BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #33 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal chiwa Egor Stepanyuk PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan have announced the departures of former head and assistant coaches Arda "Epic" Yıldız and Adil "elemeNt" Maufroid. Subsequently, Salih "marqnue" Onaran has been onboarded as the new head coach while Juan "McJuankar" Carlos Mesa Ciruelo has been promoted from analyst to assistant coach.
The change in staff took place shortly after BBL narrowly missed out on the EMEA Stage 1 playoffs through a five-way tiebreaker. The Turkish organization had yet to break past the group stage in both last and this year's VCT despite multiple roster changes.
marqnue joins as a former coach of FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban and Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #15 , having played for both organizations in matches dating back to 2020. However, the coach was absent from the professional scene for the majority of 2023, which may raise eyebrows and put pressure on the new head of the team.
BBL Esports will return to the EMEA League in Split 2 for one more attempt at qualifying for an international LAN. The Turkish roster will need to accrue a hefty amount of Championship points should they not directly qualify to this year's Champions.
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