2021 | |
Tournament information | |
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Game | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Location | ![]() |
Dates | March 19, 2021–May 30, 2021 |
Administrator | 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.
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]
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]
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 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Work Auster Force | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 23 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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 |
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.
Upper Bracket Semifinals | Upper Bracket Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | AURA Philippines | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Smart Omega | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | AURA Philippines | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B1 | Blacklist International | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B1 | Blacklist International | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Bren Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B1 | Blacklist International | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B3 | Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket - Round 1 | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals | Lower Bracket Semifinals | Lower Bracket Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Bren Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A3 | Work Auster Force | 3 | A3 | Work Auster Force | 1 | A1 | AURA Philippines | 0 | |||||||||||||||
B4 | Nexplay Esports | 1 | A2 | Bren Esports | 2 | B3 | Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||
B3 | Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Smart Omega | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A4 | ONIC Philippines | 2 | B3 | Execration | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
B3 | Execration | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reference: [6]
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 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(#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 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(#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 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(#1) Blacklist International | 3-1 | (#1) AURA Philippines | BLCK | BLCK | AURA | BLCK | |
(#3) Execration | 3-2 | (#2) Bren Esports | BREN | BREN | EXE | EXE | EXE |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(#3) Execration | 3-0 | (#1) AURA Philippines | EXE | EXE | EXE | ||||
(#1) Blacklist International | 4-3 | (#3) Execration | EXE | EXE | BLCK | EXE | BLCK | BLCK | BLCK |
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