There are 50 players in EMEA Challengers this year. Here are how many of them come from each country, in descending order:
Poland: 11
Portugal: 7
Türkiye: 5
Germany: 3
Spain: 3
UK: 3
Netherlands: 2
Denmark: 2
Czechia: 2
Italy: 2
Saudi Arabia: 2
Lithuania: 1
France: 1
Finland: 1
Serbia: 1
Estonia: 1
Lebanon: 1
Egypt: 1
UAE: 1
Zephyros [#2]pretty surprising actually
poland dominating
Poland have players on 6 different teams as well.
Also, surprisingly, none of the Play-Ins teams had any Polish players at all.
Edit: never mind, there are 2 on Diamant
Inort [#3]Poland?? They like have a full polish team or what?
GoNext has 3
Apeks has 2
MOUZ has 2
Joblife has 2
Barça has 1
DSYRE has 1
Diebs [#6]no russian player is surprising
True. There were actually 7 in the Play-Ins but they all got eliminated, sadly
cloudberry [#8]GoNext has 3
Apeks has 2
MOUZ has 2
Joblife has 2
Barça has 1
DSYRE has 1
Im too surprised that turkey has just 5
Inort [#12]Im too surprised that turkey has just 5
Yeah, me too. And they're all on one team, as well
ButterflyEffect23 [#13]prove it
just watch the games in east league lol especially z10, incognito and b8
Inort [#3]Poland?? They like have a full polish team or what?
no, east is just the biggest export region in t2
lots of players who have been in other regions for years -> frees up space in own league to develop talent -> best players then get picked up by other regions again
After 2 splits they no longer count as imports so they often then stay in the league
Basically any league which has orgs is gonna be "swamped" with imports from Russia (obviously), east and polaris who all lack(ed) proper org support
Getting better in east with the TO doing an amazing job this year though
laeDLaer [#15]just watch the games in east league lol especially z10, incognito and b8
Zero Tenacity isn't very good, Incognito only won a single game the entire split, and B8 only has one Pole. So I don't get your point
cloudberry [#18]Zero Tenacity isn't very good, Incognito only won a single game the entire split, and B8 only has one Pole. So I don't get your point
dont talk if you havent watched. even iron player will see these teams are obviously fixing. even in CS z10 are known to be cheating dogs anyway
Targu1n [#17]no, east is just the biggest export region in t2
lots of players who have been in other regions for years -> frees up space in own league to develop talent -> best players then get picked up by other regions again
After 2 splits they no longer count as imports so they often then stay in the leagueBasically any league which has orgs is gonna be "swamped" with imports from Russia (obviously), east and polaris who all lack(ed) proper org support
Getting better in east with the TO doing an amazing job this year though
Oh so the same thing with Jemkin and Something?
Inort [#20]Oh so the same thing with Jemkin and Something?
theyre more extreme cases since theyve always been in japan, but ye very similar
lots of peeps whove been in other regions since 2022 (so since the start of emea t2)
kanyefan4238173 [#22]why am i not surprised 😎
There are 15 players left:
Türkiye: 5
Germany: 2
Poland: 2
UK: 2
Portugal: 1
Denmark: 1
Lithuania: 1
Serbia: 1
cloudberry [#23]There are 15 players left:
Türkiye: 5
Germany: 2
Poland: 2
UK: 2
Portugal: 1
Denmark: 1
Lithuania: 1
Serbia: 1
at least at the end it will be
poland: 2
uk: 1
denmark: 1
lithuania: 1
kanyefan4238173 [#24]at least at the end it will be
poland: 2
uk: 1
denmark: 1
lithuania: 1
We'll see
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