UK player roster and casting talent announced ahead of Overwatch World Cup Paris group stage

The final 2018 Overwatch World Cup group stage is fast approaching – and a host of UK talent is ready to rock Paris.
Since the initial 7 Lions/Team UK Overwatch roster announcement earlier in the summer, it looks like the final six players and sub have been finalised.
The Team UK roster is as follows:

• Christopher “ChrisTFer” Graham
• Eoghan “Smex” O’Neill
• Isaac “Boombox” Charles
• Harrison “Kruise” Pond
• Michael “MikeyA” Adams
• Finley “Kyb” Adisi
• Kai “KSP” Collins (substitute)

The UK are one of six teams in the Paris group stage, the others being France, Germany, Poland, Italy and the Netherlands.
They are competing for a place in the last eight at Blizzcon in November. Six of those positions have already been claimed in the earlier group stages by South Korea, Finland, the USA, Canada, China, and Australia.
Matches in the Paris group stage take place from September 21st to 23rd.
Also, in terms of casters for the Paris group stage, there are four from the UK:

• Thomas “Tridd” Underwood
• Derry “Dezachu” Holt
• Jack “Jaws” Wright
• Harry “LegDay” Pollitt

It’s happening. I can finally talk about it. See you all in Paris #OWWC2018 https://t.co/TnPnuoRQH9 pic.twitter.com/HqdoXfe452

— Tridd #OWWC ?? (@_Tridd) September 17, 2018

These join the likes of Soe Gschwind-Penski, Malik Forté, Andrew “ZP” Rush and Jake Lyon.
Blizzard ran through the others team rosters, revealed the casting talent and the schedule in a post here.
Last year, the UK made it to the quarter finals in the Overwatch World Cup, where they were defeated 3-0 by Sweden.
And in the separate Overwatch League, London Spitfire took the crown back in July.

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.