MLBB M6 World Championship

MLBB M6 World Championship

2024
Tournament information
Sport	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Dates	21 November–15 December 2024
Administrator	Moonton
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Swiss System Playoffs Double Elimination
Host(s)	Malaysia
Venue(s)	Group Stage and 1st Phase of Knockouts IOI Grand Exhibition & Convention Center Grand Finals and 2nd Phase of Knockouts Axiata Arena
Teams	16 (Swiss Stage) 8 (Wild Card)
Purse	$1,000,000

The 2024 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship will be an esports tournament for the mobile multiplayer online battle arena video game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It is commonly referred to as the M6 World Championship and M6, the sixth iteration of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Moonton Games.

Defending champions Falcons AP Bren failed to qualify for the M6 World Championships, setting this iteration for a new world champion.

Background

The MLBB M6 World Championships is the sixth Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship and the second edition of the games to be held in Malaysia, who hosted the inaugural edition M1 World Championship. The hosting will be in collaboration with Malaysia's Ministry of Youth and Sports and Moonton.

The country also previously hosted the wildcard phase of the M5 tournament.

Venues

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Group Stage and 1st Phase Knockout Stage	2nd Phase Knockout Stage and Grand Finals
IOI Grand Exhibition & Convention Center
	Axiata Arena
Capacity:?	Capacity: ~11-16,000
Axiata Arena

Qualification

Qualifying for the M6 World Championship comes from the competing nation/region's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League or commonly known as "MPL." However, regional qualifiers in the North America, Turkey, Myanmar, China and European regions are also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams. A single team shall also qualify from the M6 Wildcards.

M6 has returned the number of natural qualifiers for MPL Malaysia to two qualifying teams. Instead of a singular slot, two teams from the Mekong region will now have an opportunity to redeem a spot in the group stages through the M6 Wildcard event.

Group Stage: 28 November 2024 to 5 December 2024

Similar to 2024 League of Legends World Championship and Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, the M6 World Championships will now feature a Swiss-round format in the group stages.

• Round 1
  • The 16 teams will be randomly matched
  • Matches will be Bo1

• Round 2
  • The 8 teams that have 1-0 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • Matches will be Bo1
  • The 8 teams that have 0-1 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • Matches will be Bo1

• Round 3
  • The 4 teams that have 2-0 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • The winners of this round will advance to the Knockouts Stage
    • Matches will be Bo3
  • The 8 teams that have 1-1 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • Matches will be Bo1
  • The 4 teams that have 0-2 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • The losers of this round will be eliminated from the tournament
    • Matches will be Bo3

• Round 4
  • The 6 teams that have 2-1 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • The winners of this round will advance to the Knockouts Stage
    • Matches will be Bo3
  • The 6 teams that have 1-2 aggregate will randomly match
    • The losers of this round will be eliminated from the tournament
    • Matches will be Bo3

• Round 5
  • The 6 teams that have 2-2 aggregate will be randomly matched
    • The winners of this round will advance to the Knockouts Stage
    • The losers of this match will be eliminated from the tournament
    • Matches will be Bo3

Knockout Stage: 7 - 15 December 2024

• Double Elimination Bracket
  • All matches are played in a Bo5 series. Upper bracket quarterfinals are played in a Bo3.
  • Grand Finals will be played in a Bo7.

Region	League	Qualification method	Team name	ID
Philippines	MPL Philippines	MPL Philippines Season 14 Champions	Fnatic ONIC PH	FNOP
		MPL Philippines Season 14 Runners-Up	Aurora Gaming	RORA
Indonesia	MPL Indonesia	MPL Indonesia Season 14 Champions	Team Liquid ID	TLID
		MPL Indonesia Season 14 Runners-Up	RRQ Hoshi	RRQ
Malaysia	MPL Malaysia	MPL Malaysia Season 14 Champions	Selangor Red Giants	SRG
		MPL Malaysia Season 14 Runners-Up	Team Vamos	VM
Latin America	MPL LATAM	MPL LATAM Season 2 Champions	Maycam Evolve	EV
Singapore	MPL Singapore	MPL Singapore Season 8 Champions	NIP Flash	NPFL
Cambodia	MPL Cambodia	MPL Cambodia Season 7 Champions	CFU Gaming	CFU
Middle East and North Africa	MPL MENA	MPL MENA Season 6 Champions	Twisted Minds	TWIS
Myanmar	M6 Myanmar Qualifier	M6 Myanmar Qualifier Champions	Falcon Esports	FCON
Turkiye	MTC Turkiye Championship	MLBB Türkiye Şampiyonası Season 4 Champions	S2G Esports	S2G
North America	North America Challenger Tournament	MLBB NACT Fall Season 2024 Champions	BloodThirstyKings	BTK
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	MLBB Continental Championships	MLBB Continental Championships Season 4 Champions	Team Spirit	TS
China	M6 China Qualifiers	M6 China Qualifier Champions	KeepBest Gaming	KBG
TBA	M6 Wildcard Qualifiers	M6 Wildcard Qualifying Team	TBA

Wildcard Groups

The M6 Wild Card tournament is a qualifying tournament for the champions and runner-ups of other MLBB domestic tournaments. The winning team will qualify for the group stages of MLBB M6 World Championship.

