MPL Philippines Season 7

MPL Philippines Season 7
2021
Tournament information
GameMobile Legends: Bang Bang
Location Philippines
DatesMarch 19, 2021–May 30, 2021
AdministratorMoonton
Tournament
format(s)
Teams10
Purse$120,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionBlacklist International
1st runners-upExecration
2nd runners-upAURA Philippines
MVPEdward Jay "EDWARD" Dapadap (Blacklist International)
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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.

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.

Background

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. They also have beaten Execration in the previous season in six games, 4 games to 2 to claim its maiden championship.

  • This was the first MPL appearance for Playbook Esports and Work Auster Force, that qualified from the Open Qualifiers which saw thousands of teams across the country fight for a spot in the league.

Regular season

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.

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts Qualification
1 AURA Philippines 13 9 4 21 12 +9 26 Upper Bracket Playoffs
2 Bren Esports 13 8 5 19 14 +5 23
3 Work Auster Force 13 8 5 18 13 +5 23 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
Source: MPL Official Website
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Bren wins regular season series, 2–0

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts Qualification
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
Source: MPL Official Website

Playoffs

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.

  • The top two teams in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket Playoffs
  • The next two teams in each group qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs
  • All games in the playoffs were in a Bo5 format, except for the Grand Finals
  • Grand Final was a Bo7 series

Bracket

Upper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
A1AURA Philippines3
B2Smart Omega2
A1AURA Philippines1
B1Blacklist International3
B1Blacklist International3
A2Bren Esports2
B1Blacklist International4
B3Execration3
Lower Bracket - Round 1Lower Bracket QuarterfinalsLower Bracket SemifinalsLower Bracket Final
A2Bren Esports3
A3Work Auster Force3A3Work Auster Force1A1AURA Philippines0
B4Nexplay Esports1A2Bren Esports2B3Execration3
B3Execration3
B2Smart Omega2
A4ONIC Philippines2B3Execration3
B3Execration3

Playoff Matchup Results

Reference:

Day No. 1

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
(#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

Day No. 2

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

Day No. 3

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

Day No. 4

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

Day No. 5 and Grand Finals

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

References

  1. ^ a b Dioquino, Delfin (March 17, 2021). "All eyes on Bren Esports as Mobile Legends PH kicks off Season 7". Rappler. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Dioquino, Delfin (January 25, 2021). "Bren Esports crowned as best Mobile Legends team". Rappler. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Pro League Philippines Season 7 preview: Bren Esports remains title favorite". GMA News Online. March 19, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Sevilla, Jeremiah (March 14, 2021). "MPL PH Season 7 Preview: Laus Playbook Esports aiming to fly high under coach Panda's wings". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Dela Cruz, Migg (March 18, 2021). "Everything You Need To Know About MPL-PH Season 7". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. ^ Raghuram, Vignesh (February 5, 2021). "MPL PH Season 7 Results". AFK Gaming. Retrieved February 18, 2022.