MPL Philippines Season 7

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.^[1] 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.

MPL Philippines Season 7

2021
Tournament information
Game	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Dates	March 19, 2021–May 30, 2021
Administrator	Moonton
Tournament format(s)	Regular Season Double round robin Playoffs 8-team Double elimination
Teams	10
Purse	$120,000 USD
Final positions
Champion	Blacklist International
1st runners-up	Execration
2nd runners-up	AURA Philippines
MVP	Edward Jay "EDWARD" Dapadap (Blacklist International)
← MPL-PH S6 MPL-PH S8 →

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.^[2][3] They also have beaten Execration in the previous season in six games, 4 games to 2 to claim its maiden championship.^[1]

• 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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^[a]
3	Work Auster Force	13	8	5	18	13	+5	23^[a]	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. 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 Semifinals

Upper Bracket Final

Grand Final

A1

AURA Philippines

3

B2

Smart Omega

2

A1

AURA Philippines

1

B1

Blacklist International

3

B1

Blacklist International

3

A2

Bren Esports

2

B1

Blacklist International

4

B3

Execration

3

Lower Bracket - Round 1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

Lower Bracket Semifinals

Lower Bracket Final

A2

Bren Esports

3

A3

Work Auster Force

3

A3

Work Auster Force

1

A1

AURA Philippines

0

B4

Nexplay Esports

1

A2

Bren Esports

2

B3

Execration

3

B3

Execration

3

B2

Smart Omega

2

A4

ONIC Philippines

2

B3

Execration

3

B3

Execration

3

Playoff Matchup Results

Reference: ^[6]

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. 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.