BBL Esports
BBL Esports
Europe
Rank #16
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
sociablEE
Volkan Yonal
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
LewN
Burak Alkan
MAGNUM
Martin Penkov
has announced last-minute changes before Stage 1 due to Egor "chiwa"
Stepanyuk's ongoing visa uncertainty. Martin "MAGNUM"
Penkov will replace him in the active roster while Vakaris "vakk"
Bebravičius, who stood in for chiwa at Kickoff, is no longer with BBL.
chiwa was slated to be a part of the team's 2025 roster but was sidelined for Kickoff due to visa issues. BBL's only solution was to use a stand-in player, prompting them to sign Vakaris "vakk" Bebravičius.
Despite fielding a newcomer, BBL managed to outplace most of the EMEA field at Kickoff. Two wins over
GIANTX
GIANTX
Europe
Rank #154
purp0
Semyon Borchev
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
runneR
Emil Trajkovski
westside
Miłosz Duda
tomaszy
Tomás Machado
and
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #5
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
put them inside the top-six where, after losses to
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
and then to
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #10
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
Serial
Maikls Zdanovs
in the lower bracket, the roster was knocked out and missed Masters Bangkok.
The organization announced that uncertainty still looms over chiwa's visa process, forcing them to put chiwa on the bench and to sign a "stable fifth player."
That stable fifth is MAGNUM, who BBL have "been working with for some time now." Formerly of
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #167
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
, the Czech was a key member of their 2024 run that peaked early, with a win at Kickoff 2024 and a top-six placement at Masters Madrid. Their year ended with another top-six finish, this time at Stage 2, prompting the organization to replace four of its players for this year.
Signing MAGNUM also means vakk is no longer with BBL and is back to free agency.
With a full roster for the first time this year, BBL will play in the opening day of VCT EMEA. MAGNUM will face former teammates as they are matched up against KCorp.
BBL Esports
BBL Esports
Europe
Rank #16
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
sociablEE
Volkan Yonal
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
LewN
Burak Alkan
MAGNUM
Martin Penkov
' active roster is now: