The ESL has announced the 24 invited players for the first WCS Europe season. Only three of the players come from Korea.
From all 32 players needed for the first WCS Europe Premier Division, two thirds are invited due to previous tournament results. The remaining 8 players will be determined in four qualification tournaments coming up soon. Here are your 24 first Europe combatants:
Jos 'Ret' de Kroon (Team Liquid)
Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs (Team Alternate)
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar (fnatic)
Artur 'Nerchio' Bloch (Acer)
Grzegorz 'MaNa' Komincz (mousesports)
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Marcus 'ThorZaiN' Eklöf (Team EG)
Pedro 'LucifroN' Moreno Durán (Karont3)
Juan 'VortiX' Moreno Durán (Karont3)
Dennis 'HasuObs' Schneider (mousesports)
Mihaylo 'Kas' Hayda (Empire)
Oleg 'TitaN' Kuptsov (RoX.KIS)
Johan 'NaNiwa' Lucchesi
Artem 'sLivko' Garavtsov (Virtus.pro)
Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri (Team EG)
Dario 'TLO' Wünsch (Team Liquid)
Dmytro 'DIMAGA' Filipchuk
Philipp 'monchi' Simon (XMG)
Jon 'BabyKnight' Andersen (Na'Vi)
Aleksandr 'Bly' Svusuyk (Acer)
Rickard 'SortOf' Bergman (Western Wolves)
Jong Hyun 'Mvp' Jung (LG-IM)
Seong Won 'MMA' Mun (Acer)
Ji Soo 'ForGG' Park (Millenium)
Source: ESL