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MSC 2025

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This article is about the esports tournament. For the security conference, see 61st Munich Security Conference. For other uses, see MSC (disambiguation).

The 2025 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament of the esports Multiplayer online battle arena game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It was the eighth iteration of the competition and the second iteration under the branding "Mid-Season Cup" since its conception in 2024.[1][2] The tournament began with the Wild Card stage from July 10 to July 13, and ended with the Grand Finals on August 2, 2025.[3]

2025 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup
Tournament information
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates10 July–2 August 2025
AdministratorsMoonton
Qiddiya
FormatGSL Format (Wild Card and Group Brackets)
Single Elimination (Knockout Stage)
Teams16 (Group Stage)
8 (Wild Card)
PurseUS$3,000,000
Final positions
Champions Team Liquid PH
1st runner-up Selangor Red Giants OG Esports
2nd runner-up ONIC Philippines
MVP Sanford "Sanford" Vinuya
← 2024
2026 →

For the second time, the tournament is in partnership with the 2025 Esports World Cup. It occurred alongside the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational and other esports titles in the said world cup.[4][5]

Team Liquid PH won the first MSC title for the organization after winning over the defending champions of Malaysia Selangor Red Giants OG Esports 4–1 in the Grand Finals. This is the first title for the Philippines since MSC 2022 and the second-consecutive season that a Philippines vs. Malaysia Grand Finals took place.[6] Team Liquid PH's Exp Laner Sanford "Sanford" Vinuya was named Finals MVP.

Background

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See also: Esports World Cup

MSC 2025 occurred simultaneously with the 2025 Esports World Cup held in Saudi Arabia. It is an international tournament where numerous major esports titles, such as League of Legends, Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, and Valorant, are competed by the worlds' most renowned teams. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was part of the inaugural games played in EWC in 2024.

Tournament patch

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Like other MOBAs, Moonton release patches for the game that would eventually culminate to forming METAs or the "most effective tactics available," alongside the usage of newly released or buffed up heroes for their tactical advantage.

Patch 1.9.91 was used for MSC 2025 and has been available for access since July 9.[7] The primary changes with the patch was the introduction of a new mage named Zetian and the significant nerfs and attribute adjustments to heroes picked for the most effective tactics available (META) in-game. The patch notes summary is live and accessible through the game itself in the Events Tab.

Patch 1.9.91
New Hero
Zetian
The Celestian Empress
Mage, Damage/Crowd Control
Ability Note(s)
Passive Celestial Armament
  • Phoenix Crown: Zetian gains increased Spell Vamp after hitting enemy heroes with Phoenix Strike and Phoenix Descent.
  • Celestial Robe: The power of the Phoenix Spirit periodically protects Zetian, knocking back and stunning any enemy heroes who dare to approach, dealing Magic Damage and granting Zetian a Shield.
Skill 1 Phoenix Strike
  • Zetian unleashes a Phoenix Wave in the target direction. If it hits an enemy, she automatically casts the next Phoenix Wave, up to 3 times. Zetian can cast other skills during this process. The third Phoenix Wave hits a larger area and pulls targets in the skill's direction for a short distance.
Skill 2 Phoenix Descent
  • Zetian summons a Phoenix Spirit at the target ___location, dealing Magic Damage and applying a brief slow effect to enemies in the area. The Phoenix Spirit hovers at the ___location for 3s, dealing sustained Magic Damage to enemies in a range and reducing enemies' Magic Defense. While the Phoenix Spirit is active, Zetian can use this skill again to command the Phoenix Spirit to charge toward a designated ___location, dealing Magic Damage and applying a brief slow effect upon arrival.
Ultimate Fury of the Phoenix
  • Zetian grants all allied heroes a Movement Speed increase that gradually decays over 3 sec, while unleashing divine retribution upon all enemy heroes, dealing Magic Damage and stunning them on hit. During this time, Zetian gains vision of all enemy heroes. She can cast other skills while channeling this ability.
Hero Adjustments
Major Hero Adjustment(s)
Hero Name Adjustment(s)
X.Borg
 General Indication:  BUFF 

Passive:  BUFF  – All skills now deal True Damage to enemies in the Overheated state. Previously, only Skill 1 could do this.
Ultimate:  NERF  – Number of Flame Sprays were decreased from 14 to 12.

Kimmy
Kimmy is still a bit too dominant in the new patch. We've slightly turned down her mobility and the crowd control ability of her Ultimate.
General Indication:  NERF 

Attributes:  NERF  – Movement Speed was increased from 255 to 245.
Ultimate:  NERF  – Slow Effect was decreased from 75% to 50%.

Kalea
Kalea is still a bit too dominant in the new patch. We've slightly turned down her healing capability in the early to mid game.
General Indication:  NERF 

Passive:  NERF  – HP Recovery was supposedly 120 + 10% Total HP + 60% Total Magic Power which was decreased to 40 + 10% Total HP + 60% Total Magic Power.

Baxia
Reduced survivability in the early and mid game; slightly increased survivability in the late game.
General Indication:  NERF 

Passive:  NERF  – Final Damage Reduction was 25 at all levels, it was decreased to 15 + (Hero Level x 1).

Joy
Reduced damage output in the mid to late game when Ultimate is unavailable.
General Indication:  NERF 

Passive:  NERF  – Magic Bonus was 55%, it was decreased to 40%.

Granger
Slightly reduced his Skill 1 damage and mobility.
General Indication:  NERF 

Skill 1:  NERF  – Physical Attack Bonus was 50% but it was decreased to 45% and the Movement Speed Bonus while Firing was 15%, it was decreased to 10%.

Uranus
Uranus has been dealing too much damage in the new patch, so we've slightly reduced the extra damage of his Skill 1.
General Indication:  NERF 

Skill 1:  NERF  – Radiance Stack Damage Bonus was originally 8-16 but it was decreased to 6-14.

Lapu-Lapu
After the previous enhancements, Lapu-Lapu's durability has gone beyond our expectations. We aim to change this by slightly reducing his sustained damage absorption in team fights.
General Indication:  NERF 

Skill 2:  NERF  – Damage reduction on hit was 30% + 8% per additional hero hit, it was decreased to 20% + 8% per additional enemy hero hit.

Wanwan
Slightly reduced Wanwan's damage in the mid to late game.
General Indication:  NERF 

Attributes:  NERF  – Physical Attack Growth was 9 but was decreased to 7.

Badang
Slightly reduced Badang's skill control frequency.
General Indication:  NERF 

Skill 2:  NERF  – His second skill cooldown was 9s but it was increased to 11s.

