#B04eSports: Bayer 04 miss out on offline round and top eight

The matchday started with the games against 1. FC Nürnberg. Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr beat Mazlum ‘MAZI’ Dogan 4-2, but Nürnberg took three points after Sean ‘SEAN_LDW07’ lost 4-1 to Yannick ‘KLASTOCKY’ Grum.

Next up were the matches against 1. FC Magdeburg, who had topped the Showdown Five table on nine points from three matches before the matchday. Marc lost 4-3 to Muhammed Ali ‘ALIIIG07’ Gencer, and Sean’s 2-2 draw against Onur Can ‘ONUR_38P’ Polat wasn’t enough to take points.

Bayer 04 were up against Showdown Four finalists Bayern Munich in the final match of the day. Marc lost 5-1 to Furkan ‘FURKYPLAYZ’ Kayack (at Bayer 04 from 2021 to 2023) before Sean fell 3-2 to Koray ‘KKORAY_’ Kücükgünar.

Results:

Play-offs on 25 February

The Leverkusen esports team finish the preliminary round on nine points in 18th place, missing out on the offline knockout round in Stuttgart on 22 February.

In the overall table, where the points from all preliminary online rounds (three per game) and offline rounds (two per game) are combined, they are currently in ninth place. Having missed the offline round, Bayer 04 can no longer collect points to advance to the top eight in the overall table to qualify directly for the final event for the club championship on 7 and 8 March.

Like all teams in places 9-24, the #B04eSports team will contest the play-offs on 25 February. Bayer 04 will learn the identity of their opponents when the overall table is finalised after the offline duels of the fifth showdown.