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 3–0 in the Wild Card decider stage.
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.
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.
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.
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 LATAM's runners-up. Niightmare Esports most recently qualified during the M4 World Championships.
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.
Advance to knockouts
2–0
1–0
BloodThirstyKings
0
0–0
Falcon Esports
0
Fnatic ONIC Philippines
0
Advance to knockouts
KeepBest Gaming
0
Twisted Minds
1
RRQ Hoshi
2
2–1
RRQ Hoshi
1
S2G Esports
0
Twisted Minds
1
Falcon Esports
1
BloodThirstyKings
1
Aurora MLBB
0
RRQ Hoshi
1
1–1
Advance to knockouts
ULFHEDNAR
0
Team Spirit
0
CFU Gaming
0
2–2
BloodThirstyKings
1
CFU Gaming
0
Team Vamos
0
Team Spirit
1
Fnatic ONIC Philippines
1
Falcon Esports
1
Maycam Evolve
0
Selangor Red Giants
0
Twisted Minds
1
0–1
NIP Flash
1
1–2
Eliminated
Team Vamos
0
KeepBest Gaming
0
S2G Esports
0
Team Liquid ID
0
Team Liquid ID
1
Team Liquid ID
0
Fnatic ONIC Philippines
1
NIP Flash
1
Team Spirit
0
NIP Flash
0
Aurora MLBB
0
Eliminated
CFU Gaming
1
ULFHEDNAR
0
0–2
S2G Esports
1
Selangor Red Giants
1
Aurora MLBB
1
Selangor Red Giants
0
Maycam Evolve
0
ULFHEDNAR
0
Team Vamos
1
Maycam Evolve
0
Eliminated
KeepBest Gaming
2
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 SportsAdam 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
ULFHEDNAR
3
3
0
6
1
+5
6
Decider Stage
2
DIANFENGYAOGUAI
3
2
1
5
3
+2
5
3
Nightmare Esports
3
1
2
2
5
−3
4
4
Geekay Esports
3
0
3
2
6
−4
3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Insilio
3
2
1
5
3
+2
5
Decider Stage
2
RRQ Akira
3
2
1
4
3
+1
5
3
Legion Esports
3
1
2
3
4
−1
4
4
The MongolZ
3
1
2
3
5
−2
4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Group A Matches
Date
Team
Results
Team
November 21
DFYG
2 – 1
NME
ULF
2 – 0
GKE
November 22
DFYG
2 – 0
GKE
ULF
2 – 0
NME
November 23
NME
1 – 2
GKE
ULF
2 – 1
DFYG
Group B Matches
Date
Team
Results
Team
November 21
LGE
0 – 2
INS
RRQA
2 – 0
MNZ
November 22
MNZ
1 – 2
INS
RRQA
0 – 2
LGE
November 23
MNZ
2 – 1
LGE
RRQA
2 – 1
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.
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.
Theme Song
On November 8, 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]
Controversies
Disconnection Issue
During the crucial match between Turkey's Ulfhednar and China's 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]
Notes
^Ulfhednar acquired the roster of Fire Flux Esports
