Sources: Denmark appoints League of Legends roster for the Esports Nations Cup

Denmark has long been one of the most storied nations in League of Legends history, and for the first-ever Esports Nations Cup, the country will send its best active players in order to compete on the world stage. Led by Rasmus "" Winther, sources tell Sheep Esports that Denmark's League of Legends roster is as follows:

The team will be led by a fully Danish coaching staff, with Patrick "Pad" Suckow-Breum serving as Head Coach, assisted by Benjamin "Visdom" Larsen and Nikolaj "Den Voksne" Meilby.

At the Esports Nations Cup, some teams will qualify directly to the Main Event in November while others must go through regional qualifiers first. Direct qualification is determined by a points-based ranking system, where each player is scored according to their competitive results. Those scores are then aggregated into a national ranking, with the highest-ranked nations earning a direct berth to the Main Event.

Caps alone is expected to contribute more points than some nations' entire rosters combined. Competing under the banner of G2 Esports, the midlaner's Top 8 finish at Worlds 2025 and runner-up finish at First Stand 2026 all but guarantee Denmark a direct spot in the Main Event.

That direct qualification also buys the team valuable time to settle their starting lineup, namely, which of the two toplaners and junglers will take the stage when the Main Event kicks off in Riyadh in November.

In the toplane, the decision comes down to Wunder, currently competing for SK Gaming in the LEC, and Carlsen, who represents Galions in the LFL. While a LEC player would typically hold the edge, the two met just last month in the EWC EMEA Qualifiers, and it was Carlsen who came out on top, with Galions eliminating SK Gaming 2-0.

The jungle picture is similarly open. Woldjo competes for TeamOrangeGaming in the Prime League, where his side sits around mid-table, while Cboi represents Frites Esports Club in the Benelux, a weaker region on paper. That said, Cboi has been dominant, going a perfect 30-0 without dropping a single game in his ERL this split.

In the botlane, however, the choices are effectively made. With only two substitutes allowed, the other players on the roster are set. Zven, with over ten years of competing at the top level and currently playing for Cloud9, will start as AD Carry. Doss, who has LEC experience but has spent recent years in the ERLs, most recently played for BK ROG Esports, a team that claimed an LFL title last year with him, but has since disbanded after the Winter Split this year, leaving him teamless.

Once the biggest rivalry in the West, midlaners Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg and Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen used to go tooth and nail in the LCS, battling to be crowned the best in the region. Both from Denmark, they were walking in the footsteps of another iconic Danish midlaner: Henrik "Froggen" Hansen. With a population of fewer than 6 million at the time, many fans found themselves wondering: how could such a small country produce so many star players?

With all of those midlaners now retired, Caps stands out as the clear choice in the midlane, but other roles, too, used to be filled with S-tier talent. The jungle position, which now holds two strong ERL representatives, once boasted LCS champions in Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen, Lucas "Santorin" Tao Kilmer and, later, Mads "Broxah" Brock-Pedersen.

Interestingly, there was even a fully Danish lineup in the EU LCS with the arrival of Splyce in 2016, who fielded the following roster:

After finishing 8th in Spring, the roster made a single change, signing rookie support Mihael "Mikyx" Mehle, moving away from a fully Danish lineup in the process. The results were transformative: the team climbed from 8th to second place in Summer and qualified for Worlds, in what remains one of the most iconic stories of 2016.

Now, ten years later, Denmark's lineup for the first-ever nations-based competition may not be as star-studded from top to bottom, but it will be among the top 16 teams, and with the best Western player in the history of League of Legends on their side in Caps, they are not a team any opponent should underestimate.

Scheduled from November 2 to 29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Esports Nations Cup is said to be the largest nations-based competition in esports history. In its first edition, the event is expected to bring together thousands of players from around a hundred countries competing across nearly 16 titles, League of Legends among them. Qualifiers will take place in June ahead of the main event in November, which will feature 32 national teams.

Of those 32 spots, 16 will be awarded through direct qualification, determined by each nation's representatives and their results in Riot Games' official competitive circuits, a path Denmark is set to take. The remaining 16 spots will be split between seven regional qualifiers, each offering two berths, with the final two slots reportedly reserved as wildcards.

Denmark will also field rosters across other titles, though those have yet to be revealed.

Update: This article has been edited to better represent Denmark’s importance in the history of League Of Legends.