VBL: Battle for playoff places enters hot phase

Final spurt in the VBL Club Championship. The 12th double-header of the eFootball competition has been played. In the fight for the coveted playoff places, the teams in both divisions have only two games left.

Who will go directly to the Grand Final in the VBL Club Championship and which clubs will have to fight for their place in the final via the playoffs? This question was in the air before the 23rd and 24th matchday. In the meantime, we are a bit wiser.

VBL Club Championship: The results in Division North-West
With two matchdays to go, VFL Bochum is almost out of contention for the top spot. A 4-4 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach secured the lead in the standings, which even the surprising defeat at SC Paderborn (3-6 from the VFL’s point of view) cannot change.

However, with two games to go, the race for second place and thus the second ticket to the VBL Grand Final is more exciting than ever.

FC St. Pauli have the best starting position after their outstanding 9-0 win over Schalke 04 and 7-1 triumph over VFL Wolfsburg, but Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach also still have a chance.
The results of the 23rd matchday

  • Hannover 96 – Schalke 04: 1:7
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 0:9
  • SC Paderborn – VFL Bochum: 6:3
  • Holstein Kiel – Hamburger SV: 1:7
  • Werder Bremen – 1. FC Köln: n.v.
  • FC St. Pauli – VFL Wolfsburg: 7:1

Results from matchday 24

  • VFL Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach: 4:4
  • 1. FC Köln – Hannover 96: n.v.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig – Hamburger SV: 1:7
  • Werder Bremen – Bayer Leverkusen: 4:4

South-East Division: RB Leipzig marches on

In the South-East Division of the VBL Club Championship, RB Leipzig is already the first playoff participant. After the 24th matchday, the Saxons are in first place in the table with a full 19-point lead. RB Leipzig won 7:1 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but SV Sandhausen also went down 1:7.

The pursuers 1. FC Heidenheim and FC Augsburg also already have a huge lead on 4th place. Behind them, however, it will be really exciting on the last two match days:

A whole six teams have the chance to grab a spot in the top-6 and thus enter the playoffs.

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The results from matchday 23

  • Hertha BSC- Darmstadt 98: 4:4
  • FC Augsburg – TSG Hoffenheim: 6:3
  • Mainz 05 – SV Sandhausen: 2:5
  • Eintracht Frankfurt – SSC Jahn Regensburg: 7:1
  • 1. FC Heidenheim – 1. FC Nürnberg: 2:5
  • RB Leipzig – SpVgg Greuther Fürth: 7:1
  • The results of the 24th matchday
  • TSG Hoffenheim – SSV Jahn Regensburg: 2:5
  • SV Sandhausen – RB Leipzig: 1:7
  • Hertha BSC – FC Augsburg: 0:9
  • Eintracht Frankfurt – 1. FC Nürnberg: 4:4
  • Darmstadt 98 – SpVgg Greuther Fürth: 4:4
  • 1. FC Heidenheim – Würzburger Kickers: 5:2

The last two games in the VBL Club Championship 2020/21 will take place in one week. On 09.03. the North-West Division will start the double matchday, one day later it will be the turn of the South-East Division.

In the playoffs the teams will fight against the best clubs from the VBL Open for a ticket in the VBL Grand Final. The top two finishers in both divisions will directly secure their place in the final, which is scheduled to take place in early June.

23 RELEASE – WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR

FIFA 22 is still in full operation, but in the background the game makers of EA Sports are already working on the next part – will be released in autumn 2022.
But under which name will the classic game be continued in autumn 2022? As things stand, it is not at all certain that the game will continue to bear the name of the world association FIFA. We have the most important information about FIFA 23 for you, why the game series will get a new name and on which consoles the next part of the soccer simulation will be available.

WHEN WILL FIFA 23 BE RELEASED?

We can’t give you an launch date for the next part of the FIFA game series yet. EA hasn’t communicated much in this regard yet, so so far we can only assume that FIFA 23 will be released in the period between mid-September and early October 2022, just like its predecessors. In the past years, the latest launch date of a FIFA game was October 06.