MPL Philippines Season 10
2022 | |
Tournament information | |
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Game | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Location | Philippines |
Dates | August 12, 2022–TBD |
Administrator | Moonton |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin tournament (Regular season) Double-elimination tournament (Playoffs) |
Venue(s) | ICite Building Auditorium, Bagumbayan, Quezon City[1] (Regular season) |
Teams | 8 |
Purse | US$150,000 |
The MPL Philippines Season 10 is the tenth season of the Mobile Legends Professional League (MPL) of the Philippines. The season began on August 12, 2022 and will end sometime around October 2022. The season will serve as the Philippine Qualifiers for the upcoming MLBB M4 World Championships slated on January 1–15, 2023.[2] To celebrate the league's 10th season, the theme: #LakasNa10To was unveiled by the organizers last August 4.[3]
Venues and Competition Format
Venue
After the league runs online for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league has opened doors to the live audience which began last August 12. However, the league has set some rules for the fans who wish to witness the games personally. Fans must present proof of vaccination and return a negative antigen test result in the day they wish to witness the games. 90 fans can be accommodated for Fridays and Sundays, 70 fans can be accommodated for Saturdays.[1]
The games for the regular season are being held in iCite Auditorium, Bagumbayan, Quezon City.[1]
Competition Format
Similar to the previous season, 8 teams will compete in a double round-robin elimination and only the Top 6 teams will qualify for the playoffs. However, the first and third-placed teams will have the advantage of selecting matchups in the play-in rounds. Only the Grand Finalists will represent the Philippines in the upcoming MLBB M4 World Championships.
Regular Season
The regular season began on August 12, 2022, and will end on October 03, 2022. The regular season are a double round-robin format, with each team playing against their opponents twice, for a total of 14 games being played per team. A total of three group stage points may be earned in a single regular season match, based on the following:[4]
- If the match is decided by a 2–0 score, the winner shall earn 3 group stage points, while the loser earns 0 group stage points.
- If the match is decided by a 2–1 score, the winner shall earn 2 group stage points, while the loser earns 1 group stage point.
The top two teams of the standings gained outright qualification to the Upper Bracket Semifinals, while the next four teams qualified for the play-ins.
On September 24, 2022, the league announced the suspension of games scheduled for September 25 (Week 7-Day 3), in light of the onslaught of Typhoon Karding (international name: Typhoon Noru), which had hit different parts of Luzon.[5] However, it was announced that suspended games due to the typhoon are rescheduled on October 03, 2022, which will mean the final week of the Regular Season will run for four days, with the regular season officially ending on October 03, 2022.[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | q – Blacklist International | 14 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 29 | Advanced to the Upper Bracket Semifinals |
2 | q – ECHO Philippines | 14 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 27 | |
3 | q – RSG Philippines | 14 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 25 | Qualified to the Play-ins |
4 | q – Bren Esports | 14 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 23 | |
5 | q – Smart Omega | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 22 | |
6 | q – ONIC Philippines | 14 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 22 | |
7 | e – Nexplay EVOS | 14 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 10 | Eliminated from the Playoffs |
8 | e – TNC Pro Team - ML | 14 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) Group Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Season Match Win/Loss Ratio; 4) Season Game Win/Loss Rate; 5) Best-of-One Tiebreaker Match
e – Eliminated; q – Qualified for the phase indicated
Playoffs
On September 29, the league announced that the playoff games (including the Grand Finals) are to be played in The Blue Leaf Cosmopolitan in Quezon City, and will be held from October 20–23, 2022.[7]
All matches will be in a best-of-5 series, except for the Grand Finals, which will be a best-of-7 series.
Play-ins | Bracket Semifinals | Bracket Finals | Grand Finals | |||||||||||
ECHO Philippines | 3 | |||||||||||||
RSG Philippines | 1 | |||||||||||||
RSG Philippines | 3 | |||||||||||||
Upper Bracket | ||||||||||||||
Onic Philippines | 0 | |||||||||||||
Blacklist International | 3 | |||||||||||||
Bren Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bren Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||
Smart Omega | 2 | |||||||||||||
Lower Bracket | ||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket | ||||||||||||||
Play-ins
Play-ins were a best-of-five series, the winners advances to the Upper Semifinals, while the losers were eliminated.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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RSG Philippines
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3–0 | ONIC Philippines | RSG | RSG | RSG | ||
Bren Esports
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3–2 | Smart Omega | OMG | OMG | BREN | BREN | BREN |
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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3-2 | Bren Esports | BLCK | BREN | BREN | BLCK | BLCK | |
(#2) ECHO Philippines
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3-1 | RSG Philippines | ECHO | ECHO | RSG | ECHO |
Lower Bracket Semifinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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RSG Philippines
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3-2 | Bren Esports | RSG | RSG | BREN | BREN | RSG |
Upper Bracket Final
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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ECHO Philippines
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0-3 | Blacklist International | BLCK | BLCK | BLCK |
Lower Bracket Final
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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ECHO Philippines
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RSG Philippines |
Grand Finals
Grand Finalists shall represent the Philippines in the upcoming MLBB M4 World Championships, slated early January 2023.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Blacklist International
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Lower Bracket Finals winner |
Hall of Legends
The league officially introduces the "MPL Hall of Legends," a hall of fame set up by the organizing committee beginning this season. It is also the newest initiative by the league in honoring the Esports athletes who have greatly contributed to the game's growth and to Esports scene overall. According to Maui Tang, the Moonton Marketing and Business Development Specialist, he said that players, coaches, Moonton staff, and the media that are covering the league's games will comprise the voting committee. He also noted that fans will also have the power to select their choices on who makes it to the 10 inaugural inductees of the Hall of Legends. He added also that any MPL-PH professional player who have played from Season 1 up until the current season (Season 10) are eligible for nomination for induction in the Hall of Legends.[8]
The following are the ten (10) inductees to the MPL Hall of Legends, including one (1) honorable inductee:
- Im “Coach Panda” Chang-Rok
- Christian “Rafflesia” Fajura
- Joshua “Ch4knu” Mangilog
- Jeniel “YellyHaze” Bata-Anon
- Setsuna “Dogie” Ignacio
- Angelo Kyle “Pheww” Arcangel
- Karl Gabriel “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno
- Carlito “Ribo” Ribo Jr.
- Danerie James “Wise” Del Rosario
- Johnmar “OhMyV33NUS” Villaluna
- Manjean “Manjean” Faldas
The induction ceremonies of the ten (10) inaugural awardees for the Hall of Legends were awarded during the Grand Finals of the Season.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Elona, Jules (11 August 2022). "MPL PH Season 10: How to get free tickets to watch live | ONE Esports". One Esports. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Elona, Jules (22 June 2022). "Mobile Legends M4 World Championship will take place in January 2023 | ONE Esports". One Esports. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Bautista, Aeron Allec (4 August 2022). "MLBB S10 theme unveils theme: Lakas NA10 to!". Manila Standard. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Rules of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (Philippines)". MPL. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Carlos (24 September 2022). "MPL-PH postpones September 25 matches due to typhoon Karding". Spin.ph. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "MPL Season 10: Karding-hit games rescheduled to October 3". ABS-CBN News. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Elona, Jules (29 September 2022). "Where to buy tickets to watch MPL PH Season 10 Playoffs live". One Esports. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Dannug, Jonash (1 August 2022). "MPL PH celebrates 10th season with launch of Hall of Legends". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Ubaldo, John Edison (1 August 2022). "#LAKASNA10TO: Moonton launches MPL PH "Hall of Legends"". GMA News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2022.