Time Rewind

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The MSC x EWC 2025 management have announced their introduction to the "Time Rewind" tool, the first of its kind to be included in the tournament. The Time Rewind Tool is the ability for marshals to restore a previous point of a gain if an incident affects the competitive integrity of the match. The tool is then used to rewind to a certain point of the game with both sides agreeing to the rewind. The management said that there were only two ways that marshals gave a fair opportunity for both teams to try and fix patches and errors such as the traditional pause where matches are paused in a specific time for five minutes in which marshals and members of the technical team would try to fix the error in game or in the venue or a rematch.

In accordance with the MSC x EWC 2025 handbook, strict provisions were imposed for both the teams and the marshals from ever abusing their rights and authority to use the Time Rewind Tool. The management has said that any tactical exposure for either teams may be experienced if the tool is used however, the management has made it clear that communications between players are prohibited during the pause and only permitted communication will be from the players and marshals only.[8]

Venue

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Similarly to MSC 2024, the venue for MSC 2025 will be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Wildcard Stage Group Stage Knockout Stage and Grand Finals
  Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Boulevard City, Backstage Boulevard City, TBA Boulevard City, Arena 2

Format

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Fifteen of the sixteen group-stage teams will be outright qualifying from major regions in Mobile Legends. These regions have made a name for themselves as the home of powerhouse teams including Indonesia[9][10] and the Philippines[11][12] alongside emerging powerhouse regions such as Malaysia[13] and Singapore.[14] Also included in the group-stage are established regions in their own right, with Moonton accredited competitions being the qualifying tournament for MSC such as Cambodia, MENA, North America, and Turkey. Meanwhile, Myanmar's inception returned following all esports competition halting in the region due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état[15] and China with its growing esports base was seemed fitting to be of the same caliber as pre-established teams.[16]

Wild card

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Eight teams from the different regions of accredited Moonton tournaments will battle for the one wildcard slot in the group stage. These eight teams will be grouped into two different groups and will follow the GSL Format—The Global StarCraft II League Format—where all teams have three chances to qualify for the knockouts.[17] The GSL Format has been used as the tournament format for several esports titles including the aforementioned StarCraft II and Dota 2.

In the opening match, the four teams will play a Best-of-3 series. Winning teams will advance and face each other in the winner's bracket while losing teams will advance to the loser's bracket. The team who wins in the winner's bracket will qualify for the knockout stage while the losing team will wait for the winner in the losers bracket. Simultaneously, the winner of the loser's bracket will face the loser of the winner's bracket while the loser of the loser's bracket will be eliminated.

In the redemption round, whoever wins Round 3 will qualify for the knockout stage while the loser will be eliminated. All teams who won 2-0 and 2-1 series will advance, those who loss 1-2 and 0-2 will be eliminated. The four teams who qualified for the knockout stage will battle each other to advance to the wild card finals. The winner of the wild card finals will qualify for the group stage.

Group stage

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In the group stage, the two representatives from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, joined by the champions of Myanmar and the EECA (CIS) will be put in Seed 1 while the remaining teams will be put into Seed 2. According to the group stage format video released by MLBB esports on YouTube these teams were split into two groups prompting regional diversity as per caster Gideon Khew "GideonQ" Wei Yung. All of these teams will be drawn into two brackets and no region will be bracketed in the same group.

Each team will then play a Best-of-3 series in a double-elimination format. Similarly to the Wild Card stage, teams with a record of 2-0 and 2-1 advances and qualifies to the knockout stage while teams with a 1-2 and 0-2 record will be eliminated.

Playoffs

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In the knockout stage, the eight qualified teams will be divided into two groups: teams who won 2-0, and teams who won 2-1. Teams with a 2-0 advantage will have the luxury to pick their 2-1 challengers. In the same video, the thought of a 2-0 team picking a weaker 2-1 team is palpable however, tides may turn regardless of their opponents. As of June 24, according to Yung, the team who will pick first will only be determined once the competition begins. For the first time since MSC 2023, a third-place match will be introduced. All matches in the knockout stage from the Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Third Place match will be a Best-of-5. Only the Grand Finals will be a Best-of-7.

Qualified teams

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A total of sixteen teams will be competing in the Group Stage while only eight are to advance to the knockout stage. The wild card stage returned for the third-consecutive time since its inception in 2023.[18]

For MSC 2025, Japan made its MLBB comeback. Japan last competed on a MLBB competition during the MLBB M2 World Championships and has since not competed.[19]

Majority of the qualified teams for MSC 2025 are returning teams from the previous edition and/or during the Southeast Asian Cup editions of the games. These include current champions Selangor Red Giants OG Esports (2024) and former champions ONIC Esports (2019, 2023). MSC 2025 is uniquely the first edition of the games where two sister-teams have qualified for the tournament, that being ONIC Esports and ONIC Philippines.

On June 30, 2025, Moonton announced that S8UL Esports,[20] who qualified as the North American Challenger Tournament (NACT) Spring champions, were no longer eligible to compete at MSC 2025 after two of their players, Michael "MobaZane" Cosgun and Jang "Hoon" Seong-hun, participated in a promotional event for the rival MOBA game Honor of Kings (also present at Esports World Cup) and got disqualified. As a result, NACT Spring runners-up Area 77 qualified in their place. See: S8UL Esports Disqualification

Legend:

 Bold  – Background denotes that the team is the Defending champions.

  – Background denotes that the team is the Former MSC champions.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Playoff/Knockout stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Group Stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Wild Card Stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that it's the team's first time qualifying for MSC.

Region League Path Team Short Name
Qualified for the Group Stage
  Indonesia MPL-ID Season 15 Champions   ONIC Esports ONIC ID
Season 15 Runners-Up   RRQ Hoshi RRQ
 Philippines MPL-PH Season 15 Champions   Team Liquid PH TLPH
Season 15 Runners-Up   ONIC Philippines ONIC PH
  Malaysia MPL-MY Season 15 Champions   Selangor Red Giants OG Esports SRG.OG
Season 15 Runners-Up   HomeBois HB
  Singapore MPL-SG Season 9 Champions   Team Flash FL
  Cambodia MPL-KH Season 8 Champions   CFU Gaming CFU
  China CQ Qualifier Champions   DianFengYaoGuai DFYG
Eastern Europe and

Central Asia

MCC Season 5 Champions   Team Spirit TS
  MENA MPL-MENA Season 7 Champions   Ultra Legends UL
  LATAM MPL-LATAM Season 3 Champions   Corinthians COR
  Turkey MTC Season 5 Champions   Aurora Türkiye RORT
  North America NACT Spring Champions   S8UL Esports[20] S8
Spring Runners-Up   Area 77[21] A77
  Myanmar MSL Season 1 Champions   Mythic Seal MYTH
Qualified for the Wild Card Stage
  MENA MPL-MENA Season 7 Runners-Up   Team Falcons FLCN
  LATAM MPL-LATAM Season 3 Runners-Up   INFLUENCE RAGE RAGE
Eastern Europe and

