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.
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
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Anders "Anders" Blume
G2 #4 
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Nikola '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' Kuliev
Timur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' Golubev
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
Mareks '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
