- Regular Season
- Double round robin
- Playoffs
- 8-team Double elimination
Teams | 10 |
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Purse | $120,000 USD |
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Final positions |
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Champion | Blacklist International |
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1st runners-up | Execration |
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2nd runners-up | AURA Philippines |
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MVP | Edward Jay "EDWARD" Dapadap (Blacklist International) |
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The MPL Philippines Season 7 was the seventh season of the Mobile Legends Professional League (MPL) in the Philippines and the seventh iteration of the tournament.. At that time, Bren Esports, who came off from a victorious run in the M2 World Championship securing a historic championship for the Philippines, were the defending champions as they have defeated Execration in the previous season 6, 4 games to 2.[1]
The season began on March 19, 2021, and concluded with the final game of the season's playoffs, the grand finals, with Blacklist International securing the league championship against Execration after a full-seven game in a best-of-seven championship series, 4 games to 3, to claim its maiden championship. This was the final season that the promotion and relegation system was used as starting in eighth season, the league turned into a professional franchise-based league.
Background
M2 World Champions Bren Esports were deemed as the favorites to repeat as MPL-PH Champions for this season, as the squad have won the MLBB M2 World Championships in Singapore earlier on January 24, 2021, taking down Myanmar's Burmese Ghouls, 4 games to 3 in a best-of-7 championship series.[2][3] They also have beaten Execration in the previous season in six games, 4 games to 2 to claim its maiden championship.[1]
- This was the first MPL appearance for Playbook Esports and Work Auster Force, that qualified from the Open Qualifiers which saw thousands of teams across the country fight for a spot in the league.[4]
Regular season
The ten teams were divided into two groups of five teams each. Teams within the same group played a double round robin format, meeting them twice (8 games) and all teams played against the other group in a single round robin format, meeting them once (5 games), for a total of 13 games played by each team in the regular season.[5]
Standings
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | AURA Philippines | 13 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 26 | Upper Bracket Playoffs |
2 | Bren Esports | 13 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 23[a] |
3 | Work Auster Force | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 23[a] | Lower Bracket Playoffs |
4 | ONIC Philippines | 13 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 18 |
5 | Cignal Ultra Warriors | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 5 | Eliminated |
Source: MPL Official Website
Notes:
- ^ a b Bren wins regular season series, 2–0
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Blacklist International | 13 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 32 | Upper Bracket Playoffs |
2 | Smart Omega | 13 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 21 |
3 | Execration | 13 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 20 | Lower Bracket Playoffs |
4 | Nexplay Esports | 13 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 15 |
5 | Playbook Esports | 13 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 8 | Eliminated |
Source: MPL Official Website
Playoffs
With the playoffs being held still entirely online due to the threat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all games were cast inside the MPL Arena.
- The top two teams in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket Playoffs
- The next two teams in each group qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs
- All games in the playoffs were in a Bo5 format, except for the Grand Finals
- Grand Final was a Bo7 series
Bracket
Playoff Matchup Results
Reference: [6]
Day No. 1
Day No. 2
Day No. 3
Day No. 4
Day No. 5 and Grand Finals
References
- ^ a b Dioquino, Delfin (March 17, 2021). "All eyes on Bren Esports as Mobile Legends PH kicks off Season 7". Rappler. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Dioquino, Delfin (January 25, 2021). "Bren Esports crowned as best Mobile Legends team". Rappler. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Pro League Philippines Season 7 preview: Bren Esports remains title favorite". GMA News Online. March 19, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Sevilla, Jeremiah (March 14, 2021). "MPL PH Season 7 Preview: Laus Playbook Esports aiming to fly high under coach Panda's wings". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Dela Cruz, Migg (March 18, 2021). "Everything You Need To Know About MPL-PH Season 7". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ^ Raghuram, Vignesh (February 5, 2021). "MPL PH Season 7 Results". AFK Gaming. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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Teams | Current | |
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Former | - Aether Main
- ArkAngel
- Cignal Ultra
- Digital Devils Pro
- Execration
- Finesse Solid
- Geek Fam PH
- Minana EVOS
- Nexplay EVOS
- Obsidian Gaming
- SunSparks
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International Titles | |
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Affiliated League(s) | - Juicy Legends
- The Nationals
- PBA Esports Bakbakan
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MDL Philippines | Season | |
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Teams | Current | - Blacklist Academy
- Omega Neos
- ONIC Arsenals
- Liquid ECHO
- RSG Philippines
- TNC-Rough World Era
- AP.Bren
- RRQ Kaito
- GameLab Desolators
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Former | - NXPE Tiger Cubs
- Minana Archives
- Euphoria Esports
- MHRLK Esports
- Team Lunatix1
- Mistah Esports1
- El Ganador Esports1
- ZOL Esports
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Personalities | |
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- 1 Seasonal Partnership with MPL Franchises.
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang in Esports |
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| International tournaments | MLBB World Championship | |
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MLBB Mid Season Cup (MSC)1 | |
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SEA Games | |
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MLBB World Champions | |
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MLBB MSC Champions | - IDONOTSLEEP (2017)
- Aether Main (2018)
- ONIC Esports (2019)
- Cancelled (2020)
- Execration (2021)
- RSG Philippines (2022)
- ONIC Esports (2023)
- Selangor Red Giants (2024)
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Related | |
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- 1 Previously known as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup until 2023.
- 2 Previously known as Bren Esports until 2023.
- 3 Previously known as Minana EVOS until 2024.
- 4 Team Liquid acquired AURA Esports in 2024.
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