The esports rosters for Team Great Britain and Team Ireland have been announced for the Global Esports Games 2022 Istanbul, with qualifiers underway this weekend.
British Esports announced that Team Great Britain will compete in the Global Esports Federation tournament, with four teams competing across three titles.
The Global Esports Games 2022 is scheduled to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, featuring teams in Dota 2, eFootball, Street Fighter V and PUBG Mobile.
The Team Great Britain esports players are as follows:
Dota 2 Open
- Tanner
- Adzantick
- Aribeonaty
- TeaGuvnor
- symetricaL
Dota 2 Women’s
- Ruby
- Bellemiku
- Karenlyl
- Karen Liu
- Gimmick
Street Fighter V: The4Philzz (pictured, top)
eFootball: xBigStuff
British Esports have also confirmed Mark ‘WEL13R’ Weller as team manager once again.
The news comes after Team Great Britain achieved success at the Global Esports Games 2021 in Singapore, with Team Great Britain claiming Silver in the Dota 2 Women’s division.
Earlier this year, the UK Home Nations won 11 medals at the inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships in Birmingham.
“I’m extremely excited for the upcoming Global Esports Games in Istanbul later this year.” said Mark Weller, team manager for Great Britain.
“We have a great amount of talent in our selection with a good amount of players coming off of a very successful Commonwealth Esports Championships, and I’m hopeful that we can improve on last year’s result.”
Mark Weller, Team Great Britain
Then, looking at Team Ireland’s Dota 2 Open team, that includes:
- Mousey
- Gavz
- Wishfire
- Dara
- Jesse James
- Tremonti (sub)
- Spicy Twiglets (coach)
Team Great Britain have started off well in Dota, having beaten Ireland this weekend on the British Esports Twitch channel.
British Esports are supporting Team Great Britain at the Global Esports Games as a member federation.
“We’re pleased to see a pathway being created for esports talent in the United Kingdom with a growing number of players in multiple games,” said Chester King, CEO at British Esports.
“The excitement surrounding the Commonwealth Esports Championships is still prevalent and ongoing discussions surrounding Commonwealth and Olympic involvement continue to show a real desire to bring esports into the mainstream.”
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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.
