IEM Summer talent revealed

Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović and Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović will be back on the desk for IEM Summer.

ESL has announced its talent roster for IEM Summer, the tournament boasting four top 5 squads in Gambit, HEROIC, G2 and Astralis, as well as other heavy hitters such as the most recent CIS and EU Regional Major Ranking tournament runners up, Virtus.pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The on-air crew that will bring the tournament to life is filled with former Counter-Strikeplayers to unpack the action as it happens, featuring YNk, kassad, Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez and Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill.

kassad is back on the broadcast after working IEM Katowice

The full roster also comprises regulars such as Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward, Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson and Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume, as well as the longtime duo comprising Harry Russell and Hugo Byron.

The 16-team, $250,000 event, is right around the corner, kicking off on June 3 and bringing 11 days of play split into a double elimination group stage and a single elimination playoff bracket.

The full IEM Summer talent list is:

Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović
Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez
Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Harry Russell
Hugo Byron
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume

G2 #4 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Alex 'Machine' Richardson Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.74 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.44 DPR: 0.64 Virtus.pro #9 Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Anders 'Anders' Blume Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.53 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.19 DPR: 0.58 Frankie 'Frankie' Ward Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Janko 'YNk' Paunović Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 118 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderEmil 'Magisk' ReifLucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 160 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Gambit #1 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 837 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraErik 'ztr' Gustafsson Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 34 Team: EXTREMUMC