Central Asia

MCC Season 5 Runners-Up   Virtus.pro VP
  Vietnam VMC Spring Champions   Legion Esports LE
  Southeast Asia M Challenge Cup Season 5 Champions   Niightmare Esports NM
  Mongolia MQ Qualifier Champions   The MongolZ MGLZ
  China CQ Qualifier Runners-Up   Rare Atom RA
  Japan JQ Qualifier Champions   ZETA DIVISION ZD

Rosters competing in MSC 2025

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Team Coaching Staff Main Five Substitute
Head Assistant Exp Lane Jungler Mid Lane Gold Lane Roam
  ONIC Esports   Denver "Yeb" Miranda   Adi "Adi" Asyauri   Moch "Lutpiii" Ardianto   Kairi "Kairi" Rayosdelsol   Gilang "SANZ"   Clayton "Savero" Kuswanto   Nicky "Kiboy" Pontonuwu   Nowee "Ryota" Macasa
  Calvin "CW" Winata
  RRQ Hoshi   Alfi "Khezcute" Nelphyana   Rasyid "NMM" Perwira   Rendy "Dyrennn" Syahputra   Arthur "Sutsujin" Sunarkho   Hajirin "Rinz" Arafat   Muhammad "Toyy" Rizky   Said "Idok" Ridho   Arron "Chenn" Fernaus
  Team Liquid PH   Rodel "Ar Sy" Cruz   Harold "Tictac" Reyes   Sanford "Sanford" Vinuya   Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno   Sanji "Sanji" Pabico   Kiel Calvin "Oheb" Soriano   Jaypee "Jaypee" dela Cruz   John "Perkziva" Sumawan
  ONIC Philippines   Anthony "YnoT" Senedrin   Jeniel "Haze" Bata-Anon   Jann "Kirk" Gutierrez   King Cyric "K1NGKONG" Perez   Frince "Super Frince" Ramirez   Grant Duane "Kelra" Pillas   Borris "Brusko" Parro   Jaylord "Hate" Gonzales
  Selangor Red Giants OG Esports   Michael Angelo "Arcadia" Bocado   Poon Kok "OzoraVeki" Sing   Mark Genzon "Kramm" Rusiana   Muhammad Haqqullah "Sekys" Zaman   Hazziq Danish "Stormie" Rizwan   John Vincent "Innocent" Banal   Muhammad Qayyum "Yums" Suhairi   Imam Zareef "Gojes" Zulkifli
  HomeBois   Ervan "Belin" Pratama   Aep "Jester" Saepudin   Kenley "VELL" Zefanya   Muhammad Ikmal "EYYMAL" Azemy   Mohammad Irwandy "IZANAMIYEYO" Lim   Adam Bin "MELQT" Hamidun   Vincentsius Ivan "IVANN" Adrianto   Muhammad Eiman "EIVA" Shah
  Team Flash   Bjorn "Zeys" Ong   Bellamy "Lolsie" Yeov   Kenneth "Kenn" Lee   Jaymark "Hadess" Lazaro   Jankurt "KurtTzy" Matira   Keith Lim "Vanix" Wei Jun   Akihiro "JPL" Furusawa   Yeo Wee "Diablo" Lun
  Adam Chong "Adammir" Jin Ee
  CFU Gaming   Gesang "T1m3go" Jiacuo   HanXie   Vann "Wadu" Dane   Nhem "Detective" Chandavan   Chiang "Zee" Piseth   Khoun "Xingg" Amey   Sok "Boxi" Viera   Chhuon "Oppi" Phengkong
  Ultra Legends   Mohammad Rashed "JED" Taheri N/A   Mostafa "Dark Lord" Mahmoud   Osama "Throwboy" Saleh   Omar Sami "Quanok" Ali   Mahmoud Alhassan "Pharaoh" Mahmoud   Mahmoud "RiseCrim" Rawash   Jersy
  Elshadow Omar
  Corinthians   Diego "Daarkness" Casado   Diego "Daarkness" Casado   Kristofer "Hesu" Calderon   Ralph "Flick" Hamoy   Matheus "Frostt" Santos   Lucas "Upa" Araujo   Luiz "Luiizz" Alves   Everton "Buzizio" de Mattos
  Team Spirit   Nikita "Coldstar" Morozov   Harmonysoul   Mathaios "Kid Bomba" Chatzilakos   Alexander "ONESHOT" Sharkov   Kemiran "Sunset Lover" Kochkarov   Pak Anton "Hiko" Igorevich   Stanislav "SAWO" Reshnyak   Euphoria
  Aurora Turkiye   Aniel "Master The Basics" Jiandani[22]   Sacit "Bagdalpesh" Arslan   Mehmet Ibrahim "Lunar" Ilgun   Sidar "Tienzy" Mentese   Ahmet Taha "Rosa" Batir   Siyar "Sigibum" Akbulut   Furkan "APEX47" Akbulut   ReiNNNN
  Area 77 SIR ROSE Jennyqt   Rainiel "URESHIII" Logronio   Shiro   HUNTER   Ricer "ISO" Dela Cruz   Zidric "JOYBOJ" Beltran   IDIRKK
  Mythic SEAL   Thet Lynn "LynnXDaddy" Hitut Gif   Kyaw Zin "Kalay" Htet   Pyae Hein "Kenn" Ko   Hein Arkar "Niko" Htet   Kyaw Zin "Zippy" Bo   Ye Yint "Bo Ye" Naing   Potay
  DiangFengYaoGuai   Lu Khai "Sasa" Bean   Saw Kwee "Loong" Loong   Kiel Vj "Kielvj" Cruzem   Kenneth "Super Kenn" Marcello   Lin "Yione" Haifeng   Tang "Loong" Zelong   Liu "zzzed" Chenjian   Pei "Pxiu" Jian
  Team Falcons   Francis "Duckeyyy" Glindro[23]   Amr Wafed "Kakashi" Elsayed   Ayman Othman "Sanji" Alqarni   Bien "Boyet" Chumecera   Muath Saad "Cuffin" Alkoraini   Sulaiman Musallam "Saano" Alrashdi   Moayed Ayman "Troll" Kharaba   Mohammed "Tarzan" Kharabah
  Influence Rage   Ignacio "BlackJax" de Bautista N/A   Lucas Fagundez "Chino" de Bautista   Diego Eduardo "Jotun" Balog   Darien Quiroz "Chan" Barraza   Angel "Furry" Samuel   Pablo "Pakitoo" Balog   Luan Marcos "SR Luuma" de Oliveira[24]
  Virtus.pro   Kenneth "Flysolo" Coloma   Zaur "zaur egoist" Magomadov[25]   Denis "BadKot" Bogomolav   Andrew "Andoryuuu" Flora   Dmitry "sorrybae" Belyaev   Egor "Super Egorka" Bugaev   Vladimir "Pluto" Misyurin   Kerrigan
  Legion Esports   Arkar "Sabo" Phyo Min   Moaii   Nguyễn "Meow" Đức Nam   Nguyễn "Jowga" Văn Tô Đô   Justin Ahron "Shocker" Guanga   Nguyễn "Daylight" Việt Anh   Mark Gleen "Kram God" Florencio   Lâm "Hehehehehehe" Văn Đạt
  Phạm "GNART" Ngọc Trạng
  Niightmare Esports   Sathaphone "Alain" Kayavong N/A   Zeke "BAI LUCI" Himaya   Mongkonethong "2Ez4Lexxy" Sinbandit   Phonesana "Sosoul" Inthavongxay   Kampaseuth "Khammy" Hanxana   Sengathit "J4ZBIN" Phounsavat   Ninjaaa
  Marcelino Jr. "I DID" Grijaldo
  ZETA Division   Tink N/A   june1   ten   psuke   muiminet   Kani   Falcon
  The MongolZ   Booyo   Hanayuuh   Mumu   Bilguun "Zetsu" Zagd-Ochir   Lkhagvasuren "Mayki" Otgonbayar   Tsotsaikhan "Rynx K" Nyamtsogt   Turbayar "Shenlynn" Bulgan   Ganaa
  Rare Atom   Raymond "Raizan" Tandrian   Jiang "G1deaon" Taiyu   Ramadhoni "Donn"   Delvin "Lanaya" Gunawan   Zhang "Paofu" Hao   Wang "Mikey" Zixuan   Zhang "Cat9" Ye   Mao "Shengge" Yinpin


