The Warcraft III tournament of ESWC Masters will feature four French players who are top of ESWC France rankings by June 4 as well as sixteen international players selected from the pre-list. Top three finalists in this tournament who failed to qualify via their own national qualifiers will clinch a berth to the ESWC Grand Final in San Jose.

Aside from the SK players, the list also named various well-known players from Europe and Asia. On top of the list is Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider of Mousesports who has already qualified for the ESWC Grand Final via Germany qualification.

As well as Gravitas Gaming quartet Mihail "XyLigan" Ryabkov, Oleg "TiTaN" Kuptsov, Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn and Robert "Rob" Abdrakhmanov are included along with Fnatic trio Hyo Sub "FoCuS" Eom, Chul Woo "Shy" Park and Sung Hyun "Space" Park.

Two times WCG title holders Xiaofeng "Sky" Li, who was previously knocked out of ESWC China pre-qualifier, keeps his ESWC hope alive after being shortlisted together with his World Elite team mate Xuwen "infi" Wang.

The ESWC Masters will take place on July 4-6 in Paris Bercy with a prize purse of $65,000. The Grand Final in San Jose meanwhile will happen in late August.

Pre-list of participants for ESWC Masters in Paris



ESWC committee will release the final list on May 20.