Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup

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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup
Tournament information
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
LocationRegional (SEA)
Established2016
Number of
tournaments
4
Administrator(s)Moonton
Tournament
format(s)
Venue(s)Varies
Participants
  • 8 teams (2017)
  • 10 teams (2018)
  • 12 teams (2019–present)
Websitemsc.mobilelegends.com
Current champion
Philippines Execration (1st title)

[1]Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup, often called as MSC, is an annual esports tournament for the mobile MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang in Southeast Asia. The tournament consists of different teams from different countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore (Since 2017), Vietnam, and Myanmar (Since 2018), Cambodia, and Laos (Since 2019).

History[]

MSC 2017[]

The first season of "ML (Mobile Legends) Southeast Asia Cup" (MSC) started September 1, 2017 and held at Jakarta, Indonesia.[2] It is a 3-day event with 8 finalists from 5 countries: Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and total prize pool of $100,000.[1] IDONOTSLEEP (IDNS), the esport team from Thailand became the champion in the grand finals.[3] MSC 2017 used a qualification system in determining the finalists.[4][5]

MSC 2018[]

The second year of MSC took off July 27–29, 2018 and held again at Jakarta, Indonesia with the same prize pool of $100,000. MSC 2018 did not use a qualification system but started inviting teams from countries with established Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues (MPL). 10 teams were invited from 7 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[6] IDNS, a competing team, reported technical issues during the tournament where the game casts skills without player input. Moonton put out a notice for a rematch but took it down and no rematch occurred.[7]

MSC 2019[]

Main article: MSC 2019

The third year of MSC 2019 It was held at Smart Araneta Coliseum, Philippines from June 19–23, 2019. There are a total of 12 teams from 9 countries in Southeast Asia. The nine countries that took part were Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam with a total prize pool of US$120,000. [8] ONIC Esports, the team from Indonesia became the champion in the grand finals after defeating LOUVRE Esports who also team from Indonesia.

MSC 2020[]

On 11 May 2020, Moonton announced that MSC 2020 officially canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic situation.[9][10] Moonton explained that because of international travel limitation, and local government regulation about COVID-19 makes this events impossible to be held soon.[10] Hereby, Moonton planned to conduct alternative esports events in each participating MSC country respectively.[10]

MSC 2021[]

Main article: MSC 2021

The fifth year of MSC and fourth edition to be held, would be held from June 7–9, 2021 for Group Stage, and from June 11–13, 2021 for Main Event.[11] At the Grand Finals, two Philippine teams, Blacklist International and Execration, reign supreme and battle out at for the title in the first best of 7 series ever in the history. The title goes to Execration. [12] With Execration winning the entire tournament, the Philippines has held 2 MSC Cups, the most by any Southeast Asian nation.

Format[]

Two teams from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues (MPL) on different Southeast Asian countries are invited to MSC. For countries without MPL, local qualifiers are hosted. The tournaments start with a group stage where teams fight for the spot in the upper bracket through best of 3 round robin. Teams winning the best of 3 in the group stage get the spot for the upper bracket. The other two teams compete on play-ins where the winning team gets to the lower bracket and the losing team is eliminated. After the group stage is the tournament proper. Losing teams from the upper bracket are demoted to the lower bracket while losing teams from the lower bracket are eliminated. One finalist will come from each bracket and compete in the Grand Finals.[13] From 2017 to 2019, the Grand Finals are played in best of 5, but sice the 2021 version, it is played in best of 7.

Winners[]

Year Winner Prize Pool Date Venue
2017 Thailand IDNS[3] $100,000 September 1–3, 2017 Mall Taman Anggrek − Jakarta, Indonesia
2018 Philippines Aether Main[14] $100,000 July 27–29, 2018 Jakarta International Expo − Jakarta, Indonesia
2019 Indonesia ONIC Esports[15] $120,000 June 21–23, 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum − Manila, Philippines
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Philippines Execration $150,000 June 11-13, 2021 None

Viewership[]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup is streamed live to Facebook Gaming and YouTube.

Year Peak Viewers Average Viewers Hours Watched Reference
2017 53,837 20,102 353,451 [16]
2018 100,000+ N/A N/A [17]
2019 276,579 68,220 2,887,965 [18]
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 2,284,012 514,618 29,461,866 [19]

Participating Teams[]

MSC 2017[]

Five-Nations Finals
Team Seed
Malaysia Team Saiyan MSC 2017 Malaysia Winner
Malaysia MYA JR MSC 2017 Malaysia Runner-Up
Philippines Solid Gaming Alpha MSC 2017 Philippines Winner
Philippines Salty Salad MSC 2017 Philippines Runner-Up
Indonesia Saints Indo MSC 2017 Indonesia Winner
Indonesia Elite8 Esports MSC 2017 Indonesia Runner-Up
Thailand IDNS MSC 2017 Thailand Winner
Singapore Impunity MSC 2017 Singapore Winner

References:[20]

MSC 2018[]

Group A Group B
Team Seed Team Seed
Indonesia Aerowolf Roxy1 MPL-ID S1 Winner Philippines Bren Esports4 MPL-PH S1 Winner
Singapore Bigetron Esports2 MPL-MY/SG S1 Winner Indonesia EVOS Esports MPL-ID S1 Runner-Up
Malaysia AirAsia Saiyan3 MPL-MY/SG S1 Runner-Up Indonesia RRQ.O2 MPL-ID S1 3rd Place
Philippines Digital Devils Pro Gaming MPL-PH S1 Runner-Up Thailand IDNS Thailand Local Qualifiers
Myanmar Burmese Ghouls Myanmar Local Qualifiers Vietnam Fantasy Main Vietnam Local Qualifiers

