WCS Summer Players List and Talent Lineup

The time for Kyiv to open its doors to the second WCS event this year is coming closer, and today we are ready to announce the first players list as well as talent lineup for WCS Summer.

Participants

WCS Summer will distribute USD $100,000, 12,600 WCS points and direct seeding to the 2019 WCS Global Finals amongst its best players and the champion, so let’s see who is going to fight for their share. Here is the list of the 64 Open Bracket players who are now able to arrange their travel to Kyiv:

	HeroMarine	Snute
	ShoWTimE	Nice
	PtitDrogo	BluE
	Cham	SouLeer
	goblin	Sakura
	Astrea	ArT
	Harstem	Rodzyn
	uThermal	HolyHit
	Clem	hinO
	DnS	Mixu
	HellraiseR	Fuzer
	LiquidTLO	Lillekanin
	Bly	Spazymazy
	MaNa	PappiJoe
	Namshar	RazerBlader
	RiSky	PengWin
	Strange	Wanderer
	Erik	Creed
	Gungfubanda	Bee
	Gerald	Vanya
	Kas	Arctur
	SKillous	MODEUS
	SortOf	Nerazim
	Zanster	EnigmA
	HateMe	ZipperTheFly
	souL	BuRning
	Nerchio	Lisandro
	BratOK	Awers
	Denver	Minatoeh
	ShaDoWn	GhostHell
	Ziggy	SaLemandr
	SpaceMarine	Quantel
You can also find the list of WCS Challenger winners below:
	Serral	Neeb
	Reynor	SpeCial
	TIME	Elazer
	Scarlett	MaSa
	Lambo	Probe
	Kelazhur	Has
	ButAlways	Future
	iAsonu	Lemon

Please note that the final player list will be released closer to the tournament.

Talent

Stage host: Sue ‘Smix‘ Lee
Desk host: James A. ‘Kaelaris‘ Carrol
Commentator: Kevin ‘Rotterdam‘ van der Koi
Commentator: Leigh "Maynarde" Mandalov
Commentator: Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Commentator: Benjamin "DeMusliM" Baker
Commentator: Ravi ‘feardragon‘ Pareek

Tournament format

Our knockout bracket system worked well and we received good feedback from the participants at WCS Spring, so we are going to use the same tournament format for WCS Summer. If you are not familiar with an updated 2019 WCS Circuit format, check out the WCS Summer Ruleset and our format video overview:

Make sure to follow the official WCS website and @esportStarcraft on Twitter for more updates, and we’ll see you July 12-14 for WCS Summer!