| MLBB M6 World Championship | |
| Sport: | |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Host: |  Malaysia |
| Start Date: | 21 November |
| End Date: | 15 December 2024 |
| Administrator: | Moonton |
| Tournament Format: | Group stage Swiss System Playoffs Double Elimination |
| Venues: | 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 |
| Previous: | M5 |
| Next: | M7 |
The 2024 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship will be an esports tournament for the mobile multiplayer online battle arena video game .
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.
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.[1] [2] The hosting will be in collaboration with Malaysia's Ministry of Youth and Sports and Moonton.[3]
The country also previously hosted the wildcard phase of the M5 tournament.[4]
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. Turkey's ULFHEDNAR (formerly Fire Flux Esports) qualified for the Swiss Stage after defeating CIS' Insilio 30 in the Wild Card decider stage.
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.[5]
| Region | League | Qualification method[6] | 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 | |
| M6 Wildcard Qualifiers | M6 Wildcard Qualifying Team | Ulfhednar | ULF | ||
| 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 |
The M6 Wild Card tournament was a qualifying tournament for the champions and runner-ups of other MLBB domestic tournaments. The winning team, Ulfhednar, qualified for the group stages of MLBB M6 World Championship.
The M6 World Championship was the second edition to include a wild card round. South Asia has now been removed from the Wildcards.
| 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 | RRQA | B | |
| Turkiye | MTC Turkiye Championship | MLBB Türkiye Şampiyonası Season 4 Runners-Up | Ulfhednar | ULF | 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 |
With Turkish representatives Ulfhednar winning the decider match of the Wild Card stage, they qualified for the Swiss Stage. This is the first time that the Turkish Region had two representatives competing in the main stage of the World Championships.
| Region | Team Name | Roster | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Staff(s) | Main Five | Sixth Man | |||||||||
| Head Coach | Assistant Coach | Analyst | Exp | Jungle | Mid | Gold | Roam | ||||
| Fnatic ONIC Philippines | Ynot (Anthony Senedrin) | YellyHaze (Jeniel Bata-Anon) | TBA | Kirk (Jann Kirk Gutierrez) | K1NGKONG (King Cyric Perez) | Super Frince (Frince Miguel Ramirez) | Kelra (Grant Duane Pillas) | Brusko (Borris James Parro) | SpiderMilez (Brain Milez Santos) | ||
| Aurora Gaming | Master the Basics (Aniel Jiandani) | Dex Star (Dexter Louise Alaba) | Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap) | Demonkite (Jonard Cedrix Caranto) | Yue (Kenneth Carl Tadeo) | Domeng (Jan Dominic Delmundo) | Renejay (Renejay Barcase) | Benthings (Ben Seloe Maglaque) | |||
| Team Liquid ID | SaintDeLucaz (Don Van Pelo) | Pahlevi (Muhammad Reza Pahlevi) | Facehugger (Usep Satiawan) | Aran (Aldhia Fahmi Aranda) | Faviannn (Favian Bayu Putra) | Yehezkiel (Yehezkiel Wiseman) | AeronnShikii (Sultan Muhammad) | Widy (Christian Widy Hartono) | Kabuki (Leonardo Prasteo Agung) | ||