The M6 World Championship is the second edition to include a wild card round. South Asia has now been removed from the Wildcards.

• Wildcard Groups: 21 to 24 November 2024
  • Eight teams will be randomly drawn into two groups
  • Single Round Robin, all matches are played in Bo3
  • Top 1 team from each group advance to Decider Stage
• Crossover Match: 24 November 2024
  • First placer of one group will compete in a Bo5 against the first placer from the other group.
  • Winner of the crossover match will advance to Group Stage.
  • Loser will be eliminated.

Region	League	Qualification method	Team name	ID	Group
Mekong Region	MCC Mekong	MCC Mekong S4 Champions	Legion Esports	LG	B
		MCC Mekong S4 Runners-Up	Niightmare Esports	NM	A
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	MLBB Continental Championships	MLBB Continental Championships Season 4 Runners-Up	Insilio	INS	B
Latin America	MPL LATAM	MPL LATAM Season 2 Runners-Up	RRQ Akira	RRQ	B
Turkiye	MTC Turkiye Championship	MLBB Türkiye Şampiyonası Season 4 Runners-Up	Ulfhednar	TBA	A
Middle East and North Africa	MPL MENA	MPL MENA Season 6 Runners-Up	Geekay Esports	GK	A
China	M6 China Qualifiers	M6 China Qualifier Runners-Up	DFYG	DFYG	A
Mongolia	ENC MLBB Mongolia	ENC MLBB Mongolia Champions	The MongolZ	MGLZ	B

Roster(s)

Wild Card Stage

Several teams from the MLBB M5 World Championships makes their return in the wild card stage while a portion of the teams are newly-qualified to the world championships. ULFHEDNAR was formerly known as Fire Flux Esports before a rebranding effort and RRQ Akira returns as MENA's runners-up. Niightmare Esports most recently qualified during the M4 World Championships.

Region	Team Name	Roster
		Coaching Staff(s)			Main Five					Sixth Man
		H.C.	A.C.	An.	Exp	Jungle	Mid	Gold	Roam
Vietnam	Legion Esports	Sabo (Arkar Pho Min)	TBA	Moaii	Meow (Nguyễn Đức Nam)	Jowga (Nguyễn Văn Tô Đô)	Hehehehehehe (Lâm Văn Đạt)	Daylight. (Nguyễn Việt Anh)	GNART (Phạm Ngọc Trạng)	1ManCarry (Lê Minh Đức)
Laos	Niightmare Esports	Xs0n	TBA	Alain (Sathaphone Kayavong)	Opper (Phonespaseuth Lotchanakane)	Lexxyboiiz (Mongkonethong Sinbandit)	Sosoul (Phonesana Inthavongxay)	Khammy (Kahampaseuth Hanxana)	J4ZBIN (Sengathit Phounsavat)	Ninjaaa / Ipedd
CIS	Insilio	Giee (Karl Barrientos)	TBA	Krankov	Maniak (Stepan Mikhaylov)	Yustinian (Markov Aleksandr Anatolievich)	Reaper (Amir Ismailov Takhirovich)	Dont (Dolgushin Vadim Vadimovich)	Lovely (Rozmovny Matvey Alexandrovich)	Harmony Soul / Kid Goldi
Turkey	ULFHEDNAR	Badgalseph (Sacit Arslan)	Ospereay (Vladimir Gonchar)	Badgalseph (Sacit Arslan)	Alien (Bariş Ali Çakır)	Tienzy (Sidar Menteşe)	Rosa (Ahmet Taha Batır)	Sunshine (Emre Sarı)	APEX47 (Furkan Akbulut)	Lonely Kid / Finarfin
South America	RRQ Akira	Cabral (Godman Campos Dos Santos Cabral)	TBA		Tekashi (Arthur Silva do Nascimento)	Kiing (Lucas Felipe De Oliveira Godoy)	Seigen (Matheus Vieira Lima)	Gustalagusta (Gustavo Da Costa Lima)	Luiizz (Luiz Henrique da Silva Alves)	Blink (Gabriel da Silva Favoreto)
China	DianFengYaoGuai	Sasa (Lu Khai Bean)	N/A	Loong (Saw Kee Loong)	Kielvj (Kiel Vj Hernandez Cruzem)	zzzed (Liu Chenjian)	Yione (Lin Haifeng)	Loong (Tang Zelong)	Flash	TBD
					Huisu				Pxiu
MENA	Geekay Esports	Yakou (John Erwin Magno)	N/A	N/A	Samo	Xeno (Anand Baatarkhu)	Feng	Carvi (Carl Vincent Tinio)	Shen (Mohammed Elshanawany)	Smile (Ahmed Mohsen Ahmed Fawzy Moustafa)
Mongolia	The MongolZ	Booyo	N/A	N/A	bankai	Zetsu	Mayki	Rynx	Shenlynn (Turbayar Bulgan)	MuMu
										Beckyrmaaa

Swiss Stage

Bracket

All bracket stage matches will be a Best of 3. The winning team will qualify in the upper portion of the Swiss bracket until the first top two teams whom have an undefeated record advance to the knockout stage. Three teams would follow suit and will qualify in the second round of qualifiers and the final three teams with a 3-2 record will qualify for the knockouts.

