GosuGamers can report that the reigning champion Chris "HuK" Loranger will not be participating in the group stage of the €1,500 Razer StarCraft 2 GosuCup.

The top four from last season: HuK, Benoit "AdelScott" Strypsteen, Giacomo "Socke" Thüs and Nick "LastShadow" De Cesare all received an direct seed into the group stage, but after today's reports the Canadian Protoss will not be taking part in the GosuCup.

This after HuK's addressed his concern of playing against North Americans and Europeans from South Korea. After not finding a way for him to play while in Europe, he decided to forfeit.

GosuGamers will put together a last-minute qualifier with the losing semi finalists of the six qualifiers to determine which will take his spot.

€1,500 Razer GosuCup Group Stage
Group A Group B
1. Open spot 2. Mill.Adelscott
8. sixjaxTerran 7. Empire.Nerchio
12. Empire.Beastyqt 11. dignitasMerz
16. Epsilon.Mover 15. Trimaster
May 28 19:00 CET
TBA vs. Mover
May 29 19:00 CET
sixjaxTerran vs. BeastyqtMay 28 20:00 CET
Adelscott vs.Trimaster
May 29 20:00 CET
Nerchio vs. Merz
Group C Group D
3. aTn.Socke 4. GGLastShadow
6. inFRunA 5. Grubby
10. coLCrunCher 9. coLrsvp
14. VTSpades 13. Empire.Kas
May 28 21:00 CET
Socke vs. Spades
May 29 21:00 CET
RunA vs. CrunCherMay 28 22:00 CET
LastShadow vs. Kas
May 29 22:00 CET
Grubby vs. coLrsvp