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22.10.2025eSports

#B04eSports: Next six points secure progress to offline round of showdown one

The Bayer 04 eSports players have completed the online preliminary round of the first showdown of the VBL Club Championship 2025/26 and are now in eleventh place in the overall table with twelve points. The Leverkusen team are through to the offline round of showdown one.
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At the start of the new VBL-CC season, with a completely restructured format from this season onwards (HERE you can find all the information), the two eSports players Sean and Marc Landwehr picked up two wins from their first three matches last Thursday - HERE is the match report.

win against Bremen – defeat against BVB

The #B04eSports team now faced the second half of the online preliminary round for showdown one. The first match was against SV Werder Bremen, who are fielding a completely new squad this season. In game one Marc 'MARC_LDW23' Landwehr faced Bremen's Max Julius ‘DIVINERS’ Gröne, who led SC Paderborn 07 to the semi-finals of the VBL CC last season. After taking a 1-0 lead, Landwehr fell 3-1 behind. The final score was 3-5 - four of the five Werder goals were scored by Bremen's powerhouse Victor Boniface. Now it was up to cousin Sean 'SEAN_LDW07' Landwehr to make up the two-goal deficit - and he succeeded. With an assured performance, the Leverkusen-born player sealed a 3-0 win against Jannik ‘KYNURU’ Schüßler. The important winning goal was followed by loud cheers from Landwehr - because it meant 6-5 overall for Bayer 04 and the associated three points.

The second match was against Borussia Dortmund. Game one between Marc Landwehr and Luca ‘LUCAFIFA72’ Weber ended in a 4-1 loss due to a hardware error in minute 82 and the result counted from that point. Sean Landwehr then lost 5-1 to Francesco ‘BVB_VIRGIL’ Allocco, giving the Borussia Dortmund eSports team the overall victory.

clear victory over Dresden

Finally, promoted SG Dynamo Dresden, who went into the match against Bayer 04 with confidence after their draw against Bayern Munich, last year's winners of the South-East Division, were next up. Sean Landwehr started against Nils ‘TROLFARY’ Coenen and impressed with his well-considered actions. The Leverkusen player won 4-1. Marc Landwehr went into the duel with a three-goal lead against Justin ‘JUSTINIOO’ Weißflog, and clinically punished his correspondingly risky play. In the end, Landwehr won 4-2 - three points were secured for the #B04eSports team.

Results at a glance

Showdown 1 (online preliminary round) - Game 4

Bayer 04 (W) vs SV Werder Bremen (L)

‘MARC_LDW23’ 3-5 ‘DIVINERS’

‘SEAN_LDW07’ 3-0 ‘KYNURU’

Overall: 6-5

 

 

Showdown 1 (online preliminary round) - Game 5

Bayer 04 (L) vs Borussia Dortmund (W)

‘MARC_LDW23 1-4 ‘LUCAFIFA72’

‘SEAN_LDW07’ 1-5 ‘BVB_VIRGIL’

Overall: 2-9

 

Showdown 1 (online preliminary round) - Game 6

Bayer 04 (W) vs SG Dynamo Dresden (L)

‘SEAN_LDW07’ 4-1 ‘TROLFARY’

‘MARC_LDW23’ 4-2 ‘JUSTINIOO’

Overall: 8-3

 

Ausblick: Showdown Eins-Finalrunde in Leipzig

Mit vier Siegen aus den sechs Spielen der Online-Vorrunde stehen die Leverkusener auf Rang elf der Gesamttabelle und haben den Einzug in die Offline-Runde dieses ersten Showdowns perfekt gemacht. Nur die besten 16 Teams einer jeden Online-Vorrunde qualifizieren sich. Die Offline-Runden werden bekanntlich in einer wechselnden deutschen Großstadt und als K.o.-Runde ausgetragen. Die Offline-Runde dieses ersten von insgesamt fünf Showdowns in dieser Saison findet am 26. Oktober in Leipzig statt.

Das #B04eSports-Team trifft dort im Achtelfinale auf den FC Schalke 04, das die Online-Vorrunde auf Rang sechs beendet hat. Angesetzt wurden die Paarungen der Offline-Runde anhand ihrer Tabellenplatzierung – der Erstplatzierte trifft auf den 16.-platzierten, der Zweite auf den 15.-platzierten etc. So ergab sich das Duell mit dem FC Schalke 04. HIER gibt es den K.-o-Baum in der Übersicht.

Gegner-Check: Schalke effizient, aber defensiv anfällig

Die königsblauen Konsolen-Profis gewannen von den sechs Online-Vorrunden-Spielen vier und können daher mit Selbstvertrauen in die Duelle mit Bayer 04 gehen. Ihre Stärken liegen vor allem in der Effizienz, hier stehen sie auf Platz vier aller 35 Klubs. Effizientester Einzelspieler der neuen Saison ist bisher entsprechend der Schalker Ali Oskoui „PredatorFIFA“ Rad.

Probleme weisen die Schalker derweil in der Defensive vor: 43 Gegentore haben sie bereits schlucken müssen, ihr Torverhältnis lautet +5 (48/43). Zum Vergleich: Bis auf das Siebtplatzierte Hannover 96 weisen fünf Teams – inklusive Bayer 04 (33/34) – eine bessere Abwehr vor.

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