MPL Philippines Season 7
2021 | |
Tournament information | |
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Game | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Dates | March 19, 2021–May 30, 2021 |
Administrator(s) | Moonton |
Tournament format(s) |
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Teams | 10 |
Purse | $120,000 USD |
Final positions | |
Champion | Blacklist International |
1st runners-up | Execration |
2nd runners-up | AURA Philippines |
MVP | Edward Jay "EDWARD" Dapadap (Blacklist International) |
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 another 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 |
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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 |
Notes:
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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[]
Lower Bracket Round 1 Bo5 series | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Bo5 series | Bracket Semifinals Bo5 series | Bracket Finals Bo5 series | Grand Finals Bo7 series | ||||||||||||||
Upper Bracket Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
AURA Philippines | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Smart Omega | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Upper Bracket Final | ||||||||||||||||||
AURA Philippines | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Blacklist International | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Upper Bracket Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
Blacklist International | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Bren Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Blacklist International | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket Final | ||||||||||||||||||
AURA Philippines | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Bren Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Work Auster Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Work Auster Force | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
Nexplay Esports | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Bren Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Smart Omega | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
ONIC Philippines | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Playoff Matchup Results[]
Reference: [6]
Day No. 1[]
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(#3) Work Auster Force | 3-1 | (#4) Nexplay Solid | NXPE | WORK | WORK | WORK | |
(#2) AURA Philippines | 3-2 | (#2) Omega Esports | OMG | AURA | AURA | OMG | AURA |
Day No. 2[]
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(#2) Bren Esports | 3-2 | (#4) ONIC Philippines | BREN | ONIC | BREN | ONIC | BREN |
(#1) Blacklist International | 3-2 | (#2) Bren Esports | BLCK | BLCK | BREN | BREN | BLCK |
Day No. 3[]
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(#2) Bren Esports | 3-1 | (#3) Work Auster Force | BREN | WORK | BREN | BREN | |
(#3) Execration | 3-2 | (#2) Omega Esports | EXE | OMG | EXE | OMG | EXE |
Day No. 4[]
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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(#1) Blacklist International | 3-1 | (#1) AURA Philippines | BLCK | BLCK | AURA | BLCK | |
(#3) Execration | 3-2 | (#2) Bren Esports | BREN | BREN | EXE | EXE | EXE |
Day No. 5 and Grand Finals[]
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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(#3) Execration | 3-0 | (#1) AURA Philippines | EXE | EXE | EXE | ||||
(#1) Blacklist International | 4-3 | (#3) Execration | EXE | EXE | BLCK | EXE | BLCK | BLCK | BLCK |
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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- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang competitions
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