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MPL Philippines Season 7
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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.[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.
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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]
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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
Source: MPL Official Website
Notes:
Notes:
Group B
Source: MPL Official Website
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Playoffs
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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
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Reference: [6]
Day No. 1
Day No. 2
Day No. 3
Day No. 4
Day No. 5 and Grand Finals
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References
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