BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #7 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan 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 #26 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski CyvOph Clement Millard Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder put them inside the top-six where, after losses to Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 koshmaras Martynas Namikas Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius and then to Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 purp0 Semyon Borchev wayne Wayne Chang MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak 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 #23 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan LewN Burak Alkan Avez Hazem Khaled SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin N4RRATE Marshall Massey , 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 #7 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan ' active roster is now:

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