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:

  • Dağhan "da1moN" Eryılmaz (Manager)
  • Salih "marqnue" Onaran (Head coach)
  • Gregor "PAL" Morton (Assistant coach)