MSC Wildcard

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Group A bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Team Falcons1
  Rare Atom2
  Rare Atom2
  Rare Atom
  Legion Esports0
  Legion Esports2
  The MongolZ1
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Legion Esports0
  The MongolZ
  Team Falcons0  The MongolZ2
  The MongolZ2

Group B bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  ZETA Division1
  INFLUENCE RAGE2
  INFLUENCE RAGE1
  Virtus.pro
  Virtus.pro2
  Virtus.pro2
  Niightmare Esports0
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  INFLUENCE RAGE2
  INFLUENCE RAGE
  ZETA Division2  ZETA Division0
  Niightmare Esports1

In a closed-door draw session for the wild-card stage, the eight competing teams for the MSC Wild Card stage were grouped into the following brackets. Four teams will advance to the Wild Card Crossover Knockout Stage where only one team will advance to the main Group Stage.[26]

MSC Wildcard Crossover Match

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China's Rare Atom and ARM' Virtus.pro qualified for the wildcard crossover matches in the semifinals as one of the four remaining teams to qualify for the MSC Group Stage. Rare Atom qualified to the crossover semis after defeating Vietnam's Legion Esports 2-0 and Virtus.pro qualified to the crossover semis after defeating Argentina's INFLUENCE RAGE 2-1.

Virtus.pro won the crossover wildcard match against Rare Atom, 3–1. This gives the EECA a second slot for the MSC Group Stage Brackets for the first time in MSC history. They join the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia as the only four regions to have two teams qualify for its regions.

Wildcard Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		Wildcard Finals
(Best-of-5)		Wildcard Semifinals
(Best-of-3)
A1  Rare Atom2B1  Virtus.pro3B1  Virtus.pro2
B2  INFLUENCE RAGE0A1  Rare Atom1A2  The MongolZ0

MSC Group Bracket

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Following the conclusion of the crossover match, MPL Casters Gideon Khew "GideonQ" Wei Yung and Dan "Leo" Cubangay oversaw the draw portion for the MSC Group Brackets. Teams were separated into two different pools and each team were drawn to the two Group Brackets. The first team was drawn for Group A and the second team was drawn for Group B and this format was followed until all sixteen teams were drawn to their group.

ONIC Philippines was drawn originally to Group A however, with Team Liquid PH being drawn earlier and both teams are from the same region, MSC rules were implemented so that ONIC Philippines and Team Liquid PH would be in different groups, thereby making Mythic SEAL, the last team to be drawn from Pool 1, to be part of Group A instead of Group B.

Group A Bracket

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Upper Bracket Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket Finals
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Team Liquid PH2
  Ultra Legends0
  Team Liquid PH2
  Team Liquid PH
  ONIC Esports1
  ONIC Esports2
  CFU Gaming1
  SRG OG Esports2
  Virtus.pro1
  SRG OG Esports1
  Mythic SEAL
  Mythic SEAL2
  Mythic SEAL2
  Corinthians Esports1
Lower Bracket Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket Finals
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  SRG OG Esports2
  SRG OG Esports
  Ultra Legends1  CFU Gaming0
  CFU Gaming2
  ONIC Esports2
  ONIC Esports
  Virtus.pro2  Virtus.pro0
  Corinthians Esports1

Group B Bracket

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Upper Bracket Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket Finals
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Homebois2
  Team Flash1
  Homebois0
  Team Spirit
  Team Spirit2
  Team Spirit2
  DianFengYaoGuai0
  RRQ Hoshi2
  Area 770
  RRQ Hoshi2
  RRQ Hoshi
  Aurora Türkiye1
  ONIC Philippines1
  Aurora Türkiye2
Lower Bracket Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket Finals
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Aurora Türkiye2
  Aurora Türkiye
  Team Flash2  Team Flash1
  DianFengYaoGuai0
  Homebois0
  ONIC Philippines
  Area 770  ONIC Philippines2
  ONIC Philippines2

Knockout stage

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As stated in the format video, all teams with a 2-0 aggregate will be selecting their opponents. Teams with the 2-0 aggregate are: Team Liquid, RRQ Hoshi, Team Spirit, and Mythic SEAL also in that order. The order to pick was determined by the speed of their game finishes with Team Liquid being the only team to finish their games under 1 hour. These four teams will pick one of their opponents from the 2-1 aggregate in SRG OG Esports, ONIC Esports, ONIC Philippines, and Aurora Türkiye.

The format of this stage is a single elimination bracket, meaning teams who lose in the quarterfinals will automatically drop out of the tournament, while those who lose in the semifinals will battle for the third place.

