AP Bren

Aces Pro Bren Esports

Short name	AP.Bren
Divisions	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Hearthstone Clash Royale Overwatch Arena of Valor League of Legends Counter Strike: Global Offensive PUBG Tekken 7 Rules of Survival Valorant
Founded	16 August 2017;7 years ago (2017-08-16)
Based in	Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Location	Southeast Asia
Colors	Yellow   Black
Owner	Mr.Ap
Manager	Mr.Hansen
Championships	MSC 2018 M2 World Championship M5 World Championship
Division titles	MPL-PH S6 MPL-PH S12
Official fan club	Hive
Partners	Synergy88 [1] [2] Game.ly ASUS Philippines NOW Corporation XSplit PopTV Globe Telecom Team Falcons
Website	brenesports.com

Aces Pro Bren Esports (formerly Bren Esports), commonly known as AP Bren, is a Southeast Asian professional esports organization based in the Philippines. It has competitive teams in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang , CS:GO, PUBG, League of Legends , Overwatch, Hearthstone , Clash Royale , Arena of Valor , Rules of Survival , Valorant , and Tekken 7 . ^[3] In the Philippine esports league The Nationals, the team competes as Bren EPro. The organization was founded on 16 August 2017 by Bernard "Bren" Chong who is part of the Chong clan that owns World Balance. ^[4]

In July 2023, the esports team was bought by Aces Pro Corp. replacing the longtime chief executive officer of Bren, Bernard Chong with Jean Alphonse “AJ” Ponce. ^[5] The newly-acquired team adopts its current name. ^[6]

Arena of Valor

On 1 October 2018, Bren Esports participated at the Arena of Valor tournament along with four team from Singapore, Malaysia and fellow Filipino team Maxbox Gaming in Philippines for the semi and grand finals of Arena of Valor's Cup Season 3. ^{[7] [8]}

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB)

History

Bren Esports's Mobile Legends team competes in the local tournaments for the MPL.

On 22 July 2018, Bren Esports acquired the full Aether Main roster which consisted of YellyHaze, Pein, Ribo, Yuji, Coco and 666. The 6-man roster won the team's first championship title on 29 July 2018 at the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2018 held at the Jakarta International Expo in Indonesia. ^{[9] [10]}

From 12 to 13 January 2019, eight Filipino participant teams gathered at the Ayala Malls Circuit Makati for Season 3 of MPL (2019). ^{[11] [12]}

On 17 January 2019, 666 left the roster and was later replaced by Ejhay who joined the roster on 27 February 2019. On 18 July 2019, Pein left the team and was later replaced by Teng. On 29 October, Teng, Yuji and YellyHaze's departure was announced, leaving Ribo and Coco as the two remaining members from the previous Aether Main roster.

Roster Changes Prior to the M2 World Championship

On 10 January 2020, KarlTzy, Pheww and Lastii joined the player roster with the addition of Duckey who signed up to as the head coach. FlapTzy later joined the team on 2 July 2020. At that time, Coco changed his role from becoming part of the official playing roster to analyst. In October 2020, they won the MPL Season 6 championship in a best of 7 series, winning against Smart Omega Esports 4 games to 2. This was their second title since Aether Main and their first as the Bren franchise. ^[13] On 23 January 2021, Bren Esports won the championship for the M2 World Championships held in Singapore, winning against Burmese Ghouls 4 games to 3. The team had to climb up from the lower bracket by defeating two Indonesian powerhouse teams, RRQ Hoshi and Alter Ego to arrange a rematch against Burmese Ghouls. ^[14] The Bren Esports team won $140,000 from the $300,000 prize pool money, with another $3,000 awarded to the MVP of the match, Carry Karl "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno. ^[15]

During the Offseason on 6 December 2021, M2 World Champions MVP Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno announces his departure from Bren Esports. He has spent 4 seasons with Bren, joining in Season 5, winning a Esports Gold Medal in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the MPL Philippines Season 6 Champion, and M2 World Championship Finals MVP. ^[16] On 11 December 2021, Ejhay left the team and later became the coach for the Sunsparks MLBB team.

Bren Victress

In June 2019, all the female members of its team got third place in the Female Esports League of Mobile Legends (FSL) which was held at Singapore. ^{[17] [18]} Also in June 2019, Bren Esports participated in MSC 2019 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. ^[19] On the first day of competition, Bren Esports beat the Team Resolution of Myanmar. ^[20] In the second day of competition, team Overclockers of Vietnam defeated Bren Esports causing them to be eliminated.

