The StarCraft II World Championship Series 2013 in Europe is about to start. We'd like to share the first participants of the upcoming season. Based on their performance in past StarCraft II tournaments 24 players have been invited to join the Premier Division of the European World Championship Series. Invited Players for WCS Europe The Premier Division of WCS Europe will consist of 32 players. Eight more will be determined via four upcoming online qualifiers, where everyone is allowed to participate. More details will be announced shortly.



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)



Non-local players:

Jong Hyun 'Mvp' Jung (LG-IM)

Seong Won 'MMA' Mun (Acer)

Ji Soo 'ForGG' Park (Millenium)



By participating in the European WCS Premier Division, players are not allowed to participate in another region for all seasons of 2013.



To learn more about the StarCraft II WCS, visit The Premier Division of WCS Europe will consist of 32 players. Eight more will be determined via four upcoming online qualifiers, where everyone is allowed to participate. More details will be announced shortly.By participating in the European WCS Premier Division, players are not allowed to participate in another region for all seasons of 2013.To learn more about the StarCraft II WCS, visit www.starcraft2.com/wcs otacon , Thursday, 11/04/13 01:04