The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, commonly known as MSC, is an international Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament organised by the Moonton, the developer of the game. [1] The tournament was previously contested as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup from 2017 until 2023. [2] It was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic. [3] Since 2024, following the name rebrand and change in format, MSC would be part of Esports World Cup held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, colloquially known as MSC x EWC. [4] [5]
The current format, in use since the tournament was rebranded ahead of the 2024 edition, features 23 teams divided into two stages; group stage with 15 teams and wildcard stage with 8 teams, whereas the winner of wildcard stage would be qualified to group stage, making it 16 teams competing in the main event. [5] In the group stage, the teams are drawn into four groups of four, with each team playing three group stage matches in a round-robin best-of-two (BO2) format. [6] [7] The top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs stage, starting with the quarterfinals and then semifinals in best-of-five (BO5) format, culminating with the grand final in best-of-seven (BO7) format. [7]
For the upcoming 2025 edition, the teams distribution as follows: split into the group stage and the wildcard stage, with up to two teams from each nation or region. For the group stage, 2 teams each from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines, and 1 team each from Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Turkey, Singapore, CIS, Latin America, MENA, and North America, and for the wildcard stage, 1 team each from China, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, CIS, Latin America, MENA, and the rest of Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Thailand, Timor-Leste, or Vietnam—meaning Vietnam could have two teams in total). [8]
As of 2024 edition, there are total of 72 different teams competed in MSC with total of 112 slots allocation. Each successive MSC has had at least two teams appearing again from past edition and four teams appearing for the first time.
Year | Debuting team(s) | Total | Cum. |
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2017 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 8/8 | 8/8 |
2018 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 8/10 | 16/18 |
2019 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9/12 | 25/30 |
2021 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9/12 | 34/42 |
2022 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4/12 | 38/54 |
2023 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6/12 | 44/66 |
2024 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16/23 | 60/89 |
2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 12/23 | 72/112 |
Five-Nations Finals | Ref. | |||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MSC 2017 Indonesia Winner | ![]() | MSC 2017 Philippines Winner | [27] |
![]() | MSC 2017 Indonesia Runner-up | ![]() | MSC 2017 Philippines Runner-up | |
![]() | MSC 2017 Malaysia Winner | ![]() | MSC 2017 Singapore Winner | |
![]() | MSC 2017 Malaysia Runner-up | ![]() | MSC 2017 Thailand Winner | |
Group A | Group B | Ref. | ||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL ID S1 Winner | ![]() | MPL PH S1 Winner | [28] |
![]() | MPL MY/SG S1 Winner | ![]() | MPL ID S1 Runner-up | |
![]() | MPL PH S1 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL ID S1 3rd Place | |
![]() | MPL MY/SG S1 4th Place | ![]() | Thailand Qualifier Winner | |
![]() | Myanmar Qualifier Winner | ![]() | Vietnam Qualifier Winner |
Group A | Group B | Ref. | ||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL MY/SG S3 Winner | ![]() | MPL PH S3 Winner | [29] |
![]() | MPL PH S3 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MY/SG S3 Runner-up | |
![]() | Thailand Qualifier Winner | ![]() | Vietnam Qualifier Winner | |
Group C | Group D | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL MM S2 Winner | ![]() | MPL ID S3 Winner | |
![]() | MPL ID S3 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MM S2 Runner-up | |
![]() | Cambodia Qualifier Winner | ![]() | Laos Qualifier Winner |
Group A | Group B | Ref. | ||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL MY S7 Winner | ![]() | MPL ID S7 Winner | [30] |
![]() | MPL SG S1 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MY S7 Runner-up | |
![]() | Thailand Direct Invitee | ![]() | Vietnam Direct Invitee | |
Group C | Group D | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL PH S7 Winner | ![]() | MPL SG S1 Winner | |
![]() | MPL ID S7 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL PH S7 Runner-up | |
![]() | Cambodia Direct Invitee | ![]() | Laos Direct Invitee |
Group A | Group B | Ref. | ||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL MY S9 Winner | ![]() | MPL PH S9 Winner | [31] |
![]() | MPL ID S9 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL SG S3 Winner | |
![]() | Myanmar Qualifier Winner | ![]() | MPL KH Spring 2022 Runner-up | |
Group C | Group D | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL ID S9 Winner | ![]() | MPL KH Spring 2022 Winner | |
![]() | MPL PH S9 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MY S9 Runner-up | |
![]() | Mekong Qualifier [note 15] Winner | ![]() | MPL SG S3 Runner-up |
Group A | Group B | Ref. | ||
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Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL PH S11 Winner | ![]() | MPL SG S5 Winner | [33] |
![]() | MTC S1 Winner | ![]() | MPL ID S11 Runner-up | |
![]() | Mekong Qualifier [note 16] Winner | ![]() | Myanmar Qualifier Winner | |
Group C | Group D | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL ID S11 Winner | ![]() | MPL MENA Spring 2023 Winner | |
![]() | MPL KH Spring 2023 Winner | ![]() | MPL MY S11 Winner | |
![]() | NACT Spring 2023 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL PH S11 Runner-up |
Group Stage | Ref. | |||
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Group A | Group B | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MPL LATAM S1 Winner | ![]() | MPL ID S13 Winner | [36] |
![]() | MPL SG S7 Winner | ![]() | MPL KH S6 Winner | |
![]() | MTC S3 Winner | ![]() | MPL MENA S5 Winner | |
![]() | MPL ID S13 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MY S13 Winner | |
Group C | Group D | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MCC S3 Winner | ![]() | NACT Spring 2024 Winner | |
![]() | MPL PH S13 Winner | ![]() | MPL PH S13 Runner-up | |
![]() | MPL MENA S5 Runner-up | ![]() | China Qualifier Winner | |
![]() | Wildcard Stage Winner | ![]() | Myanmar Qualifier Winner | |
Wildcard Stage | [37] | |||
Group A | Group B | |||
Team | Seed | Team | Seed | |
![]() | MCCM S3 Winner | ![]() | MCB S3 Winner | |
![]() | MPL LATAM S1 Runner-up | ![]() | MCC S3 Runner-up | |
![]() | MTC S3 Runner-up | ![]() | MPL MY S13 Runner-up | |
![]() | China Qualifier Runner-up | ![]() | Mongolia Qualifier Winner |