M5 in the Philippines: Dates, format, participating teams

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MANILA (2ND UPDATE) - Moonton Games has announced the dates for the M5 World Championships, with the main tournament hosted by the Philippines this month.

The Wildcard was held from November 23 to 26 in Malaysia, where Team SMG and Team Lilgun moved on to the M5 championship group stages in the Philippines, which will start from December 2 to 7.

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The group stages will be held from December 2 to 7 at the EVM Convention Center, the Department of Tourism, which had partnered with Moonton Games for the event, announced last October 25.

The knockout stages will be held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium from December 9 to 17, concluding with a best-of-7 grand finals series.

MPL Philippines teams will field two representatives as the country looks to seal four consecutive world titles in ML:BB on home soil. The playoffs, which will determine the representatives, is currently being done.

Philippines

• AP Bren
• Blacklist International

Indonesia

• Onic Esports
• Geek Fam

Turkey

• Fireflux Esports

Singapore

• Team Flash

Cambodia

• SeeYouSoon

EECA

• Deus Vult

Malaysia

• HomeBois
• Team SMG (Wild Card team)

Latin America

• Bigetron Sons
• RRQ Akira

Myanmar

• Burmese Ghouls

United States

• TheOhioBrothers

Mongolia

• Team Lilgun (Wildcard team)

Middle East and North Africa

• Triple Esports

The knockout stages will be held from December 9 to 16, while the grand finals will be held on December 17. The 16 qualified teams to M5 will be divided into four groups and will be playing a single round-robin best-of-three in six matches.

The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stages while the other two teams will be eliminated, returning the format they last adapted in the second world championship series.

The knockout stages will follow the bracket format it used in the past world championship installments.

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Knockout stage matches will be held at a best of five format, except the grand finals, which will be held in a best-of-seven series. The winner will take the lion's share of the $900,000 prize pool.

ECHO last January took home the M4 World Championship title, the third straight world title for the Philippines in ML:BB, after sweeping fellow title contenders Blacklist International in Jakarta, Indonesia.