Nazeer Dada is competing in the country's first national Esports championship league in July. The country's first national Esports championship league - the National High School Esports tournament - is to take place around the middle of the year. Esports was confirmed last year as an official sporting code by Sport New Zealand, with the New Zealand Esports Federation recognised as the governing body for esports. The Shadownet and Victory Up had obtained exclusive licensing rights for Riot Games at high school and university levels in NZ. In the last year, the company has run the National Tertiary Esports League and other esports tournaments, which saw one team drawn to represent New Zealand in the upcoming global Fisu Esports - Fifa World Cup competition.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 03, 2021 03:42 UTC