Every round will feature a random draw by the players themselves to determine the succeeding matchups.

Round 1 featured an anticipated matchup between the Indonesian and Philippine champions in Team Liquid ID and Fnatic ONIC Philippines.

Advance to knockouts

2–0

1–0

0–0

Advance to knockouts

KeepBest Gaming

0

2–1

RRQ Hoshi

0

Falcons Esports

0

Aurora MLBB

0

1–1

Advance to knockouts

Wildcard Team

0

2–2

BloodThirstyKings

0

Team Spirit

0

Maycam Evolve

0

Twisted Minds

0

0–1

1–2

Eliminated

Team Vamos

0

Team Liquid ID

0

Fnatic ONIC Philippines

0

NIP Flash

0

Eliminated

CFU Gaming

0

0–2

S2G Esports

0

Selangor Red Giants

0

Eliminated

M6 Wild Card

Draw

On November 8, a draw for the competing wild card teams were done to determine the groups of all eight wild card teams. The draw was officiated by former Malaysian caster-turned-host Aiman "Laphel" Kamal alongside the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Adam Adli and Moonton Games representative Fkri Rizal Mahruddin.

The eight teams were grouped through random picks in the wild card draw and whoever wins the wild card qualifying tournament will qualify in the Swiss Stage to go up against North America's BloodThirstyKings.

Results of the Wild Card Draw
Group A	Group B
Geekay Esports	The MongolZ
DFYG	Legion Esports
Nightmare Esports	Insilio
ULFHEDNAR	RRQ Akira

Group Stage

All teams will play a single-round robin match where all will be a Best of 3. Only the top 1 team will move on to the decider stage — the bracket to determine the final wild card team qualifying to the Swiss stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Geekay Esports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the Decider Stage
2	DIANFENGYAOGUAI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated
3	Nightmare Esports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	ULFHEDNAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Insilio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the Decider Stage
2	Legion Esports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated
3	RRQ Akira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	The MongolZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group A Matches

Date	Team	Results	Team
November 21	DFYG	0 — 0	NME
	ULF	0 — 0	GKE
November 22	DFYG	0 — 0	GKE
	ULF	0 — 0	NME
November 23	NME	0 — 0	GKE
	ULF	0 — 0	DFYG

Group B Matches

Date	Team	Results	Team
November 21	LGE	0 — 0	INS
	RRQA	0 — 0	MNZ
November 22	MNZ	0 — 0	INS
	RRQA	0 — 0	LGE
November 23	MNZ	0 — 0	LGE
	RRQA	0 — 0	INS

Marketing

Sponsors

The M6 World Championships oversees regional partners from different countries to get the chance to stream the tournament in the participating countries and also worldwide.

Company name	Classification	Country/region of partnership
ASUS Republic of Gamers	Official Gaming Phone	Global
Qiddiya	Presenting Partner
Fairrie	Official Timekeeper and Jewelry Partner
Secretlab	Official Chair Partner
Meiji Hello Panda	Official Snack Partner
GoPay	Official E-Wallet Partner	Indonesia
Erigo	Official Merchandise Partner
Astro Arena	Official Broadcast Partner	Malaysia
Hotlink	Official 5G Internet Provider
TNTCO	Official Merchandise Partner
JD Sports	Official Lifestyle Fashion Partner
100plus	Official Beverage Partner
ABA Bank	Official Bank Partner	Cambodia

M6 Pass

Moonton announced that the Marksman Hero, Claude, will be receiving this edition's special M6 Pass Skin.

The M-Pass is an annual tournament pass for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's M World Championship that gives players numerous rewards and incentives while doing Daily Tasks and Challenges. This edition of the pass includes custom M6 effects such as recall animations, kill animations, a trail animation, limited edition skins, and various in-game rewards that can be used to unlock more rewards.

Upon purchasing any M6 Pass, Claude's "Challenger's Spark" Skin would be attained by every person who purchase it while its Prime skin "Cosmic Blaze" is able to be attained once the player's M6 pass reaches Level 75. The M6 Pass was officially made to be available on November 18.

Theme Song

On November 8, 2024, the tournament's official song and music video "Game Never Over" was released in the game's official YouTube channel.