South Africa’s best Counter-Strike players are aiming for the World Championships

An all-star lineup of South Africa’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players are set to enter The World Championships qualifiers in August.

Andreas “cent” Hadjipaschali was chosen to select the team composition for the Southern Barbarians, who will represent the best South African Counter-Strike players that the country has to offer, including players from Bravado Gaming, Carbon eSports, Aperture Gaming, and eNergy eSports.

Hadjipaschali stated clearly that the team does not represent the official South African Counter-Strike team:

This team or opportunity DOES NOT IN ANY WAY represent the official South African Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team and in no ways represents ‘Team South Africa’ – the players, managers, coaches & team is simply a squad from South Africa who will represent The Southern Barbarians brand & will be partaking in the TWC qualifiers as a team FROM South Africa.

A panel of local, experienced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players was created to decide the lineup of the international squad. The panel included the following community members:

• Andreas “cent” Hadjipaschali
• Daniel “spoof” van Wyk
• Riaan “style” van Niekerk
• James “zerochance” Wyjnberg
• Dane “racno” Friedman
• Sharon “shzzchk” Watson

Southern Barbarians CS: GO Lineup

As per E-Frag: TWC rules, a maximum of three players from one MGO may be selected for the core squad.

Below is the official Southern Barbarians Lineup for The World Champions 2016:

Core Lineup:

• Ruan “Elusive” Van Wyk – Captain
• Rieghardt “Flexee” Romatzki – Multi-Fragger
• Rhys “Fadey” Armstrong – Entry-Fragger
• Dimitri “Detrony” Hadjipaschali – Lurker
• Robby “Blackpoison” da Loca – AWP

Reserves:

• Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek
• Dominic “Domster” Sampaio
• Stefan “Nefan” Smit

Coach:

• Daniel “spoof” van Wyk

The World Championships

The Southern Barbarians will compete in online qualifiers against Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco for a spot in the grand finals.

The online qualifiers will be held in August, and the grand finals will take place from 12-16 October in Belgrade, Serbia.

Find more details about the Southern Barbarians team lineup here.

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