MSC 2025

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 is an ongoing annual international tournament of the esports Multiplayer online battle arena game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It is 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 will end with the Grand Finals on August 2, 2025.^[3]

2025 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup

Tournament information
Sport	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates	10 July–2 August 2025
Administrators	Moonton Qiddiya
Format	GSL Format (Wild Card and Group Brackets) Single Elimination (Knockout Stage)
Teams	16 (Group Stage) 8 (Wild Card)
Purse	US$3,000,000
← 2024 2026 →

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

The current champions Selangor Red Giants OG Esports, who partnered with Dota 2 organization, OG, are returning to MSC 2025 for a chance to be repeat winners.^[6][7]

Background

See also: Esports World Cup

MSC 2025 will occur 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

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 is currently being used for MSC 2025 and has been available for access since July 9.^[8] 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

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.^[9]

Venue

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
Boulevard City

Format

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^[10][11] and the Philippines^[12][13] alongside emerging powerhouse regions such as Malaysia^[14] and Singapore.^[15] 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^[16] and China with its growing esports base was seemed fitting to be of the same caliber as pre-established teams.^[17]

Wild card

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.^[18] 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

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

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

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 will return for the third-consecutive time since its inception in 2023.^[19]

For MSC 2025, Japan will be making its MLBB comeback. Japan last competed on a MLBB competition during the MLBB M2 World Championships and has since not competed.^[20]

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,^[21] 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[21]	S8
		Spring Runners-Up	Area 77[22]	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

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[23]	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[24]	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[25]
Virtus.pro	Kenneth "Flysolo" Coloma	Zaur "zaur egoist" Magomadov[26]		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

Group A bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Team Falcons

1

Rare Atom

2

Rare Atom

2

Rare Atom

Legion Esports

0

Legion Esports

2

The MongolZ

1

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Legion Esports

0

The MongolZ

Team Falcons

0

The MongolZ

2

The MongolZ

2

Group B bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

ZETA Division

1

INFLUENCE RAGE

2

INFLUENCE RAGE

1

Virtus.pro

Virtus.pro

2

Virtus.pro

2

Niightmare Esports

0

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

INFLUENCE RAGE

2

INFLUENCE RAGE

ZETA Division

2

ZETA Division

0

Niightmare Esports

1

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.^[27]

MSC Wildcard Crossover Match

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 Atom

2

B1

Virtus.pro

3

B1

Virtus.pro

2

B2

INFLUENCE RAGE

0

A1

Rare Atom

1

A2

The MongolZ

0

MSC Group Bracket

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

	Upper Bracket Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Upper Bracket Finals (Best-of-3)					Qualified
	Team Liquid PH		2
	Ultra Legends		0
						Team Liquid PH		2
											Team Liquid PH
						ONIC Esports		1
	ONIC Esports		2
	CFU Gaming		1
	SRG OG Esports		2
	Virtus.pro		1
						SRG OG Esports		1
											Mythic SEAL
						Mythic SEAL		2
	Mythic SEAL		2
	Corinthians Esports		1
	Lower Bracket Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Lower Bracket Finals (Best-of-3)					Qualified
						SRG OG Esports		2
											SRG OG Esports
	Ultra Legends		1			CFU Gaming		0
	CFU Gaming		2
						ONIC Esports		2
											ONIC Esports
	Virtus.pro		2			Virtus.pro		0
	Corinthians Esports		1

Group B Bracket

	Upper Bracket Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Upper Bracket Finals (Best-of-3)					Qualified
	Homebois		2
	Team Flash		1
						Homebois		0
											Team Spirit
						Team Spirit		2
	Team Spirit		2
	DianFengYaoGuai		0
	RRQ Hoshi		2
	Area 77		0
						RRQ Hoshi		2
											RRQ Hoshi
						Aurora Türkiye		1
	ONIC Philippines		1
	Aurora Türkiye		2
	Lower Bracket Semifinals (Best-of-3)					Lower Bracket Finals (Best-of-3)					Qualified
						Aurora Türkiye		2
											Aurora Türkiye
	Team Flash		2			Team Flash		1
	DianFengYaoGuai		0
						Homebois		0
											ONIC Philippines
	Area 77		0			ONIC Philippines		2
	ONIC Philippines		2

Knockout stage

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	0
					ONIC Esports	0
	Mythic SEAL	0
	ONIC Esports	3
										0
										0
	RRQ Hoshi	2
	SRG OG Esports	3
					SRG OG Esports	0			Third Place Match (Bo5)
					ONIC Philippines	0
	Team Spirit	1								0
	ONIC Philippines	3								0

Quarterfinals

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^[28] and ONIC Philippines' 3–1 win over Team Spirit.^[29] 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	TBD wins the series, 0-0
		• 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

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational 2025

2025 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational

Tournament information
Sport	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates	15–19 July 2025
Administrators	Moonton Qiddiya
Format	GSL Format (Group Brackets) Single Elimination (Knockout Stage)
Teams	16 (Group Stage)
Purse	US$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.^[30]

MWI featured sixteen teams from across the international scene.^[30] 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.^[31]

Defending MWI champions NAVI Philippines—the team that acquired the roster of Smart Omega Empress^[32]—was swept by North American representatives Gaimin Gladiators in the Quarterfinals.^[33][34] Team Vitality won the tournament and their third title with the core championship roster from MWI 2022 and 2023.^[35]

Qualified teams

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^[36] 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.^[32]

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[37]	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

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

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.^[38]

Group A Bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Twisted Minds Orchid

0

Team Vitality

2

Team Vitality

2

Team Vitality

Falcons Vega MENA

0

Waow GG Esports

0

Falcons Vega MENA

2

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Falcons Vega MENA

0

Twisted Minds Orchid

Twisted Minds Orchid

2

Twisted Minds Orchid

2

Waow GG Esports

1

Group B Bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Tidal Legends Gaming

0

Team Liquid PH

2

Team Liquid PH

2

Team Liquid PH

Natus Vincere MY

1

Gaimin Gladiators

0

Natus Vincere MY

2

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Natus Vincere MY

1

Gaimin Gladiators

Tidal Legends Gaming

1

Gaimin Gladiators

2

Gaimin Gladiators

2

Group C Bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Natus Vincere PH

2

CFU Serendipity

0

Natus Vincere PH

2

Natus Vincere PH

Terror Queens

1

Terror Queens

2

Virtus.pro FE

0

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

Terror Queens

2

Terror Queens

CFU Serendipity

0

Virtus.pro FE

0

Virtus.pro FE

2

Group D Bracket

Group Matches (Best-of-3)

Upper Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

ONIC Pertiwi

2

DreamMax Girls

0

ONIC Pertiwi

2

ONIC Pertiwi

FUT Esports

0

FUT Esports

2

Rising Rage

0

Elimination (Best-of-3)

Lower Bracket (Best-of-3)

Qualified

FUT Esports

2

FUT Esports

DreamMax Girls

2

DreamMax Girls

0

Rising Rage

1

Knockout Stage

	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

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

S8UL Esports disqualification

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.^[39]

See also

• Esports World Cup
• 2025 Esports World Cup
• MSC 2024