Quarterfinals (Bo5) Semifinals (Bo5) Grand Finals (Bo7)
      
  Team Liquid PH 3
  Aurora Türkiye 0
  Team Liquid PH 3
  ONIC Esports 1
  Mythic SEAL 0
  ONIC Esports 3
  Team Liquid PH 4
  SRG OG Esports 1
  RRQ Hoshi 2
  SRG OG Esports 3
  SRG OG Esports 3 Third Place Match (Bo5)
  ONIC Philippines 2
  Team Spirit 1   ONIC Philippines 3
  ONIC Philippines 3   ONIC Esports 2

Quarterfinals

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Only the Philippines remained with two of its representatives advancing to the Semifinals in MSC 2025 after Team Liquid's 3–0 win over Aurora Türkiye[27] and ONIC Philippines' 3–1 win over Team Spirit.[28] Team Liquid will face MSC 2023 champions ONIC Esports in the Semifinals while ONIC Philippines will face the defending champions Selangor Red Giants OG Esports in Semis.

Quarterfinals Match 1 July 30, 2025 Team Liquid PH 3 – 0 Aurora Türkiye Boulevard City, Riyadh  
17:00 PHT    Team Liquid wins the series, 3–0  
  • Gold: 46,047
  • Turrets: 8
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 8
  • Purple Buff: 10
 Game Time:
12:33
Team Liquid leads the series, 1–0
  • Gold: 30,165
  • Turrets: 1
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 4
  • Purple Buff: 3
  • Gold: 36,026
  • Turrets: 7
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 3
  • Orange Buff: 5
  • Purple Buff: 9
 Game Time:
10:43
Team Liquid leads the series, 2–0
  • Gold: 24,782
  • Turrets: 0
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 5
  • Orange Buff: 5
  • Purple Buff: 3
  • Gold: 58,660
  • Turrets: 9
  • Lord: 3
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 11
  • Purple Buff: 9
 Game Time:
18:53
Team Liquid wins the series, 3-0
Player of the Match: Sanji
  • Gold: 51,575
  • Turrets: 0
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 0
  • Orange Buff: 6
  • Purple Buff: 8
Quarterfinals Match 2 July 30, 2025 Mythic SEAL 0 – 3 ONIC Esports Boulevard City, Riyadh  
18:00 PHT    ONIC wins the series, 3-0  
  • Gold: 42,129
  • Turrets: 4
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 7
  • Purple Buff: 6
 Game Time:
14:28
ONIC leads the series, 1-0
  • Gold: 44,777
  • Turrets: 7
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 6
  • Purple Buff: 10
  • Gold: 37,005
  • Turrets: 3
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 4
  • Purple Buff: 7
 Game Time:
15:17
ONIC leads the series, 2-0
  • Gold: 51,354
  • Turrets: 7
  • Lord: 2
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 11
  • Purple Buff: 10
Results were not shown Game Time:
19:37
TBD leads the series, 0-0
Player of the Match: Kairi 		Results were not shown
Quarterfinals Match 3 July 31, 2025 RRQ Hoshi 2 – 3 SRG OG Esports Boulevard City, Riyadh  
17:00 PHT    SRG OG Esports wins the series, 3-2  
  • Gold: 64,058
  • Turrets: 7
  • Lord: 2
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 9
  • Purple Buff: 9
 Game Time:
20:36
RRQ leads the series, 1-0
  • Gold: 59,384
  • Turrets: 6
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 8
  • Purple Buff: 7
  • Gold: 39,442
  • Turrets: 1
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 5
  • Purple Buff: 7
 Game Time:
14:13
The series is tied, 1-1
  • Gold: 49,324
  • Turrets: 9
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 6
  • Purple Buff: 6
  • Gold: 42,418
  • Turrets: 4
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 1
  • Orange Buff: 5
  • Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
15:25
SRG leads the series, 2-1
  • Gold: 48,460
  • Turrets: 6
  • Lord: 2
  • Turtles: 2
  • Orange Buff: 7
  • Purple Buff: 6
  • Gold: 36,152
  • Turrets: 7
  • Lord: 1
  • Turtles: 3
  • Orange Buff: 5
  • Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
10:27
The series is tied, 2-2
  • Gold: 24,701
  • Turrets: 1
  • Lord: 0
  • Turtles: 0
  • Orange Buff: 4
  • Purple Buff: 3
Results of the match weren't shown Game Time:
14:50
SRG wins the series, 3-2
Player of the Match: Stormie 		Results of the match weren't shown
Quarterfinals Match 4 July 31, 2025 Team Spirit 1 – 3 ONIC Philippines Boulevard City, Riyadh  
18:00 PHT    ONIC Philippines wins the series, 3-1  
• Gold: 47,063

• Turrets: 7
• Lord: 2
• Turtles: 3
• Orange Buff: 9

• Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
13:51
Team Spirit leads the series, 1-0
• Gold: 33,969

• Turrets: 1
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 5

• Purple Buff: 5
• Gold: 52,273

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 2
• Turtles: 3
• Orange Buff: 8

• Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
14:48
The series is tied, 1-1
• Gold: 40,414

• Turrets: 1
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 4

• Purple Buff: 5
• Gold: 91,237

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 3
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 17

• Purple Buff: 16
 Game Time:
29:37
ONIC leads the series, 2-1
• Gold: 91,250

• Turrets: 5
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 9

• Purple Buff: 9
Results were not shown for this match Game Time:
18:46
ONIC wins the series, 3-1
Player of the Match: Brusko 		Results were not shown for this match


Semifinals

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MSC 2024 Semifinalists Team Liquid PH qualified to the Grand Finals after a 3-1 victory over Indonesian champions ONIC Esports[29] while MSC 2024 champions Selangor Red Giants OG Esports won a close 3-2 series victory over the MLBB M6 World Champions ONIC Philippines in a chance to repeat as champions.[30]

Semifinals Match 1 August 1, 2025 SRG OG Esports 3 – 2 ONIC Philippines Boulevard City, Riyadh  
17:00 PHT    SRG OG Esports advances to the Grand Finals, 3–2  
• Gold: 55,984

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 3
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 11
 Game Time:
17:41
SRG leads the series, 1–0
• Gold: 46,282

• Turrets: 0
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 9

• Purple Buff: 5
• Gold: 33,399

• Turrets: 1
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 5

• Purple Buff: 4
 Game Time:
12:24
The series is tied, 1–1
• Gold: 43,866

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 5

• Purple Buff: 6
• Gold: 35,007

• Turrets: 7
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 3
• Orange Buff: 4

• Purple Buff: 7
 Game Time:
10:38
SRG leads the series, 2–1
• Gold: 25,742

• Turrets: 0
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 4
• Gold: 26,284

• Turrets: 1
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 2

• Purple Buff: 3
 Game Time:
11:05
The series is tied, 2–2
• Gold: 38,767

• Turrets: 8
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 3
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 6
Results were not shown for this match Game Time:
17:40
SRG OG Esports wins the series, 3-2
Player of the Match: Sekyss 		Results were not shown for this match
Semifinals Match 2 August 1, 2025 Team Liquid PH 3 – 1 ONIC Esports Boulevard City, Riyadh  
18:00 PHT    Team Liquid PH advances to the Grand Finals, 3-1  
• Gold: 48,332

