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In the WOW Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), the first decision of the season is made: SC Paderborn 07 is the German Club Champion 2024. The team featuring the two players Jamie „Chaser“ Bartel and Jonas „Jonny“ Wirth as well as coach Daniel „Coach_Pommes“ Elit prevailed over the former German Club Champion RB Leipzig in Cologne. The VBL is played within EA SPORTS FC 24.
SC Paderborn 07 had finished the division phase of the VBL Club Championship in second place in the North-West Division. At the finals tournament, Paderborn finished the group phase fourth and went on to beat FC Hansa Rostock in the quarterfinal and SV Werder Bremen in the semifinal.
The VBL Club Championship trophy was presented to the team by Jörg Höflich, DFL Head of Virtual Bundesliga. Höflich: “Our congratulations go to the entire team of SC Paderborn 07, the new German Club Champions of the WOW Virtual Bundesliga! At the end of the VBL Club Championship, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all participating clubs, their players and club representatives for their commitment. Together, we have successfully completed the season with the largest field of participants to date. In co-operation with EA SPORTS, we were able to successfully introduce numerous innovations and raise the competition to a higher level.”
The VBL Club Championship is a competition within the Virtual Bundesliga and is organised by DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. In total, 35 clubs from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 took part during the season just concluded. The ten best clubs after the division phase and the playoffs faced off in the finals tournament on Saturday and Sunday. A prize money pool totalling 87,500 euros will be distributed to the clubs in the competition.
Next up: the Playoffs of the VBL Open by WOW and the VBL Grand Final by WOW
As in previous years, the VBL Club Championship has also provided a route enabling players to qualify for the subsequent competitions that decide which individual player will be the German Champion. The Playoffs of the VBL Open will be held on April 6/7 with places in the VBL Grand Final at stake. The VBL Grand Final will take place from April 19 till 21 as an offline event in Cologne.
