Russia captain Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov has finalised his ten-man squad for the soon-to-start European Championship. Last year Russia's eight-man team were knocked out in the quarter finals, losing 1-2 to the team that would go on to win ESEC 2013: Denmark. This time Bogdanov has assembled a full roster consisting of players from five teams, including two of his teammates from Nostalgie. They're joined by three players from USSR, two from daT, as well as Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov from HellRaisers, and Denis "seized" Kostin from Natus Vincere. The remaining teams for ESEC 2014 will be revealed in the coming days, while qualifications begin this month.
hooch captains Team Russia for a second timeDmitry "hooch" Bogdanov (Nostalgie) Alan "Fly" Temirov (Nostalgie) Alexander "spiker" Ivanov (Nostalgie) Anton "tonyblack" Kolesnikov (USSR) Nikolay "latro" Lee (USSR) Alexander "lamp" Noviy (USSR) Egor "flamie" Vasilyev (dAT) Georgi "WorldEdit" Yaskin (dAT) Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov (HellRaisers) Denis "seized" Kostin (Natus Vincere) Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov
Age: 27 Team: Nostalgie Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 84 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.75
Denis 'seized' Kostin
Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 227 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67
Alexander 'spiker' Ivanov
Age: 20 Team: Nostalgie Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 29 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.73
Alexander 'lamp' Noviy
Age: 17 Team: USSR Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 35 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Age: 17 Team: dAT Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 69 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.71
Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin
Age: 22 Team: dAT Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 78 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70
Alan 'Fly' Temirov
Age: 24 Team: Nostalgie Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 62 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.76
Nikolay 'latro' Lee
Age: 21 Team: USSR Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 58 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.67
Anton 'tonyblack' Kolesnikov
Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 153 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov
Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 327 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62