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 2
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 11
 Game Time:
14:15
Team Liquid leads the series, 1–0
• Gold: 37,272

• Turrets: 1
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 5

• Purple Buff: 4
• Gold: 74,595

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 3
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 10

• Purple Buff: 15
 Game Time:
25:39
Team Liquid leads the series, 2–0
• Gold: 76,722

• Turrets: 7
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 12

• Purple Buff: 10
• Gold: 47,418

• Turrets: 6
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 8

• Purple Buff: 9
 Game Time:
16:26
Team Liquid leads the series, 2-1
• Gold: 49,814

• Turrets: 6
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 6
Results were not shown for this match Game Time:
14:32
Team Liquid wins the series, 3-1
Player of the Match: KarlTzy 		Results were not shown for this match


Battle for Third

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The sister teams of ONIC Esports and ONIC Philippines were in the battle for third match for MSC 2025, the first since MSC 2023. ONIC Esports took the match point early at 2-1 however, ONIC Philippines rallied for a comeback 3-2 victory, securing the Philippines the third place while Indonesia finishes their best finish yet in two consecutive years in fourth.

Battle for Third August 2, 2025 ONIC Philippines 3 – 2 ONIC Esports Boulevard City, Riyadh  
17:00 PHT    ONIC Philippines wins the series, 2-2  
• Gold: 65,956

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 4
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 10

• Purple Buff: 13
 Game Time:
21:16
ONIC Philippines leads the series, 1–0
• Gold: 59,095

• Turrets: 6
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 8
• Gold: 35,352

• Turrets: 0
• Lord: 0
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 4

• Purple Buff: 4
 Game Time:
14:20
The series is tied, 1–1
• Gold: 49,595

• Turrets: 9
• Lord: 2
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 8

• Purple Buff: 9
• Gold: 41,028

• Turrets: 7
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 1
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
14:30
ONIC Esports leads the series, 2-1
• Gold: 7

• Turrets: 2
• Lord: 1
• Turtles: 2
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 8
• Gold: 66,356

• Turrets: 8br> • Lord: 0
• Turtles: 3
• Orange Buff: 10

• Purple Buff: 8
 Game Time:
14:32
The series is tied, 2-2
• Gold: 60,723

• Turrets: 7
• Lord: 3
• Turtles: 0
• Orange Buff: 12

• Purple Buff: 14
Results were not shown for this match Game Time:
14:44
ONIC Philippines wins the series, 3-2
Player of the Match: K1NGKONG 		Results were not shown for this match


Grand Finals

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After dropping Game 1, Team Liquid PH won four straight games to defeat the defending champions of MSC, Selangor Red Giants OG Esports to win the Philippines its fourth MSC title and their first organizational MSC title.[6] Team Liquid PH also returns the MSC championship back to the Philippines for the first time in three years since RSG Philippines' last win in 2022.[31]

Grand Finals August 2, 2025 Team Liquid PH 4 – 1 SRG OG Esports Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  
18:00 PHT    Team Liquid wins the Grand Finals, 4-1  
• Gold: 41,959

• Turrets: 1
• Turtles: 1
• Lord: 0
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 7
 Game Time:

15:31
SRG OG Esports leads the series, 1-0

• Gold: 48,221

• Turrets: 6
• Turtles: 2
• Lord: 2
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 7
• Gold: 60,658

• Turrets: 9
• Turtles: 2
• Lord: 3
• Orange Buff: 10

• Purple Buff: 14
 Game Time:

18:10
The series is tied, 1-1

• Gold: 47,773

• Turrets: 0
• Turtles: 1
• Lord: 0
• Orange Buff: 8

• Purple Buff: 3
• Gold: 47,155

• Turrets: 7
• Turtles: 2
• Lord: 1
• Orange Buff: 8

• Purple Buff: 11
 Game Time:

14:32
Team Liquid PH leads the series, 2-1

• Gold: 38,184

• Turrets: 1
• Turtles: 1
• Lord: 0
• Orange Buff: 6

• Purple Buff: 4
• Gold: 38,317

• Turrets: 8
• Turtles: 3
• Lord: 1
• Orange Buff: 7

• Purple Buff: 6
 Game Time:

10:07
Team Liquid PH leads the series, 3-1

• Gold: 22,965

• Turrets: 0
• Turtles: 0
• Lord: 0
• Orange Buff: 3

• Purple Buff: 4
Results were not shown for this match Game Time:

15:26
Team Liquid PH wins the series, 4-1

Results were not shown for this match

MSC Final Standings

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Team Wild Card Stage Group Stage Knockout
Stage 		Final
Placement 		Prize Pool
Allocation 		EWC Club
Points
Round 1 Round 2 Knockouts Round 1 Round 2
UBS LBS UBF LBF CM WCM UBS LBS UBF LBF QF SF TPM GF
  Team Liquid — 2–0 — 2–1 —   RORA
3:0 		  ONIC
3:1 		—   SRG
4:1 		Champions US$1,000,000 1,000
  SRG OG Esports — 2–1 — 1–2 2–0   RRQ
3:2 		  ONIC
3:2 		—   TLPH
1:4 		First Runner-Up US$500,000 500
  ONIC Philippines — 1–2 2–0 — 2–0   TS
3:1 		  SRG
2:3 		  ONIC
3:2 		— Second Runner-Up US$250,000 300
  ONIC Esports — 2–0 — 1–2 2–0   MYTH
3:0 		  TLPH
1:3 		  ONIC
2:3 		— Third Runner-Up US$150,000
  RRQ Hoshi — 2–0 — 2–1 —   SRG
2:3 		5th–8th US$100,000 200
  Team Spirit — 2–0 — 2–0 —   ONIC
1:3
  Aurora Türkiye — 2–1 — 1–2 2–1   TLPH
0:3
  Mythic SEAL — 2–1 — 2–1 —   ONIC
0:3
  Homebois — 2–0 — 0–2 0–2 9th–12th US$66,000 0
  Team Flash — 0–2 2–1 — 1–2
  CFU Gaming — 1–2 2–1 — 0–2
  Virtus.pro 2–0 — 2–1 — 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 — 0–2
  Ultra Legends — 0–2 1–2 13th–16th US$50,000
  Corinthians Esports — 1–2 1–2
  DianFengYaoGuai — 0–2 0–2
  Area77 — 0–2 0–2
  Rare Atom 2–1 — 2–0 — 2–0 1–3 17th US$41,000
  The MongolZ 1–2 2–0 — 2–0 0–2 18th–19th US$35,000
  INFLUENCE RAGE 2–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–2
  Legion Esports 2–1 — 0–2 0–2 20th–21st US$32,500
  ZETA Division 1–2 2–1 — 0–2
  Niightmare Esports 0–2 1–2 22nd–23rd US$30,000
  Team Falcons 1–2 0–2

