2024 MPL Philippines Season

Sports season

2024 MPL Philippines season

League| MPL Philippines
Sport| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Defending champions| AP Bren (2023)
Duration| 15 March - May (Season 13)
August - November (Season 14)
Number of teams| 8
Season 13
Season 14
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The 2024 MPL Philippines Season will be the seventh year of professional gameplay[1] and the second year of development talent gameplay[2] for the country. MPL Philippines is a professional esports league for the MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The season will be divided into two splits: Season 13, accompanying it will be MDL Season 3, and Season 14, accompanying it will be MDL Season 4. Season 13 will begin by March 15 and end by May 2024. Meanwhile, Season 14 will likely begin by August and end by November.

MDL Philippines was established as the second development league in Southeast Asia behind MDL Indonesia in 2023 and its first two seasons were played during the same year.[3] Season 13 will be the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the 2024 Mid-Season Cup in Riyadh.[4] Season 14 on the other hand will be the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the MLBB M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.[5] Only the champions and the runner-up teams will be qualifying for both international tournaments.

Season 13 will be the first season for the year 2024, preceding a season that culminated the championship of AP Bren for the second time in league history, and the second time in world history after winning the M5 World championship title on home soil against ONIC Esports.[6] Furthermore, the Mid-Season Cup will be hosted for the first time outside of Southeast Asia and the first tournament bearing the rebranded name “Mid-Season Cup”. The tournament was formerly known as the “Southeast Asia Cup”.[7]

Season 14 will be the succeeding season following the Mid Season Cup. The Season 14 champions will become one of two-Filipino teams representing the country and the league in the M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. Currently, three Filipino teams have consecutively-won the last four world championship series: Blacklist International (M3)[8], ECHO Philippines (M4)[9], and AP Bren (M2 and M5).[10]

Occurring in the same year is the international multi-game tournament Games of the Future 2024 which will be held in Kazan, Russia.[11] AP Bren and Blacklist International were invited to participate alongside teams that have competed during the M5 World Championships and teams that were directly invited by organizers.

## Format[edit]

MPL Philippines’ Seasons are split into two: The Regular Season and the Playoffs. The Regular Season consists of fourteen games. Each team competing will be playing a double-round robin tournament format, facing each other twice in the span of six to eight weeks. Only the top six teams will advance to the playoffs and the remaining two will be eliminated.

In the playoffs, a double-elimination format will be followed. According to the MPL rulebook, the team that seeded 1 will have the advantage to rearrange the face-off between two teams, meaning that the team that seeded third can face the team that seeded fourth. Only two teams will advance to the Upper Bracket Semifinals to face off the top two teams. The losing teams in the upper bracket-semifinals will be relegated to the lower-bracket knockouts where one team will qualify for the Finals. The winning teams in the upper bracket and lower bracket are set to face in a Best of 7 matchup.

## Season 13[edit]

Season 13 will be the first MPL Philippines Season following the conclusion of the M5 World Championships. During Season 8, MPL Philippines shifted to a franchise-based system, eliminating regional qualifiers for local teams and fixing only eight franchise teams to compete in MPL Philippines. The Philippines is the second league to adhere to the franchise-based system, the other being Indonesia.[12]

The same 8 teams will be participating in the tournament which includes: AP Bren, Blacklist International, ECHO Philippines, Minana EVOS, ONIC Philippines, Smart Omega, RSG Philippines, and TNC Pro Team.

#### MPL Philippines Season 13[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | APBRN  | BLCK  | ECHO  | EVOS  | ONIC  | OMG  | RSG  | TNC

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1  | (-) AP Bren  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2  | (-) Blacklist International  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |
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3  | (-) ECHO Philippines  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualified for the Knockout Round  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |
4  | (-) Minana EVOS  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |
5  | (-) ONIC Philippines  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |
6  | (-) Omega Esports  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |
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7  | (-) RSG Philippines  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Eliminated  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |
8  | (-) TNC Pro Team  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | --

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: https://ph-mpl.com/

#### MDL Philippines Season 3[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | BLCK  | ECHO  | OMG  | ONIC  | MINANA  | APBRN  | TNCZ4  | RSG-ELGNDR  | RRQ  | MHRLK  | GMLB  | EUP

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1  | Blacklist Academy  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualified for the Upper Bracket Finals  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2  | ECHO Proud  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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3  | Omega Neos  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualified for the Lower Bracket Quarterfinals  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4  | ONIC Arsenals  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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5  | Minana Archives  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualified for the Lower Bracket First Round  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6  | AP.Bren Hornets  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |  |
7  | TNCZ4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |  |
8  | RSG-El Ganador Esports  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |  |
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9  | RRQ Kaito  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Eliminated  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |  |
10  | MHRLK Esports  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |  |
11  | GameLab Esports  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | -- |
12  | Euphoria Esports  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | --

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: https://ph-mpl.com/

## See also[edit]

* MPL Philippines
* MPL Indonesia
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Full list of MPL PH winners throughout the years | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
2. ^ magazine, adobo (2023-04-24). "Echo Proud becomes first champions of MDL-PH – adobo Magazine". adobo Magazine Online. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
3. ^ "Moonton unveils MDL PH, Philippines' development league | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
4. ^ Daniels, Tom (23 January 2024). "Mobile Legends' Mid Season Cup to take place at Esports World Cup". Esports Insider. p. 1.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. ^ "Mobile Legends: Malaysia will host M6 World Championship next year". Yahoo News. 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
6. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Steward (December 18, 2023). "AP Bren wins M5 World Championship". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. ^ Lojo, Michelle. "Moonton renames MSC to Mid-Season Cup as new regions join". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
8. ^ "Blacklist International sweep ONIC PH 4-0 to win M3 World Championship". Yahoo News. 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
9. ^ "ECHO sweep Blacklist International 4-0 to take Mobile Legends M4 world champions crown". Yahoo News. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
10. ^ "Bren Esports wraps up M2 Worlds millions richer". RAPPLER. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
11. ^ "Games of the Future 2024". dspkazan.com (in Russian). 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
12. ^ Dannug, Jonash (2021-06-04). "SOURCES: MPL PH looks to shift to franchise model starting Season 8". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points