The following players will be invited to participate in the Q1 2013 championship. The number in parentheses after their names are the number of playoffs in which they have already participated.
See the FAQ for an explanation of the three ways a player can qualify for the playoff.
And congratulations to all listed below on their accomplishment and best of luck in the upcoming competition! Note that there are two first-time championship contestants....and two players have now reached their tenth championship!
We will announce the date for the championship as soon as players are invited and we confirm that a sufficient number can play on that date.
| Name | Rank | Qualification | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| swart260 (3) | 1 | Top 25 | Netherlands |
| mentzel.iudith (9) | 2 | Top 25 | Israel |
| Stelios Vlasopoulos (6) | 3 | Top 25 | Belgium |
| Niels Hecker (10) | 4 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Justin Cave (8) | 5 | Top 25 | United States |
| Rakesh Dadhich (1) | 6 | Top 25 | India |
| Mike Pargeter (9) | 7 | Top 25 | United Kingdom |
| Vincent Malgrat (4) | 8 | Top 25 | French Republic |
| Siim Kask (9) | 9 | Top 25 | Estonia |
| puchtec (1) | 10 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Viacheslav Stepanov (8) | 11 | Top 25 | Russia |
| Janis Baiza (5) | 12 | Top 25 | Latvia |
| kowido (8) | 13 | Top 25 | No Country Set |
| Chad Lee (7) | 14 | Top 25 | United States |
| james su (5) | 15 | Top 25 | Canada |
| Frank Schrader (10) | 16 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Matthias Rogel (1) | 17 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Milibor Jovanovic (1) | 18 | Top 25 | United Kingdom |
| Jerry Bull (7) | 19 | Top 25 | United States |
| Randy Gettman (9) | 20 | Top 25 | United States |
| Ajaykumar Gupta (0) | 21 | Top 25 | Singapore |
| Dieter Kowalski (3) | 22 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Veera Marimuthu (0) | 23 | Top 25 | Singapore |
| Vinu (2) | 24 | Top 25 | India |
| Frank Schmitt (4) | 25 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Zoltan Fulop (4) | 26 | Wildcard | Hungary |
| Jeroen Rutte (3) | 27 | Wildcard | Netherlands |
| Giedrius Deveikis (2) | 28 | Wildcard | Lithuania |
| Ivan Blanarik (4) | 31 | Correctness | Slovakia |
| macabre (3) | 55 | Correctness | Russia |
| Kevan Gelling (7) | 59 | Correctness | Isle of Man |
| dannyg64 (1) | 60 | Correctness | United States |
| Rohan Gray (0) | 61 | Wildcard | United States |
| Michal Cvan (7) | 62 | Correctness | Slovakia |
| Rimantas Adomauskas (2) | 64 | Correctness | Lithuania |
| Thierry Poels (4) | 92 | Correctness | Belgium |
| Ingimundur Gudmundsson (0) | 125 | Correctness | Norway |
| Carlos Eduardo Mayorga Rodriguez (2) | 137 | Correctness | Colombia |
| Dan Kiser (3) | 242 | Correctness | United States |