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational 2025

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2025 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational
Tournament information
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates15–19 July 2025
AdministratorsMoonton
Qiddiya
FormatGSL Format (Group Brackets)
Single Elimination (Knockout Stage)
Teams16 (Group Stage)
PurseUS$500,000
Final positions
Champions  Team Vitality
1st runners-up  Gaimin Gladiators
2nd runners-up  Terror Queens
MVP  Cindy "Cinny" Siswanto
← 2024
2026 →

Also occurring in the 2025 Esports World Cup is the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational, the second iteration of the MWI was held with both MSC and EWC 2025, and the third iteration of the tournament itself. MWI is the professional female division of the MLBB esports competition and is the pinnacle tournament for the female division.[32]

MWI featured sixteen teams from across the international scene.[32] Similarly to its male counterparts, the group stage format is similar except, MWI featured a four group stage bracket qualifiers instead of two. Each team was grouped into four and it determined the eight teams that qualified for the playoffs and the eight teams eliminated.[33]

Defending MWI champions NAVI Philippines—the team that acquired the roster of Smart Omega Empress[34]—was swept by North American representatives Gaimin Gladiators in the Quarterfinals.[35][36] Team Vitality won the tournament and their third title with the core championship roster from MWI 2022 and 2023.[37]

Qualified teams

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Most regions held local qualifiers for female teams to qualify for MWI 2025 however, Indonesian representatives Team Vitality and ONIC Pertiwi are both teams that have finished Top 2 in the Southeast Asian Invitational league Battle of Gamehers[38] of which, NAVI Philippines were among the teams competing. Vitality were the champions of this invitational while Pertiwi were third behind NAVI PH.

Like MSC 2025, two sister teams have qualified for MWI 2025, NAVI Philippines and NAVI Malaysia whom have their main team, NAVI Indonesia competing in MPL Indonesia.[34]

Legend:

 Bold  – Background denotes that the team is the Defending champions.

  – Background denotes that the team is the Former MWI champions.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Playoff/Knockout stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Group Stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that the team's best finish is the Wild Card Stage in its history.

  – Background denotes that it's the team's first time qualifying for MSC.

Region League Qualification Team Group Short Name
  Indonesia Battle of Gamehers Best Indonesian Team (#1)   Team Vitality A VIT
Best Indonesian Team (#2)   ONIC Pertiwi D ONPW
  Philippines Athena League Qualifier champions   NAVI Philippines[39] C NVPH
Qualifier runner-up   Team Liquid PH B TLPW
  Malaysia MYSG Qualifier Qualifier champions   NAVI Malaysia B NVMY
  Cambodia Queen Legends Season 1 champions   CFU Serendipity C CFUS
  MENA Africa Cup Qualifier champions   Falcons Vega Mena A FLVM
MENA Qualifier Qualifier champions   Twisted Minds Orchid A TWO
  Brazil LATAM Qualifiers Qualifier champions   DreamMax Girls D DMXG
  CIS Lady MVP Season 7 champions   Rising Rage D RR
  Mongolia ESN MWI Qualifier Qualifier champions   WAOW GG Esports A WAOW
  Mekong MEKONG Qualifier Qualifier champions   Virtrus.pro FE C VPFE
  Turkey Turkiye Qualifier Qualifier champions   FUT Esports D FUT
  United States North America Qualifier Qualifier champions   Gaimin Gladiators B GG
  China China Qualifier Qualifier champions   Tidal Legends Gaming B TLG
  Myanmar Myanmar Qualifier Qualifier champions   Terror Queens C TQ

Rosters competing in MWI 2025

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Team Coaching Staff Main Five Substitute
Head Assistant Exp Lane Jungler Mid Lane Gold Lane Roam
  Team Vitality N/A   Fumi

(Venry Lim)

  Vival

(Viorelle Chen)

  Cinny

(Cindy Siswanto)

  Chell

(Michelle Siswanto)

  Vivian

(Vivi Indrawaty)

  Venom

(Jeanne Sylvi)

  ONIC Pertiwi   Navillera

(Habsyah Maifa)

  Xev

(Xeviola Maureen)

  Liv

(Livia Putri)

  Y1PPY   Pou

(Salsabila Mia)

  Cartaslim
  NAVI Philippines   KingSalman

(Salma Macarambon)

  Aggressive

(John Paul Aveño)

  Ayanami

(Gwyneth Diagon)

  Keishi

(Kaye Alpuerto)

  Amoree

(Rica Amores)

  Shinoa

(Sheen Perez)

  Meraaay

(Mery Vivero)

  Lexaaa

(Alexandria Dardo)

  Team Liquid Philippines   Joy Boy

(Vincent De Guzman)

N/A   Daiki   Ramici

(Trinity Ramos)

  Zaishii   CLA   Isuna   Soju
  NAVI Malaysia   Aish

(Muhammad Faris Bin Badrul Zaman)

N/A   Shaa

(Qurratul Nizam)

  Rina

(Afrina Ali)

  Hannie

(Hanis Dashuki)

  Fafau

(Nurul Fauzi)

  Remund

(Nadiya Bacriun)

  Yuki

(Nor Shahar)

  CFU Serendipity N/A   MOSHIII

(Chanpisey Yong)

  Tegami

(Rin Chanthana)

  Faa   YuiFendi

(Maraty Ol)

  UEE

(Ee Prum)

  Pex
  Falcons Vega MENA   Velvet

(Hadeel Abouelftouh)

  Sunlight

(Engy Beshay)

  Yui

(Rawan Abdalazeem)

  Names

(Asmaa Thabet)

  Fvvn

(Alaa Galous)

  Nucci

(Nourhan Abdelaal)

  DreamMax Girls   Day

(Daiana Neves)

  Angeliss

(Luciana Cristina)

  Camiis

(Camila de Melo)

  Bl4zktty

(Isabela Soares)

  Lucy

(Geovanna Alves Barreto)

Pickmehai
  Rising Rage   XavTzy N/A   Zazha   Evredian   Everyy   Bondi   Asuna   Zefirka
  WAOW GG Esports   Bebex   Nonaxn   Kairin   Phos   Mikewazovski   Rikka   Ayame N/A
  Virtus.pro Fe N/A   Daisy

(Nông Thị Ngọc Ánh)

  Starsoyy

(Anisa Putri)

  Saa

(Văng Thị Yến Nhi)

  Liv

(Olivia Benita Wijaya)

  Kao

(Đỗ Thị Huyền Trang)

