ESL has announced the casting crew for the upcoming CS:GO major in Katowice.

From March 12-15, the Polish city of Katowice will play host to its second CS:GO major, the fifth community-funded tournament overall, as 16 teams from all over the world will duke it out for the big prize of $100,000.

The inclusion of Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin, who is currently without a team following the disbandment of iBUYPOWER's squad, will certainly generate a lot of interest in the community. The former Cloud9 member will be joined by Planetkey Dynamics' Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller and by Alex "machine" Richardson in the analysis' desk.



Hiko will be in Katowice to analyse the matches

Leight "Deman" Smith will once again cast a CS:GO event following his debut at the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice, with Lauren "Pansy" Scott, Anders Blume and Stuart "Tosspot" Saw making up the rest of the commentary team.

For this tournament, ESL has hired two observers who are well familiar with the game on a top level: Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl, who played for Norway in ESEC 2013, and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, formerly of iNation.

Below you can find the casting lineup for ESL One Katowice in full:

Host:

Sean Charles - Host

Commentators:

Leigh "Deman" Smith

Lauren "Pansy" Scott

Anders Blume

Stuart "TosspoT" Saw

The Desk:

Observers: