MSC 2021

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MLBB Southeast Asia Cup 2021
2021
Tournament information
Sport Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Date
  • Group Stage
  • June 7–8, 2021
  • Playoffs
  • June 11–13, 2021
Administrator Moonton
Tournament
format(s)
Venue(s)None
Participants
Final positions
Champion Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration (1st title)
2nd place Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International
3rd place Flag of Indonesia.svg EVOS Legends
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of the Philippines.svg Kelra (Execration)
Highest KDA Flag of Malaysia.svg Syno (RSG Malaysia)
Highest Kills Flag of the Philippines.svg Kelra (Execration)
Highest Assists Flag of the Philippines.svg Ch4knu (Execration)
  2019
2022  

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup 2021, commonly known as MSC 2021, was the fourth annual regional Southeast Asia tournament for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang organized by Moonton. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSC 2021 was held virtually via an online livestream. [1] With a total prize pool of $150,000 after Moonton's announcement of a prize pool increase, the games were held from 7–13 June 2021. The Philippine team of Execration won the Tournament against another Philippine team in Blacklist International with Kelra as the winning MVP. [2] This is the second title that the Philippines have won after Aether Main won the MSC Cup in 2018.

Contents

Background

Previous MSC tournaments were held in Face-to-face and public viewing on public venues in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, with the Pandemic circulating worldwide, this is the first tournament to be featured online via livestream. Then-current SEA Cup Champions ONIC Esports were the longest champions in MSC History after the 2020 MSC Tournament was cancelled on May 11 by Moonton because of the pandemic.[ citation needed ] MSC 2021 would push through to continue with the prize pool being increased from $120,000 to $150,000.

Format

Twelve teams across Southeast Asia were qualified for the tournament. The MPL regions in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines had their respective Champion and Runner-ups represent their regions, while the non-MPL teams in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam were directly invited. [3] [4]

Teams Participating

Qualified teams for MSC 2021
NationLeagueQualification methodDateTeam
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines MPL Philippines MPL Philippines Season 7 Champions19 March – 30 May 2021
MPL Philippines Season 7 Runner-up
Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia MPL IndonesiaMPL Indonesia Season 7 Champions26 February – 2 May 2021
MPL Indonesia Season 7 Runner-up
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bigetron Alpha
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia MPL MalaysiaMPL Malaysia Season 7 Champions12 March – 30 May 2021
Flag of Malaysia.svg RSG Malaysia
MPL Malaysia Season 7 Runner-up
Flag of Malaysia.svg TODAK
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore MPL SingaporeMPL Singapore Season 1 Champions26 February – 2 May 2021
MPL Singapore Season 1 Runner-up
Flag of Singapore.svg RSG Singapore
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Direct invitation
Flag of Thailand.svg IDNOTSLEEP (IDNS)
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia
Flag of Cambodia.svg KH Impunity
Flag of Laos.svg Laos
Flag of Laos.svg Nightmare Esports
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
Flag of Vietnam.svg Cyber EXE

[5]

Group Stage

All matches in the group stages were a best-of-three series, all playing in a single round-robin. The group winner qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals, while the bottom two teams per group qualified for the play-ins stage. [6]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg RSG Malaysia22040+44Qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals
2 Flag of Singapore.svg RSG Singapore2112203Qualified for the Play-ins
3 Flag of Thailand.svg IDNS2020442
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Indonesia.svg EVOS Legends 22040+44Qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak2112203Qualified for the Play-ins
3 Flag of Vietnam.svg Cyber EXE2020442
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 22040+44Qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals
2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Bigetron Alpha2112203Qualified for the Play-ins
3 Flag of Cambodia.svg KH Impunity2020442
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration22040+44Qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals
2 Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS Singapore2112203Qualified for the Play-ins
3 Flag of Laos.svg Nightmare Esports2020442
Source: [ citation needed ]

Play-ins Stage

Bottom two teams in each group competed for a spot in the lower brackets through the play-ins stage, with the winner advancing to the playoffs, while the losers being eliminated. All matches were a best-of-three series. [6]

Playoffs

All matches were a Bo3 series, except for the Upper and Lower Bracket Finals which were a Bo5 series, and the Grand Finals which was a Bo7 series.

Upper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
Flag of Malaysia.svg RSG Malaysia0
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 3
Flag of Indonesia.svg EVOS Legends 0
Flag of Indonesia.svg EVOS Legends 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration1
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 1
Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration4
Lower Bracket - Round 1Lower Bracket QuarterfinalsLower Bracket SemifinalsLower Bracket Final
Flag of Malaysia.svg RSG Malaysia2
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bigetron Alpha2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Bigetron Alpha1 Flag of Indonesia.svg EVOS Legends 1
Flag of Malaysia.svg TODAK0 Flag of Malaysia.svg RSG Malaysia0 Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration3
Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Execration2
Flag of Cambodia.svg KH Impunity2 Flag of Cambodia.svg KH Impunity1
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS Singapore 0

Source: [6]

With the win of Execration in the Grand Finals, the Philippines obtained its second MSC Cup in 2 years after Aether Main in 2018. This was the second time in MSC History wherein two teams from the same nation went head-to-head in the Grand Finals, the first was in 2019 when ONIC Esports and Louvre Esports faced off each other in the Finals. Both teams are from Indonesia.

Viewership

MSC 2021 was streamed online for a widespread reach and due to the COVID-19 pandemic MSC was forced to be hosted digitally.[ citation needed ] MSC 2021 recorded a record high of viewership, average viewership, and Hours Watched in MSC history. The tournaments were live steamed on YouTube, Facebook Gaming and NimoTV alongside TikTok and VK Live. [7] [ better source needed ]

Peaker ViewersAverage ViewersHours WatchedReference
2,284,012514,61829,461,886 [8] [ better source needed ]

High turnouts of viewership were from the teams competing in the competition. EVOS Esports of Indonesia has average viewers of over 986,314, followed by Execration, Blacklist International, Bigetron and RSG MY. EVOS, Execration, Blacklist have record high of viewership of over 500,000 viewers.

References

  1. Juandi (16 June 2021). "MSC 2021 Surpassed The International 2019's Peak Viewers". Hybrid.co.id. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. "Mobile Legends' MSC 2021 competition comes to a close". Pocket Tactics. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. "Sistem MSC 2021 | Esportsku". www.esportsku.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  4. "MSC 2021: Results, schedule, format, prize pool, participating teams | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  5. Alex, John. "MLBB Creator Camp" . Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Vistek. "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup". msc.mobilelegends.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  7. escharts.com. "MSC 2021: Tournament Results and Viewership Stats | Esports Charts". escharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  8. escharts.com. "MLBB Southeast Asia Cup 2021 detailed viewers stats | Esports Charts". escharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.