| RRQ Hoshi | Khezcute (Alfi Syahrin Nelphyana) | TBA | NMM | Dyrennn (Rendy Syahputra) | Sutsujin (Arthur Sunarkho) | Rinz (Hajirin Arafat) | Skylar (Schevenko David Tendean) | idok (Said Ali Ridho) | Hazle (Muhammad Praba Balakosa) | ||
| Selangor Red Giants | Arcadia (Michael Angelo Bocado) | TBA | OzoraVeki (Poon Kok Sing) | Kramm (Mark Genzon Sojero Rusiana) | Sekys (Muhammad Haqqullah bin Ahmad Shahrul Zaman) | Stormie (Hazziq Danish bin Mohamad Rizwan) | Innocent (John Vincent Banal) | Yums (Muhammad Qayyum Ariffin bin Mohd Suhairi) | Gojes (Ilman Zareef bin Zulkifli) | ||
| Team Vamos | Pabz (Khairul Azman bin Mohd Sharif) | Paoweeburn (Paolo Lobaton) | Smooth (Aeliff Adam bin Mohd Ariff) | Chibi (Muhammad Nazhan bin Mohd Nor) | Warlord (Rizky Agustian) | Nets (Kenneth Sablande Barro) | Xorn (Mohammad Zul Hisham bin Mohd Noor) | Sepat (Muhammad Irfan bin Aujang) | |||
| NIP Flash | Kayzeepi (Eugene Kong) | TBA | Zarate(Joseph Yeo) | Diablo (Yeo Wee Lun) | Hadess (Jaymark Aaron Lazaro) | KurtTzy (Jankurt Russel Matira) | Vanix (Keith Lim Wei Jun) | JPL (Akihiro Furusawa) | Lolsie (Bellmay Yeov) | ||
| CFU Gaming | T1m3go (Gesang Jiacuo) | NorthKing (Vengthong Te) | Bob (Dok Phengphirak) | Wadu (Vann Dane) | Detective (Nhem Chandavan) | Zee (Cheang Piseth) | Xingg (Khoun Amey) | Oppi (Chhuon Phengkong) | Tegami(Rin Chanthana) | ||
| North America | BloodThirstyKings | PikaDiff (Steve Tran) | TBA | FwydChickn (Ian Hohl) | MobaZane (Michael Cosgun) | Hoon (Jang Seong-hun) | ZIA (Ziameth-Jei Caluya) | Shark (Vo Trung) | Tea | ||
| CIS | Team Spirit | Vren (Vrendon Lim) | TBA | Kid Bomba (Mathaios Panagiotis Chatzilakos) | ONESHOT (Alexander Sharkov) | Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov) | Hiko (Pak Anton Igorevich) | SAWO (Stanislav Reshnyak) | Jady Euphoria | ||
| S2G Esports | demigod | Pao (Ren Paolo Villanueva) | arion (Uğurcan Arslan) | Lunar (Mehmet Ibrahim Ilgun) | Kazue (Mehmed Akif Öztürk) | Begin (Emir Gözcü) | Sigibum (Şiyar Akbulut) | Pagu (Lukasz Bigus) | Boranxcalgar | ||
| Ulfhednar | Badgalseph (Sacit Arslan) | TBA | Ospreay (Vladimir Gonchar) | Alien (Bariş Ali Çakır) | Tienzy (Sidar Menteşe) | Rosa (Ahmet Batır) | Sunshine (Emre Sarı) | APEX47 (Furkan Akbulut) | Lonely Kid (Gürkan Sorkun) | ||
| South America | Maycam Evolve | El Viejo (Maximiliano Omar Aragona) | TBA | Markinho (Marcó Dario Colque) | AURORAA (Juan Sebastian Tello) | Feshin (Juan Jose Rafael) | Yur (Matias Ezequiel Vargas) | Super Nahuel | Mattt | ||
| MENA | Twisted Minds | Lyrick (Hendrich Clahi) | TBA | Sanji (Ayman Othman Alqarni) | 7oda (Mahmoud Ayman Youssef) | Cuffin (Muath Saad Alkoraini) | Saano (Sulaiman Musallam Alrashdi) | Trolll (Moayed Ayman Kharaba) | Tarzan (Mohammed Kharabah) Mike Sama (Ren Consulta Diong) | ||
| KeepBest Gaming | Webby (Chen Jiawei) | TBA | Spirit (Wang Jiaqi) | WindReturn | Saxa (Kenneth De Pedro Fedelin) | LMU (Shen Yuan) | BeLexi | Tracy (Damasco Tracy Danielle) | Tides (Yang Shangteng) Siyu (Gao Yifan) | ||
| Falcon Esports | Kalama (Kaung Htet Oo) | Jina (Kaung Htet Oo) | Ar Sy (Rodel B. Cruz) | Royal Milk (Arkar Bhone Pyae) | Daxx (Kaung Sett) | Mok (Kaung Sett) | Beni (Min Swan Kon) | J3X (Kaung Min Khant) | Sanji | ||
Several teams from the MLBB M5 World Championships make 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 LATAM's runners-up. Niightmare Esports most recently qualified during the M4 World Championships.
