s1mple wins first trophy with BC.Game — ESL Challenger League S50 Cup 2

Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, who joined BC.Game Esports in July 2025, won his first tournament with the team. It was the ESL Challenger League Season 50 Europe Cup 2, which awarded a $12,000 prize and an invite to the qualifiers for EPL S23.

The Road to Victory

The team’s debut tournament with the new roster was Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3, where they finished 2nd after losing the grand final to BetBoom with a 0:2 score. Despite the defeat, BC.Game proved they were ready and capable of challenging stronger opponents such as ENCE and OG. In the match against BetBoom, s1mple and his teammates came close to victory. The opening map, Mirage, was one-sided in favor of BetBoom (4:13), but on Nuke the game stretched into overtime, ending 16:19 for BetBoom, with BC.Game falling just short of closing it out.

Triumph at ESL Challenger League Season 50 Cup 2

BC.Game claimed the ESL Challenger League Season 50 Cup 2 title, defeating Alliance 2:1 in the grand final. For this achievement, the team earned $12,000 and a spot at the ECL Europe Finals, set for November 18–20, where a place in ESL Pro League S23 will be at stake. This marked the first trophy for the squad since signing Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev.

s1mple was named the tournament MVP. Across 14 maps, he posted an impressive average rating of 1.43, with his standout performances coming against ESC — where he delivered ratings of 1.93 and 1.72. Overall, the team won 71.4% of their maps, while the Ukrainian superstar finished with negative stats on only two of them.