1 = Formerly known as Team nxl>

2 = Formerly known as IDNS SG

3 = Formerly known as Team Saiyan

4 = Played as Aether Main

References:[21]

MSC 2019[]

Group A Group B
Team Seed Team Seed
Malaysia Geek Fam MPL-MY/SG S3 Winner Philippines ArkAngel MPL-PH S3 Winner
Philippines Bren Esports MPL-PH S3 Runner-Up Singapore EVOS.SG MPL-MY/SG S3 Runner-Up
Thailand IDNS Thailand Local Qualifiers Vietnam Overclockers Vietnam Local Qualifiers
Group C Group D
Team Seed Team Seed
Myanmar Team Resolution MPL-MM S2 Winner Indonesia ONIC Esports MPL-ID S3 Winner
Indonesia Louvre Esports MPL-ID S3 Runner-Up Myanmar Burmese Ghouls MPL-MM S2 Runner-Up
Cambodia Diversity Helheim Cambodia Local Qualifiers Laos WAWA Gaming Laos Local Qualifiers

References:[22]

MSC 2021[]

Group A Group B
Team Seed Team Seed
Malaysia RSG MY MPL-MY S7 Winner Indonesia EVOS Legends MPL-ID S7 Winner
Singapore RSG SG MPL-SG S1 Runner-Up Malaysia Todak MPL-MY S7 Runner-Up
Thailand IDNS Thailand Local Qualifiers Vietnam Cyber EXE Vietnam Local Qualifiers
Group C Group D
Team Seed Team Seed
Philippines Blacklist International MPL-PH S7 Winner Singapore EVOS SG MPL-SG S1 Winner
Indonesia Bigetron Alpha MPL-ID S7 Runner-Up Philippines Execration MPL-PH S7 Runner-Up
Cambodia Impunity KH Cambodia Local Qualifiers Laos Nightmare Esports Laos Local Qualifiers

References:[23]

Results[]

Grand Finals[]

Year Venue Hosts Winner Score Runner-Up
2017
 Indonesia Indonesia IDNS Thailand
3–0
 Philippines Salty Salad
2018
 Indonesia Indonesia Bren Esports Philippines
3–0
 Philippines Digital Devils Pro Gaming
2019
 Philippines Philippines ONIC Esports Indonesia
3–0
 Indonesia Louvre Esports
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
 None Execration Philippines
4–1
 Blacklist International Philippines

Upper Bracket Finals[]

Year Venue Hosts Advanced to
Grand Finals 		Score Goes to
Lower Bracket Finals
2017
 Indonesia Indonesia Salty Salad Philippines
Thailand IDNS
2018Bronze Match instead
 Indonesia Indonesia RRQ.O2 Indonesia
2–0
 Indonesia Aerowolf Roxy
2019
 Philippines Philippines ArkAngel Philippines
0–2
 Indonesia Louvre Esports
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
 None Blacklist International Philippines
3–0
 Indonesia EVOS Legends

Lower Bracket Finals[]

Year Venue Hosts Advanced to
Grand Finals 		Score 3rd Place
2017
 Indonesia Indonesia IDNS Thailand
Philippines Solid Gaming Alpha
2018Bronze Match instead
 Indonesia Indonesia Aerowolf Roxy Indonesia
Bronze Match
2019
 Philippines Philippines Overclockers Vietnam
1–2
 Philippines ArkAngel
2020
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
 None Execration Philippines
3–1
 Indonesia EVOS Legends

Bronze Match instead = Bronze Match Instead of Lower Brackets Finals

References[]

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  2. ^ "MSC 2017: Indonesia Takluk dari Thailand dan Singapura". detik.com. September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Angelline, Michelle (September 4, 2017). "MSC Grand Champion Winner". Eternal Organizer. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Globe Holds First-Ever Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup Philippine Finals". Globe. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017.
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  6. ^ "A Legendary Competition: Mobile Legends MSC 2018". Archived from the original on 2019-06-22.
  7. ^ "Drama Breakouts Out at Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup 2018 Aeter Main were tge champion that time". IGN. July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Mobile Legends' Sea Cup (Msc) Will Feature a Us$120,000 Prize Pool". ONE Esports. June 5, 2019.
  9. ^ Subari, Hilmy R. (14 May 2020). "Moonton Officially Announces MSC 2020 Canceled". Dunia Games. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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  11. ^ Dewangga, Adithya. "Jadwal dan Grup MSC 2021". Esportsku. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Ahmed, Wasif (April 27, 2021). "Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2021 unveiled with $150,000 prize pool". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  13. ^ "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup is coming to the Philippines this 19 to 23 June 2019".
  14. ^ "PH eSports teams bag $77,714 prize at Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup".
  15. ^ "Esports: Indonesian squad Onic wins PH-based Mobile Legends tiff".
  16. ^ "MSC Grand Final 2017". Esports Charts. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  17. ^ "Kemewahan Event MSC ML 2018 di Balik Penderitaan Pemain" [Players Suffering Behind MSC 2018 Event Luxuriousity]. Kaskus ID (in Indonesian). July 18, 2018.
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