2024 MPL Philippines season

2024 MPL Philippines season
LeagueMPL Philippines
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
Duration15 March–26 May 2024
(Season 13)
16 August–November 2024
(Season 14)
Number of teams8
MPL Philippines Season 13
Top seedFalcons AP Bren
Season MVPMarco "Super Marco" Requitiano
(Falcons AP Bren)
MPL Philippines Season 14
Top seedTBD
Season MVPTBD
2024 MPL Philippines Playoffs
Upper Bracket championsLiquid ECHO
(Season 13)
TBD
(Season 14)
Lower Bracket championsFalcons AP Bren
(Season 13)
TBD
(Season 14)
2024 MPL Philippines Grand Finals
Date26 May 2024 (Season 13)
November 2024
(Season 14)
VenueSM Southmall (Season 13)
ChampionsLiquid ECHO
(Season 13)
TBD
(Season 14)
Finals MVPSanford "Sanford" Vinuya
(Liquid ECHO - Season 13)
TBD
(Season 14)
Seasons
2025 →

The 2024 MPL Philippines Season is the seventh year of professional gameplay[1] and the second year of development talent gameplay[2] for the country. MPL Philippines is a professional esports league for the MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The season will be divided into two splits: Season 13 is accompanied by MDL Philippines Season 3 while Season 14 will be accompanied by MDL Philippines Season 4. Season 13 began on March 15 and concluded the season with the Grand Finals match on May 26, 2024. Meanwhile, Season 14 will likely begin by August and end by November.

MDL Philippines was established as the second development league in Southeast Asia behind MDL Indonesia in 2023 and its first two seasons were played during the same year.[3] Season 13 was the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the 2024 Mid-Season Cup in Riyadh.[4] Season 14 on the other hand will be the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the MLBB M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.[5] Only the champions and the runner-up teams will be qualifying for both international tournaments.

MPL Philippines Season 13 was the first professional season of the league in 2024. It is succeeding a season that culminated the championship of Falcons AP Bren for the second time in league history, and the second time in world history, winning the title on home soil against ONIC Esports.[6] Furthermore, the Mid-Season Cup is hosted for the first time outside of Southeast Asia and the first tournament bearing the rebranded name “Mid-Season Cup”. The tournament was formerly known as the “Southeast Asia Cup”.[7] Liquid ECHO defeated the defending world champions and MPL champions Falcons AP Bren in the Grand Finals in a 4–0 sweep.[8] This is Liquid ECHO's first title as "Liquid ECHO" and the second title under the "ECHO" brand name.

Season 14 will be the succeeding season following the Mid Season Cup. The Season 14 champions will become one of two-Filipino teams representing the country and the league in the M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. Currently, three Filipino teams have consecutively-won the last four world championship series: Blacklist International (M3),[9] Team Liquid PH (M4),[10] and Falcons AP Bren (M2 and M5).[11]

Occurring in the same year was the international multi-game tournament Games of the Future 2024 which was held in Kazan, Russia.[12] Falcons AP Bren and Blacklist International were invited to participate alongside teams that have competed during the M5 World Championships and teams that were directly invited by organizers.

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  2. ^ magazine, adobo (2023-04-24). "Echo Proud becomes first champions of MDL-PH – adobo Magazine". adobo Magazine Online. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  3. ^ "Moonton unveils MDL PH, Philippines' development league | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  4. ^ Daniels, Tom (23 January 2024). "Mobile Legends' Mid Season Cup to take place at Esports World Cup". Esports Insider. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Mobile Legends: Malaysia will host M6 World Championship next year". Yahoo News. 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  6. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Steward (December 18, 2023). "AP Bren wins M5 World Championship". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Lojo, Michelle. "Moonton renames MSC to Mid-Season Cup as new regions join". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  8. ^ "The cavalry arrives! Liquid ECHO dominates Bren in S13 finale". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  9. ^ "Blacklist International sweep ONIC PH 4-0 to win M3 World Championship". Yahoo News. 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  10. ^ "ECHO sweep Blacklist International 4-0 to take Mobile Legends M4 world champions crown". Yahoo News. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  11. ^ "Bren Esports wraps up M2 Worlds millions richer". RAPPLER. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  12. ^ "Games of the Future 2024". dspkazan.com (in Russian). 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2024-02-22.