welcome to the end of NITRO ASL. Final results need to be in by the 16 of March (Sunday).

We are in the last Week of NITRO ASL. It's your final opportunity to add some points to your final score.

Welcome to the Week 2 Recap for the NITRO African Cyber Gaming League School League. Wondering why that was so verbous? Check out our weekly video:

I sincerely hope your first week of esports powered by ACER NITRO has been victorious. The first week can be a struggle as new students get used to scheduling their games. If you had a difficult communication period we appreciate your patience. 

ASL has launched it's own set of socials. To keep in the know about all things school esports be sure to follow our:

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WELCOME BACK TO NITRO ASL

We are back with a full year of school esports. While you have been settling into the new year we have been busy warming up the website and heading to schools with various events.

This is your last reminder to sign up for Term 1 Registrations, which will close on the 7th of February. Games will start imediately on the 10th with the first communication slot at 18:00. For a full break down of format, the leagues, upcoming events and many more please consult the 2025 handbook.

After the amazing weekend of AGC we are officially in the NITRO ASL Off-Season.

Here are all the online tournaments/cups for Term 3. PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE NOT LEAGUES AND THEREFORE WILL NOT HAVE A WEEKLY MATCH.  They will take place from the 7th of August until the 28th of August. Since it is off-season we are trying out different modes that our usual competitive versions. They are all once off and will be completed in a day. All tournaments can be found here.

Two weeks later and the dust is far from settled. We at ACGL are extremely proud to have hosted teachers, students and players from all over South Africa to take part in our inaugural AGC event. The competition was fierce as students battled in what for many was their first LAN experience.

The overall event hosted around 350 players across four titles. Over the course of the weekend 8 distinct tournaments were played with 42 medals being awarded. A special mention to the 5 schools that made the interprovincial trek across from Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Nitro ASL, powered by Clear Access, is cleared to start finishing off. All games are scheduled to finish by the 24th of June. Our esports show, Gameplay, will still continue to air on SuperSports Schools (channel 216 on DSTV). To catch last week's episode see here: 

Fortnite will be ending due to recent updates to the game impacting it's stability and competitiveness, as well as the difficulty in finding a time where all schools will be able to play - we have decided to end our Fortnite Leagues now, with no more weeks / matches to be played. 

Welcome to week 6 of Nitro ASL, powered by Clear Access. I hope you have been tuning into our new esports show on SuperSports Schools (channel 216 on DSTV). To catch last week's episode see here:

In combination with the show new weekly result graphics have been made. With more on the way it will be a lot easier to share and see your standing on a weekly basis. 

Week 5 Nitro ASL

We have crossed the halfway of the season and inching closer to AGC, the LAN Final for many of the games in Nitro ASL, powered by Clear Access. This is the busiest ASL has been with school events every week, streams, our new esports show on SuperSports, ASL Junior and the usual league! We hope you have been enjoying the season thus far from Junior to Open and Premiere.

If you missed our weekly esports show on SuperSports check it out on the SuperSports App or their YouTube channel here. ACGL co-owner Nick Holden also appeared on the SuperSports Schools Podcast which can be found here.

Week 4 NITRO ASL

WE HAVE A TV SHOW *cough cough*. Nitro ASL, powered by Clear Access, is proud to announce "GamePlay", an esports show coming to DSTV SuperSports (216) on the 14th of May. We have some amazing interviews lined up with esports experts, players and some of the behind the scenes crew. We will also be showcasing tips and tricks for various games, as well as highlights from the ASL and AUL leagues. It will also feature segments on esports wordlwide and locally in South Africa. For more information please see the official announcement.

Recently we were at Paarl Boys' High School, hosting their first ever EAFC24 Tournament. The pictures can be found here.

Press Release: SuperSport Schools and Africa Cyber Gaming League (ACGL) Forge Strategic Partnership to Elevate Esports in Africa 

Johannesburg, Gauteng, 7 May 2024 :  SuperSport Schools, Africa's leading broadcast platform for school sports, is proud to announce a trailblazing partnership with the African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL), a prominent South African esports company specializing in online and LAN tournament administration, management, and broadcasting.  

Week 3 Approaches

Welcome to your Nitro ASL, powered by Clear Access, update for week 3! We are approaching the halfway mark. With ASL Junior in our folds we currently have over 1200 students participating in games. We are also getting ready to announce an amazing new feature coming to television around South Africa.

Cape Town schools there is a LAN opportunity with CURRO esports at CURRO Durbanville from the 14th-15th of June. The featured games are Overwatch 2, Rocket League, Minecraft (5v5 Capture the Flag, Edu) and Valorant. For more information and registration please see the event page.