MDL Philippines

MDL Philippines
GameMobile Legends: Bang Bang
First season2023
AdministratorMoonton
No. of teams12
CountryPhilippines
Most recent
champions		TL Academy PH
(Season 6)
Most titlesTL Academy PH (2 titles)

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Development League Philippines, commonly known as MDL Philippines (MDL PH), is the developmental league of MPL Philippines, the country's top-level esports league for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The league includes academy teams of their MPL counterparts as well as independent teams. It is the second developmental league in MLBB esports, after MDL Indonesia.

History

On January 25, 2023, Moonton announced the establishment of the Philippines' own Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Development League or MDL Philippines.[1] MDL Philippines began its first season on February 15 of the same year.[2]

MDL Philippines introduced eight development teams from their professional franchise organizations. Notably, Bren Esports (now known as AP Bren), became the first team to collaborate with Euphoria Esports for MDL Philippines Season 1, the first partnership between two teams in the MDL.[2][3] Furthermore, MDL Philippines would include two Non-MPL franchise teams in ZOL Esports and GameLab Esports.

Season 1

During Season 1, teams were split into two groups: Group A and Group B. Teams in their respective groups will play a Double round robin format of games and with the remainder of the season, will go into a Single round robin tournament to face cross-matches between both groups. The top two teams from both groups received two first-round byes, teams seeded 2nd and 3rd were slated into the first knockout rounds and the remaining two teams were eliminated from playoff contention.

GameLab Esports and ECHO Philippines' MDL team ECHO Proud tied for the best record in MDL Philippines Season 1 with a 10–3 record, and a 22–8, and 23–9 match win-loss record, respectively. Both teams would eventually face each other in the Grand Finals where ECHO Proud won their first MDL title and the first MDL Philippines title, defeating GameLab 3–1.[4]

Season 2

Season 2 would feature many rebranding efforts from the MPL Franchised teams. Blacklist International partnered with Malaysian organization Team Lunatix,[5] the Bren-Euphoria partnership came to an end after AP Esports acquired the rights to the Bren Esports organization,[6] ZOL Esports and TNC Neo partnered to TNCZ4,[7] and RSG Philippines partnering with local amateur team Mistah Esports Pro for the second edition of MDL Philippines.[8]

MDL Philippines would introduced two additional Non-MPL Teams, totaling the number of participants from ten to twelve. These included GameLab Esports, Euphoria Esports, amateur team MHRLK Esports and RRQ Kaito, the first MLBB roster for the Indonesian organization, Rex Regnum Qeon.[9]

Certain scandals plagued some teams of MDL Philippines Season 2, most-notably was the termination of the partnership between Blacklist International and Team Lunatix over a mismanagement situation on the part of Team Lunatix. This prompted the immediate termination of the partnership.[10]

ECHO Proud for the second-consecutive season toped the regular season with a 10–1 game record and a 20–6 match record. Season 2's format would be different from its predecessor, opting for a single-round-robin match due to the number of teams. The Top 8 teams would advance to the playoffs.[11]

Season 3

Season 3 reduced the number of teams from the previous twelve to ten as MHRLK Esports and Euphoria Esports departed the amateur league. This was the first season where defending champions ECHO Proud plummeted from the first seed to the fifth seed, ending the regular season with a 5–4; 12–10 record. Furthermore, this was the first season with an international organization in RRQ Kaito claiming the first seed.

Season three was another season plagued with scandals and misdemeanor as the league reported issues of Game Fixing Matches between certain teams. As a result, three players were indefinitely banned from participating in any Moonton-sponsored leagues and events.

