James Bardolph returns as part of ESL Challenger Rotterdam broadcast talent

A nine-person team will lead fans through the action in the Netherlands.

ESL have announced the complete list of broadcast talent that will handle coverage of ESL Challenger Rotterdam, which kicks off on Friday with $100,000 and a spot in ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference on offer.

Mike "⁠DarfMike⁠" Winnick will head up hosting duties for the tournament on the desk, where he will be joined by a trio of analysts including Allan "⁠Allan⁠" Hender, John "JRT"Tsoupanarias, and former GODSENT fe and LGB fe player Hege "⁠Hedje⁠" Botnen.

Bardolph will cast an offline event for the first time since November 2021

Commentary for the event is left in the hands of James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph, Lucy "LucyLuce"Eastwood, Michael "YouM3"Cassidy, and Brandon "BDog"Rawlings.

The event notably marks the return of BARDOLPH to an offline CS:GO tournament for the first time since PGL Major Stockholm, which played out almost exactly one year ago. Since then, he has commentated over just two online events, the most recent being ESL Impact League Season 2 South America.

ESL Challenger Rotterdam will run from October 14-16, kicking off with two, four-team GSL groups that will lead into a single-elimination playoff bracket. Four top 20 teams are in attendance in the form of MOUZ, Outsiders, Movistar Riders, and ENCE, with the event also offering us a first glimpse at João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos' Fluxo lineup in a LAN environment.

The complete list of talent for the event can be found below:

Mike "⁠DarfMike⁠" Winnick - Host
James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks - Stage Host

Allan "⁠Allan⁠" Hender - Analyst
Hege "⁠Hedje⁠" Botnen - Analyst
John "JRT"Tsoupanarias - Analyst
Michael "YouM3"Cassidy - Commentator
Brandon "BDog"Rawlings - Commentator
James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph - Commentator
Lucy "LucyLuce"Eastwood - Commentator

Outsiders #12 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev João 'felps' Vasconcellos Age: 25 Team: Fluxo Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1058 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 James 'BARDOLPH' Bardolph Age: 38 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.52 Maps played: 12 KPR: 0.32 DPR: 0.73 Allan 'Allan' Hender Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 GODSENT fe James 'BanKs' Banks Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 ENCE #16 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Fluxo #56 João 'felps' VasconcellosAdriano 'WOOD7' CeratoVinicius 'vsm' MoreiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesLucas 'lux' Meneghini Hege 'Hedje' Botnen Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 76 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.72 LGB fe MOUZ #8 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman Mike 'DarfMike' Winnick Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Movistar Riders #15 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoDavid 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez