The six winners of the regional polls are nominated for the worldwide “eSports Player of the Year“ and will be crowned at the eSports Award Ceremony in August. The winner will be determined by the eSports Award Academy.

The Nominees for the eSports Player of the Year 2009

Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund (Northern Europe)
Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer (Western Europe)
Filip 'Neo~' Kubski (Eastern Europe)
Jang 'Moon' JaeHo (Korea)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (China)
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (America)

The public polls were held on the biggest and most prestigious eSports pages of all six regions. From June 27th until July 5th the community all over the world had the chance to vote for their favorite eSports player. We want to thank all eSports websites, which were part of the voting process: SK Gaming (in four categories), fragbite, rakaka.se, readmore.de, fragster.de (the results of both German websites were combined), eSportsFrance, Gameinside, eSport.pl, niceZ, replays.net, PCGames.com.cn, Teamplay.com.br and Team EG.

Now we present the six winners and the runner-ups.

Regional eSports Player of the Year Northern Europe:

Winner: Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Runner-ups: Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg and Jimmy 'allen' Allén

Nominees:
Jimmy 'allen' Allén (CS1.6)
Alexander 'ave' Holdt (CS1.6)
Hjalmar 'DowaQ' Högberg (WC3)
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg (CS1.6)
Magnus 'fox' Olsson (Quake)
Kalle 'FrostBeule' Videkull (Trackmania)
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund (CS1.6)
Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl (CS1.6)
Jonas 'JonasL' Laursen (FIFA)
Jonathan 'Loda' Berg (DotA)
Tomi 'lurppis' Kovanen (CS1.6)
Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen (DotA)
Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström (CS1.6)
Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira (Quake)
Christoffer 'Sunde' Sunde (CS1.6)

Regional eSports Player of the Year Western Europe:

Winner: Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer
Runner-ups: Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen and Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski

Nominees:
Manuel 'approx' Zeitz (CS1.6)
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski (CS1.6)
Carlos 'dumbazo' Garcia (CS:Source)
Luke David 'KritikaL' Green (CS:Source)
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (WC3)
Wouter 'Handewasser' Van Someren (PGR)
Daniel 'hero' Schellhase (FIFA)
Patrick 'Inflame' Costales (WoW)
Kuro Salehi 'KuroKy' Takhasomi (DotA)
Pedro 'LastNight' Caiado (FIFA)
Christoph 'Mondragon' Semke (SC:BW)
Pedro Moreno 'LucifroN' Durán (WC3)
Andre 'nooky' Utesch (CS:Source)
Luis 'Paperkat' Di Centa (WoW)
Sam 'RattlesnK' Gawn (CS:Source)
Loïc 'RegnaM' Péron (CS:Source)
Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer (CS1.6)
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (WC3)
Daniel 'XlorD' Spenst (WC3)
Simon 'Xom' Palmer (WoW)

Regional eSports Player of the Year Eastern Europe:

Winner: Filip 'Neo~' Kubski
Runner-ups: Marius Victor 'BeBe' Craciun and Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas

Nominees:
Valent 'Another' Sebatijan (WoW)
Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski (Quake)
Marius Victor 'BeBe' Craciun (FIFA)
Alexey 'Cypher' Yanushevsky (Quake)
Petar 'Desis' Chenkov (WoW)
Grzegorz 'Dreiven' Kordek (SC:BW)
Ioan 'Edward' Sukhariev (CS1.6)
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin (WC3)
Cezary 'KarteKpL' Gontarek (FIFA)
Levent 'LevenT' Isyapar (DotA)
Aleksey 'LeX' Kolesnikov (CS1.6)
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov (CS1.6)
Filip 'Neo~' Kubski (CS1.6)
Daniel 'Phenomenon' C. (WoW)
Marek '.PhP' Kádek (CS:Source)
Karel 'sneix' Pavlica (CS:Source)
Yuri 'Sting' Sheremetov (WC3)
Eugin 'Strelok' Oparyshev (SC:BW)
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas (CS1.6)
Aleks 'White-Ra' Krupnick (SC:BW)

Regional eSports Player of the Year Korea:

Winner: Jang 'Moon' JaeHo
Runner-ups: Sung-Jae 'bail' Lee and Park Chul 'Shy' Woo

Nominees:
Sung-Jae 'bail' Lee (CS1.6)
Kim 'Bisu' Taek Yong (SC:BW)
Lee Young 'Flash' Ho (SC:BW)
Lee Jae 'Jaedong' Dong (SC:BW)
June 'Lyn' Park (WC3)
Jang 'Moon' JaeHo (WC3)
Kang Nae 'Orangemarmalade' Hyun (WoW)
Park Chul 'Shy' Woo (WC3)
Sun-Ho 'termi' Pyun (CS1.6)
Du-Seop 'WhO' Chang (WC3)

Regional eSports Player of the Year China:

Winner: Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
Runner-ups: Huang 'TH000' Xiang and Bin 'savage' Liu

Nominees:
Sun Yi 'F91' Feng (SC:BW)
Wei 'Fly100%' Liang Lu (WC3)
Xuwen 'infi' Wang (WC3)
Jun 'Pj' Chun Sha (SC:BW)
Fan 'Razerj' Zhibo (Quake)
Bin 'savage' Liu (CS1.6)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (WC3)
Zhang 'Super' Lu Ming (SC:BW)
Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng (WC3)
Huang 'TH000' Xiang (WC3)

Regional eSports Player of the Year America:

Winner: Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert
Runner-ups: Bruno 'bit' Fukuda Lima and Tom 'TSquared' Taylor

Nominees:
Alice 'ali' Lew (CS1.6 Female)
Isaac 'Azael' Cummings-Bentley (WoW)
Bruno 'bit' Fukuda Lima (CS1.6)
DJ 'Celex' Roggenkamp (WoW)
Andrew 'dRew' Timmerman (CS1.6)
Gregory A. 'IdrA' Fields (SC:BW)
Derrick 'impulsive' Truong (CS1.6)
Justin 'Justin_Wong' Wong (Street Fighter 4)
Ben 'Merlini' Wu (DotA)
Renato Alécio 'nak' Nakano (CS1.6)
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (CS1.6)
Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson (Quake)
Eric 'Snipedown' Wrona (Halo 3)
Daigo 'The Beast' Umehara (Street Fighter 4)
Tom 'TSquared' Taylor (Halo 3)