The capital of Saudi Arabia will host two Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Esports prestigious events this year: the 2024 Mid Season Cup (MSC) and the MLBB Women Invitational (MWI) coming in July.
Mobile Legends has been chosen as one of the competitive titles to be featured at the upcoming Esports World Cup 2024. The MSC and MWI will be making their first-ever appearance outside of Southeast Asia (SEA) as they head to Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Mobile Legends, a popular mobile game with over 1.46 billion installations and more than 110 million monthly active users, is set to hold its biggest-ever esports tournament with a prize pool of USD 3,000,000 in the MSC 2024. The tournament will see professional esports teams from 14 international regions and over 35 countries competing against each other. The Wild Card format, which was introduced in the M5 World Championship last year, will also be a part of the event.
The country allocation for the Main Stage of the MLBB MSC 2024 is as follows.
MSC 2024 Main Stage Slot Allocation (Group and Knockout)
|
Phase |
Nation / Region |
Slots |
Qualifier |
Slots |
|
Main Stage |
ID |
2 |
MPL Indonesia Season 13 |
Champion & Runner-up |
|
PH |
2 |
MPL Philippines Season 13 |
Champion & Runner-up |
|
|
MENA |
2 |
MPL MENA Season 5 |
MPL MENA Champion & Highest ranking MPL MENA KSA team *If the MPL MENA Champion is from KSA, then the slots will be allocated to MPL MENA Champion & MPL MENA Runner-up |
|
|
MY |
1 |
MPL Malaysia Season |
Champion |
|
|
SG |
1 |
MPL Singapore Season 7 |
Champion |
|
|
KH |
1 |
MPL Cambodia |
Champion |
|
|
MM |
1 |
Myanmar Qualifier |
Champion |
|
|
NA |
1 |
NACT 2024 Spring Fall |
Champion |
|
|
EECA |
1 |
MCC（MLBB Continental Championships） |
Champion |
|
|
TR |
1 |
MTC (MLBB Türkiye Championship) |
Champion |
|
|
LATAM |
1 |
MPL LATAM |
Champion |
|
|
CN |
1 |
CN Qualifier |
Champion |
|
|
Wild Card |
1 |
MSC 2024 Wild Card |
First Place |
Meanwhile, MWI 2024 will have an expanded prize pool of USD 500,000. There will be 12 participating regions and countries: the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore, Brazil, North America, China, the Middle East & North Africa, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and the Mekong Region (Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam).
Ray Ng, Head of Esports Ecosystem, MOONTON Games, said:
This collaboration marks a new chapter for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports and the global esports ecosystem. We are thrilled to partner with the Esports World Cup Foundation and go beyond our horizons to Riyadh. Alongside teams from new participating regions, this year's iteration presents boundless opportunities for more regions to participate, in line with our vision to expand MSC and MWI to foster greater diversity and inclusiveness.
MSC 2024 will be held from July 1 to 14. Further details regarding the dates for MWI and tournament format for respective competitions will be announced at a later date.
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