ECHO Proud qualified for the Grand Finals of MDL Philippines Season 3 after defeating Omega Neos 2–0 in the Semifinals stage. This is ECHO Proud's third consecutive Grand Finals appearance since Season 1. Moreover, RRQ Kaito will secure a Grand Finals spot after beating Blacklist Rough World Era 2–0 in the semifinals. RRQ Kaito defeated ECHO Proud 3–2 in the Grand Finals, making the second team to win an MDL title after two, back-to-back titles for ECHO Proud.[12]

Season 4

The fourth season of MDL Philippines will showcase for the first time regional qualifiers for Philippine teams across its three island clusters: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The qualifier rounds itself will last from the last week of July until the month of August with MDL Philippines aiming to begin by a hair earlier than MPL Philippines Season 14.

Results

By season

Year Season Champion Results First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Finals
MVP
2023 1 ECHO Proud 3 1 GameLab Esports Blacklist Academy
Bren Euphoria 		Jaypee
2 ECHO Proud 3 1 Omega Neos TNCZ4 Euphoria Esports Zaida
2024 3 RRQ Kaito 3 2 ECHO Proud Blacklist Academy
Omega Neos 		Ferdz
4 Lazy Esports 4 3 RRQ Kaito Team Liquid PH Academy
Omega Neos 		Jamespangks
2025 5 ONIC x Nine Lives 4 1 Aurora Hunters Omega Neos
RRQ Kaito 		Kayn
6 AP Bren x
Rough World Era 		4 2 RRQ Kaito Aurora Hunters
Uncle Drew X Gamerpact Ascend 		Matt

By team

Team Champions Runner up 2nd runner up 3rd runner up
TL Academy PH1 2 (S1, S2) 1 (S3) 1 (S4) 0
RRQ Kaito 1 (S3) 1 (S4) 1 (S5) 1 (S5)
Lazy Esports 1 (S4) 0 0 0
ONIC x Minerva 1 (S5) 0 1 (S3) 1 (S3)
AP Bren x Rough World Era 1 (S6) 0 1 (S1) 1 (S1)
Blacklist Academy 0 0 2 (S1, S3) 1 (S1)
Omega Neos 0 1 (S2) 3 (S3, S4, S5) 3 (S3, S4, S5)
TNC x Voltes PH 0 0 1 (S2) 2 (S3, S4)
Martial Mayhem 0 0 0 1 (S4)
Aurora Hunters 0 1 (S5) 0 0
GameLab 0 1 (S1) 0 0
Euphoria Esports 0 0 1 (S2) 1 (S2)

1 - Formerly known as ECHO Proud and Liquid ECHO.

Italic - Team pulled out of the league.

References

  1. ^ "Moonton unveils MDL PH, Philippines' development league | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. January 25, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Coloma, Angel (January 31, 2023). "Mobile Legends: MPL PH S11 to start Feb. 17; dev't league to begin Feb 15". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Narito ang lineup ng Bren Euphoria Esports para sa MDL PH Season 1 | ONE Esports Philippines". www.oneesports.ph (in Tagalog). February 11, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Rilloraza, Bryan (April 23, 2023). "ECHO Proud crowned champions of MLBB Development League Philippines Season 1". Technobaboy. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "Blacklist Academy, Team Lunatix team up for MDL PH Season 2 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. August 8, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  6. ^ "'Ang Pinalakas, Bren lang malakas' as AP Esports forges alliance with Bren". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  7. ^ "WATCH: Z4pnu joins TNC and blasts Agents and Orcas in explosive video". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  8. ^ "MPL Philippines - Magsasanib-pwersa ang RSG Philippines at Mistah Esports Pro para sa MDL Philippines Season 2! 🔥 #LakasNgPinas #MPLPhilippines | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  9. ^ Lojo, Michelle. "RRQ Philippines' Mobile Legends team to debut in MDL PH Season 2". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "MLBB: Blacklist drop MDL partnership with Lunatix after 'internal investigation'". Yahoo News. September 21, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "MDL-PH Season 2 Week 6 and MPL-PH Season 12 Week 5 Recap and Current Standings". PinoyGamer - Philippines Gaming News and Community. October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "Undefeated RRQ Kaito secures MDL trophy, ends ECHO Proud's dominance". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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