| Region | Team Name | Roster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Staff(s) | Main Five | Sixth Man | ||||||||
| Head Coach | Assistant Coach | Analyst | Exp | Jungle | Mid | Gold | Roam | |||
| 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) | |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| 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 (Samhar Kelani) | Xeno (Anand Baatarkhu) | Feng | Carvi (Carl Vincent Tinio) | Shen (Mohammed Elshanawany) | Smile (Ahmed Mohsen Ahmed Fawzy Moustafa) |
| The MongolZ | Booyo | N/A | N/A | bankai (Erkhembayar Batkhuu) | Zetsu (Bilguun Zagd-Ochir) | Mayki (Lkhagvasuren Otgonbayar) | Rynx (Tsogtsaikhan Nyamtsogt) | Shenlynn (Turbayar Bulgan) | MuMu | |
| Beckyrmaaa | ||||||||||
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. Both Malaysian representatives took significant defeats against underdog regions in Turkey and MENA when S2G Esports defeated MSC 2024 champions Selangor Red Giants and Twisted Minds defeating MPL Malaysia's runner-up Team Vamos. The Philippines and Indonesia have equal numbers of teams in the 1-0 and 0-1 brackets with Fnatic ONIC Philippines and RRQ Hoshi in the 1-0 bracket and Aurora Gaming and Team Liquid ID in the lower half.
This series of the world championship became the first since the M1 World Championships that the Philippines only has one remaining contestant in the competition prior to the knockout stage after the 20 sweep against Team Liquid ID.
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 | |
| DianFengYaoGuai | Legion Esports | |
| Niightmare Esports | Insilio | |
| Ulfhednar | RRQ Akira | |
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 for the Swiss stage.
| Date | Team | Results | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 21 | DFYG | NME | |
| ULF | GKE | ||
| November 22 | DFYG | GKE | |
| ULF | NME | ||
| November 23 | NME | GKE | |
| ULF | DFYG |
| Date | Team | Results | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 21 | LGE | INS | |
| RRQA | MNZ | ||
| November 22 | MNZ | INS | |
| RRQA | LGE | ||
| November 23 | MNZ | LGE | |
| RRQA | INS |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qiddiya | Presenting Partner | ||
| ASUS Republic of Gamers | Official Gaming Phone | Global | |
| Fairrie | Official Timekeeper and Jewelry Partner | ||
| Secretlab | Official Chair Partner | ||
| Meiji Hello Panda | Official Snack 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 | ||
| ESI | Strategic Partner | ||
| GoPay | Official E-Wallet Partner | Indonesia | |
| Erigo | Official Merchandise Partner | ||
| ABA Bank | Official Bank Partner | Cambodia |
Moonton announced that the Marksman Hero, Claude, will be receiving this edition's special M6 Pass Skin.[7]
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.
On 8 November 2024, the tournament's official song and music video "Game Never Over" written by Bjørgen van Essen was released in the game's official YouTube channel.[8] [9] The Malay version titled "Perjuangan Takkan Tamat" performed by Faizal Tahir[10] was released on November 18, 2024 through Faizal's,[11] the game's main and Malaysia YouTube channel.[12]
On 24 November, Archie dela Cruz, popularly known as Flow G collaborated with MPL Philippines and released the song titled "Pinakamalakas."
During the crucial match between Turkey's Ulfhednar and China's DianFengYaoGuai (DFYG), a crucial pick off was made on Liu "Zzzed" Chenjian when his hero died inside of the turret that led to the eventual collapse and subsequent defeat of the Chinese squad. The team however, filed a protest against the game, stating that Liu's device disconnected from the Wi-Fi signal inside of the venue that led to the eventual defeat of DFYG. The investigation however ruled that DFYG's claim was not sufficient enough for a rematch thus continuing the decider match between Ulfhednar and Insilio.
Public outrage was shown on social media especially the Chinese fanbase of DFYG.[13]