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12.06.2023eSports

#B04eSports: VBL Grand Final involving Leverkusen players

The Virtual Bundesliga Grand Final 2023 was held last weekend at the Strassenkicker Base Köln. The eSports players Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik fought for the individual title in the German championships in eFootball.
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In two groups of 16, the eSports pros from across Germany first competed in the Swiss Mode. The first four rounds were drawn out at random and then the players played round for round against participants with the same record of wins and defeats. The Leverkusen eSports player Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr ended the games in the first group in tenth place on Saturday 10 June. Kayacik played at the same time in the second group ending his games in seventh place.

ROUND OF 16 for KAYACIK

The two Leverkusen players Landwehr and Kayacik each then faced each other after the group stage on Sunday 11 June, Kayacik won 1-0 to progress to the Round of 16. The Black and Red eSports player then lost 1-0 to Khalid ‘KHALIDGRL03’ Gürel (VfL Wolfsburg) and thereby missed qualification for the last eight in the VBL Grand Finals 2023.

The VBL Grand Final:

The 32 best eSports player in Germany competed in the VBL Grand Final after qualifying via the VBL Club Championships or in the play-offs in the VBL Open. The prize money was €100,000.

Results:

Landwehr in Group 1
Two games won, two games lost

Kayacik in Group 2
Two games won, two games lost

Round of 32
Landwehr against Kayacik: 0-1

Round of 16
Gürel against Kayacik: 1-0

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