Spain’s roster is now complete. Last week,
Sheep Esports revealed the names of the three first players who will represent La Roja in Saudi Arabia at the Esports Nations Cup next November: Alex “
Myrwn” Villarejo, Javier “
Elyoya” Prades, and Álvaro “
Alvaro” Fernández del Amo. According to our information, the
Movistar KOI trio will be joined by AD Carry Victor “
Flakked” Lirola and midlaner Raúl "
Hydra" Moreno Valero.
In addition, national teams must submit the names of two substitutes. The team’s coach, Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre Rodríguez, chose to keep flexibility in the toplane and AD Carry roles by selecting Óscar "Oscarinin" Muñoz Jiménez and Sergio "Legolas" Vicente Gispert as the sixth and seventh players.
One of The Best Teams in Europe
With the core of
, Spain has secured a high-level roster featuring three players competing in the LEC. To accompany Alvaro in the botlane, former
and
ADC Flakked was selected. He is currently playing for
in the LVP SuperLiga. He will be backed up by Legolas, the ADC of
for more than two years now.
Finally, in the midlane role, where the biggest concerns remained on the Spanish side, the choice fell on Hydra, the midlaner of
, who will inevitably have to raise his level to match teammates already used to competing in the LEC. Lastly, Oscarinin will serve as Myrwn’s backup in the toplane, despite not having played this year and being without a team since his departure from
.
Sixteen of the 32 teams will qualify for the tournament based on the results of their representatives in Riot Games’ official competitive circuits. Nation’s standing is determined by the combined points of its five highest-scoring players. (
You can find all the details by following this link). For now, according to Liquipedia’s calculations, Spain could skip the qualifier, mostly thanks to its three MKOI players. The country is indeed ranked around the twelfth position, with 1349.99 points, distributed as follows:
- Myrwn: 383.33 points
- Oscarinin: 0 point
- Elyoya: 383.33 points
- Hydra: 0 point
- Flakked: 0 point
- Legolas: 200 points
- Alvaro: 383.33 points
As a reminder, AD Carry David “Supa” Martínez García will not participate in the Esports Nations Cup, as the player was not interested in competing and tournament rules prohibit more than three players from the same team from representing the same national roster.