  FUT Esports   Unohana   Mireya   Zendaya   Mieko   Nora
  Gaimin Gladiators   Rexvinn

(Kelvin Unting)

  Midnight

(Neil De Guzman)

  Aria

(Sharifah Alla Fakrrurozi)

  Nicholette

(Nicole Huang)

  Sayori   CxZ Panda

(Cindy Zhou)

  Ashlay

(Ashley Ann)

  JEWEL

(Jey Rose Enriquez)

  Twisted Minds Orchid N/A   Lyrx   HIDE   Miss Meow   Lunar   Livin   Rafa
  Tidal Legends Gaming   Catvin

(Zhang Bowen)

  Gangan

(Yuan Shenao)

  Bay

(Yan Ran)

  Chokess

(Jiang Jiali)

  Vermouth

(Chen Yuqing)

  YinHuai

(Liu Jihan)

  Kenzaki

(Zhang Qian)

  Infinite

(Liu Jihan)

  Terror Queens   Msk

(Min Khant)

N/A   Hlaing

(Yadanar Hlaing)

  Ruii   LunaLynn

(Lynn Naing)

  CKOSHIII

(Wint Linn)

  Kuu

(Hsu Zin)

N/A



Group stage

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On June 27, 2025, the MWI Group Draw occurred on a closed-door setup. Similarly to MSC 2025 wild card, the Group Stage was played through the GSL Format with only eight teams advancing to the Knockout Stage: 4 teams from the Upper Brackets and 4 teams from the Lower Brackets.[40]

Group A Bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Twisted Minds Orchid0
  Team Vitality2
  Team Vitality2
  Team Vitality
  Falcons Vega MENA0
  Waow GG Esports0
  Falcons Vega MENA2
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)
  Falcons Vega MENA0
  Twisted Minds Orchid
  Twisted Minds Orchid2  Twisted Minds Orchid2
  Waow GG Esports1

Group B Bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Tidal Legends Gaming0
  Team Liquid PH2
  Team Liquid PH2
  Team Liquid PH
  Natus Vincere MY1
  Gaimin Gladiators0
  Natus Vincere MY2
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)
  Natus Vincere MY1
  Gaimin Gladiators
  Tidal Legends Gaming1  Gaimin Gladiators2
  Gaimin Gladiators2

Group C Bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  Natus Vincere PH2
  CFU Serendipity0
  Natus Vincere PH2
  Natus Vincere PH
  Terror Queens1
  Terror Queens2
  Virtus.pro FE0
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)
  Terror Queens2
  Terror Queens
  CFU Serendipity0  Virtus.pro FE0
  Virtus.pro FE2

Group D Bracket

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Group Matches
(Best-of-3)		Upper Bracket
(Best-of-3)		Qualified
  ONIC Pertiwi2
  DreamMax Girls0
  ONIC Pertiwi2
  ONIC Pertiwi
  FUT Esports0
  FUT Esports2
  Rising Rage0
Elimination
(Best-of-3)		Lower Bracket
(Best-of-3)
  FUT Esports2
  FUT Esports
  DreamMax Girls2  DreamMax Girls0
  Rising Rage1

Knockout Stage

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Quarterfinals (Bo3) Semifinals (Bo5) Grand Finals (Bo7)
      
  Team Vitality 2
  FUT Esports 0
  Team Vitality 3
  Team Liquid PH 0
  Team Liquid PH 2
  Twisted Minds Orchid 0
  Team Vitality 4
  Gaimin Gladiators 0
  Natus Vincere PH 0
  Gaimin Gladiators 2
  Gaimin Gladiators 3 Third Place Match (Bo5)
  Terror Queens 1
  ONIC Pertiwi 1   Team Liquid PH 0
  Terror Queens 2   Terror Queens 3

MWI Final Standings

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Region/Team Group Stage Q Knockout Stage Final

Placement

Win

Rate

Prize Pool

Allocation

EWC Club

Points

Round 1 Round 2 QF SF BT GF
UBS LBS UBS LBS
  Team Vitality 2–0 — 2–0 — Q 2–0 3–0 — 4–0 Champions 1.000 US$150,000 1,000
  Gaimin Gladiators 0–2 2–1 — 2–1 Q 2–0 3–1 — 0–4 First Runner-Up .500 US$90,000 750
  Terror Queens 2–0 — 1–2 2–0 Q 2–1 1-3 3–0 Second Runner-Up .647 US$50,000 500
  Team Liquid 2–0 — 2–1 — Q 2–0 0-3 0–3 Third Runner-Up .462 US$30,000 300
  ONIC Pertiwi 2–0 — 2–0 — Q 1–2 5th–8th .714 US$20,000 200
  Natus Vincere PH 2–0 — 2–1 — Q 0–2 .571
  FUT Esports 2–0 — 0–2 2–0 Q 0–2 .500
  Twisted Minds Orchid 0–2 2–1 — 2–0 Q 0–2 .444
  Natus Vincere MY 2–0 — 1–2 1–2 E 9th–12th .500 US$15,000 0
  Falcons Vega MENA 2–0 — 0–2 0–2 E .500
  DreamMax Girls 0–2 2–1 — 0–2 E .286
  Virtus.pro FE 0–2 2–0 — 0–2 E .333
  Rising Rage 0–2 1–2 E 13th–16th .200 US$10,000
  Tidal Legends Gaming 0–2 1–2 E .200
  WAOW GG Esports 0–2 1–2 E .200
  CFU Serendipity 0–2 0–2 E .000

Controversies

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S8UL Esports disqualification

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On June 28, 2025, Facebook community members were quick to point out the recent made posts by S8UL Esports Mid Laner Jang "Hoon" Seung-hun and Michael "MobaZane" Cosgun's then remarks regarding their participation and live streaming of the Multiplayer online battle arena game Honor of Kings, a direct competitor of MLBB on the mobile esports scene. Speculations around the team's fate were further bolstered after all group stage MLBB teams' rosters were unveiled except for S8UL.

On June 30, 2025, the MSC 2025 committee has officially suspended Jang and Cosgun from the competition and with it, S8UL Esports. The committee's handbook specifically says that it must fuel at least a six-man roster with prepared substitutes being put for reserves. Since Cosgun was the team's reserve and Jang as their starting Mid-Laner, S8UL Esports did not have enough players to replace Jang's lane, thus the team being disqualified for MSC 2025 for not meeting the requirements the roster rules. Fans and community members alike criticized Moonton and MSC Management for their decision in suspending S8UL Esports, attributing to a somewhat similar situation to Vitrus.pro whose jungler was underaged to travel with the team, thus signing Omega Jungler Andoryuuu.[41]

See also

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References

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  24. ^ de Oliveira also acts as the team's analyst during MPL Latam.
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