FC Bayern Basketball enters the virtual court of eSports: The BBL club founds its own professional team called “Bayern Ballers Gaming”, the application phase for potential players begins immediately.
They are looking for the best basketball gamers, a total of eight of them will go basket hunting for Bayern Ballers Gaming on the game console. They will compete in the basketball simulation NBA 2K of the publisher 2K on the console Playstation 4.
“Our marketing and partnerships department has set up an exciting test project with very committed partners in a very short time, with which we now want to gain initial experience in the rapidly growing field of eSports,” said Andreas Burkert, Head of Media & Communications of the current BBL table leader. Stefan Eder, Head of Marketing and Communications GSA of game manufacturer 2K, added: “We are very pleased that FC Bayern Basketball as one of the top basketball teams with its own independent eSports team in Germany will start early.
Under the motto “Do YOU have what it takes to be drafted?!”, an unprecedented selection process in European e-sports starts this Friday: interested and talented NBA 2K players from German-speaking countries (including Austria and Switzerland) can now apply for one of the eight spots at Bayern Ballers Gaming on the website of FC Bayern Basketball. The first application phase ends on 10 May 2018.
A jury of experts will then preselect the 40 best candidates. They will come to Munich for the showdown at the end of May: At the “Audi Dome eCup” they will try to convince the jury of their talent in a tournament. In the Audi Dome eCup, the selected players will play in eight teams by position. The game mode is called “Pro-Am” (5 against 5), with each of the candidates competing with their own virtual player.
After a training and team development phase starting in June, Bayern Ballers Gaming will participate in its first official matches in August.