有着电竞奥斯卡之称的电子竞技年度大奖（eSports Player of the year award）洲际所有奖项的最佳候选人名单公布，本次ESL为了选举能够更加的公平，改变了之前大部分评委都来自欧美的评判的做法，改由先是各自国家和地区进行选举决出胜者，然后各个地区的获胜选手再进入国际进行评选。

　　魔兽项目各个国家和地区好手全部入选大名单，包括“人皇” WE.Pepsi.Sky、“飘逸人族” wNv.TH000、“小人皇” WE.Pepsi.Infi、“月魔” MYM]Moon、“、“兽王” MYM]Grubby美兽王”、“浪漫人族” mouz.ToD、 SK.Lyn等等。

以下是各个地区的提名者名单:

中国:
ChunLei 'Fengzi' Zhang (Starcraft)
Wei 'Fly100%' Liang Lu (Warcraft 3)
Xuwen 'Infi' Wang (Warcraft 3)
Ke 'K1ngZ' Tang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Luo 'Legend' Xian (Starcraft)
Run Bo 'sakula' Wu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Bin 'savage' Liu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (Warcraft 3)
Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng (Warcraft 3)
Huang 'TH000' Xiang (Warcraft 3)

韩国:
Sung-Jae 'bail' Lee (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'Bisu' Taek Yong (Starcraft)
Lee Young 'Flash' Ho (Starcraft)
Lee Jae 'Jaedong' Dong(Starcraft)
June 'Lyn' Park (Warcraft 3)
Jang 'Moon' JaeHo (Warcraft 3)
Ma Jae 'sAviOr' Yoon (Starcraft)
Lee 'SoJu' Sung Duk (Warcraft 3)
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Byung-Goo 'Stork' Song (Starcraft)

北欧:
Jimmy 'allen' Allen (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Juuso 'contE' Sajakoski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Samuli 'elfittaja' Sihovonen (Warcraft 3)
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Jonas 'nordQvist' Nordqvist (Counter-Strike: Source)
Max 'ruuit' Aspe (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar (Warcraft 3)
Christoffer 'Sunde' Sunde (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen (Counter-Strike 1.6)

西欧:
Mark 'AirRaid' Koks (Counter-Strike: Source)
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Victor 'Delfin_1' Sanchez (FIFA Soccer)
Franz 'gore' Burghardt (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'hero' Schellhase (FIFA Soccer)
Christoph 'Mondragon' Semke (Starcraft)
Mickael 'mSx' Cassisi (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'XlorD' Spenst (Warcraft 3)

东欧:
Ioan 'Edward' Sukhariev (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin (Warcraft 3)
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn (Warcraft 3)
Aleksey 'LeX' Kolesnikov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Oleg 'WalkmaN' Khmara (FIFA Soccer)
Aleks 'White-Ra' Krupnick (Starcraft)
Mihail 'XyLigan' Ryabkov (Warcraft 3)

北美:
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Scott 'evolution' Cavallero (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner (Counter-Strike: Source)
Ryan 'OffbeatNinja' Ward (Dead or Alive 4)
Thomas 'OGRE2' Ryan (Halo 3)
Matt 'PaTyoJoN' Iantosca (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wesley 'ch0mpr' Cwiklo (Forza Motorsport 2)
Shaun 'hostile' Catron (Counter-Strike 1.6)
David 'Walshy' Walsh (Halo 3)
Matt 'Warden' Dickens (Counter-Strike: Source)

南美:
Bruno 'bit' Lima (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Raphael 'cogu' Camargo (Counter-Strike: Source)
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
Carlos 'KIKOOOO' Segal (Counter-Strike: Source)
Rodrigo 'MysT' Saraiva Martina (Warcraft 3)