Hearthstone: Hearthstone World Championship Participants Announced

It's almost time for the Hearthstone World Championship, and here's the 16 players that will be in attendance.

Updated on November 15, 2017 1:02PM EST

Hearthstone: Hearthstone World Championship Participants Announced

By:

Lewis Smith

Updated on November 15, 2017 1:02PM EST

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The field is complete! We now know all 16 players that will be competing in the Hearthstone World Championship. So mark your calendar for January 18-21, or even purchase a ticket if you will be in Amsterdam, Netherlands this Winter!

Here are all of the players that will be battling it out for the $1,000,000 prize pool! And yes, of course, Europe has the most representatives.

Europe (6)

Aleksey "ShtanUdachi" Barsukov (Winter)
Frederik "Hoej" Nielsen (Spring)
Aleksandr "Kolento" Malsh (Spring)
Eugene "Neirea" Shumilin (Spring)
Jon "Orange" Westberg (Summer)
Thomas "Sintolol" Zimmer (Last Call)

Americas (5)

Frank "Fr0zen" Zhang (Winter)
Julien "DocPwn" Bachand (Winter)
Anthony "Ant" Trevino (Spring)
Ryan "Purple" Murphy-Root (Summer)
Muzahidul "Muzzy" I. (Last Call)

Asia-Pacific (3)

Samuel "SamuelTsao" Tsao (Winter)
Kim "Surrender" Jung-soo (Summer)
Chen "Tom60229" Wei Lin (Last Call)

China (2)

Jason "JasonZhou" Zhou (Summer)
Zheng "OmegaZero" Lin (Last Call)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lewis Smith

Author

Lewis "Tryhard" Smith is a Legend Hearthstone player. He has worked for Major League Baseball, the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Timberwolves and has a Sports Management degree from the University of Minnesota.