Partnership with Team Falcons

In the build up for the MPL Philippines Season 13 playoffs, MPL Philippines and the AP Bren organization announced the partnership between AP Bren and Team Falcons prior to the playoffs and the subsequent MSC 2024 in Riyadh. According to reports, the Saudi Arabian-based organization approached AP Bren first in order to align both organization's goals and made sure that the partnership was mutually beneficial for both parties. ^[21]

Tournament results

Year	Season	MR	GR	Diff	Finish	Mid Season Cup	MPLI Invitational	World Championship
2018	Season 2	7–2	15–5	+10	1st Runner Up; 1-3 Cignal Ultra	Champions; 3-0 Digital Devils Pro Gaming 1	Not held
2019	Season 3	8–1	17–7	+10	1st Runner Up; 2-3 Arkangel	7th-8th Place	Not held
	Season 4	4–5	9–12	-3	5th-6th place; 0-2 Execration	Not held		Did not qualify
2020	Season 5	8–1	16–4	+12	2nd Runner Up; 1-2 ONIC Philippines	Did not qualify	Not held
	Season 6	12–1	24–4	+20	Champions; 4-2 Smart Omega		1st Runner Up; 0-3 Alter Ego	Champions; 4-3 Burmese Ghouls
2021	Season 7	8–5	19–14	+5	3rd Runner Up; 2-3 Execration	Did not qualify	Not held
	Season 8	5–9	12–21	-9	7th-8th; Group Stage		Did not qualify
2022	Season 9	5–9	11–20	-9	7th-8th; Group Stage		Not held
	Season 10	9–5	20–16	+4	3rd Runner Up; 2-3 RSG Philippines		5th-8th; 1-2 ONIC Esports	Did not qualify
2023	Season 11	11–3	23–9	+14	3rd Runner Up; 1-3 ECHO Philippines		Not held
	Season 12	7–7	18–5	+3	Champions; 4-1 Blacklist International		2nd Runner Up; 1-2 RSG Philippines	Champions; 4-3 ONIC Esports
2024	Season 13	11–3	24–8	+16	1st Runner Up; 0-4 Liquid ECHO	1st Runner Up; 3-4 Selangor Red Giants	Not held	Did not Qualify
	Season 14	10–4	22–12	+10	2nd Runner Up; 2-4 Aurora Gaming

Other tournament awards

• Snapdragon Pro Series Season 3 SEA - Challenge Finals (2023) - 3rd Place
• SIBOL 2023 National Team Selection (2023) - 1st Place
• IESF World Esports Championship (2023) - 1st Place
• 2023 Southeast Asian Games (2023) - Gold Medal
• Games of the Future 2024 - 1st Place

Current roster

Falcons AP Bren Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Gold Lane Super Marco Requitiano, Marco Stephen Philippines Jungler Ciéll. Xien Indonesia EXP Lane FlapTzy Canon, David Charles Philippines Mid Lane Pheww Arcangel, Angelo Kyle Philippines Roamer Owgwen Unigo, Rowgien Stimpson Philippines EXP Lane Pandora  Unigo, Vincent Joseph Philippines	Head coach Francis John "Ducky" Glindro Assistant coach(es) Robert Alexis "Coach Trebor" Sanchez
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Substitute Injury / Illness	Latest roster transaction: February 20, 2024.

Valorant

History

In September 2021, Bren Esports originally qualified for the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 3 Masters in Berlin as the champions of the Southeast Asia Challengers Playoffs, but were unable to secure travel visas for the LAN event due to the national restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[22] The team was later acquired by another esports organization, Team Secret. ^[23]

Notes

1. ^ Played under Aether Main name during MSC 2018.

See also

• World Balance

References

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15. Joy, Mary. "Philippines Bren Esports wins M2 Championships; team takes home USD $140,000 - MEGPlay" . Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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20. "MSC 2019 DAY 1". Oneesports.gg. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
21. Lojo, Michelle. "AP Bren partners with Saudi Arabia's Team Falcons". Philstar.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
22. Dioquino, Delfin (3 September 2021). "Bren Esports to miss Valorant Masters in Berlin because of visa issues". Rappler. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
23. Zalamea, Nigel (9 September 2021). "Team Secret signs Bren Esports former Valorant roster". One Esports. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by IDONOTSLEEP	MSC champions 2018 (as Aether Main)	Succeeded by ONIC Esports
Preceded by EVOS Legends ECHO Philippines	MLBB World Championship winner 2020 2023	Succeeded by Blacklist International Fnatic ONIC Philippines
Preceded by SunSparks ECHO Philippines	MPL Philippines winner Season 6 Season 12	Succeeded by Blacklist International Liquid ECHO