MSSA enters Global Esports Games to be held in Mumbai, India.

Zaid Williams (Clash Royale) and Matthew Raubach (Captain of DotA) have been selected to officially represent South Africa as members of the Protea Esports team that will play in GEG25.

 Further to the article 'Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....', Mind Sports South Africa has submitted tits entry to Mumbai 2025 Global Esports Games (GEG25).

The event should have been held in 2025, but due to a variety of factors, the

GEG25 World Finals will be held in Mumbai, India, from 26 February to 1 March 2026. 

However, it must be noted that regional qualifiers will be held prior to the finals.

 

Entry is for the following titles: 

 

• DOTA 2 (PC): FIVE (5) Athletes + ONE (1) Coach per team, per country/territory  
• Clash Royale (Mobile): ONE (1) Athlete per country/territory 

The current MSSA Protea Team for the DotA esports title will again take to the field while MSSA selected its Clash Royale athlete at its recent Northern Cape Online Provincial Championships.

The DotA team is arguably the best DotA team to ever represent South Africa and under Matthew's leadership, the South African Protea DotA 2 team recorded decisive wins over Madagascar and Namibia in 2025 IESF (International Esports Federation) regional matches

The team consists of:

Title	Name	Club	Nick	Province
Clash Royale	Zaid Williams	Dimension Gaming	slimzaidy	Western Cape
DotA	Matthew Raubach (Capt.)	ZAG Academy	bee	Gauteng
	Callum Foster	ZAG Academy	sk3p	Western Cape
	Lennard Koekemoer	ZAG Academy	remedy	Gauteng
	Berend van Staden	ZAG Academy	Berend	Gauteng
	Suhail Khan	ZAG Academy	Soup	Gauteng
Manager	Johan van Breda	ZAG Academy	-	Gauteng

Additional reading:

• 2026 Calendar of events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC24 - Thato Maredi outperforms Bafana Bafana!
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2026 season.
• ACES - Avenging Bafana
• ACES - Thato advances to the knock-out stages!
• Events - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• GEF - Clash Royale esports athletes may win a trip to Mumbai....
  
• GEF - MSSA enters Global Esports Games to be held in Mumbai, India.
• National Team Trials - Who qualifies for MSSA National Team Trials?
  
• Results - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships - 24 January 2026.
• Sportsmanship Award - Sportsmanship Award - Northern Cape Online Esports Provincial Championships
• Streaming - Streaming of MSSA's Northern Cape Online Championships for the MLBB esports title.