The 2024 MPL Philippines Season will be the seventh year of professional gameplay^[1] and the second year of development talent gameplay^[2] for the country. MPL Philippines is a professional esports league for the MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The season will be divided into two splits: Season 13, accompanying it will be MDL Season 3, and Season 14, accompanying it will be MDL Season 4. Season 13 will begin by March 15 and end by May 2024. Meanwhile, Season 14 will likely begin by August and end by November.

MDL Philippines was established as the second development league in Southeast Asia behind MDL Indonesia in 2023 and its first two seasons were played during the same year.^[3] Season 13 will be the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the 2024 Mid-Season Cup in Riyadh.^[4] Season 14 on the other hand will be the qualifying tournament for Philippine teams to the MLBB M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur.^[5] Only the champions and the runner-up teams will be qualifying for both international tournaments.

Season 13 will be the first season for the year 2024, succeeding a season that culminated the championship of AP Bren for the second time in league history, and the second time in world history after winning the M5 World championship title on home soil against ONIC Esports.^[6] Furthermore, the Mid-Season Cup will be hosted for the first time outside of Southeast Asia and the first tournament bearing the rebranded name “Mid-Season Cup”. The tournament was formerly known as the “Southeast Asia Cup”.^[7]

Season 14 will be the succeeding season following the Mid Season Cup. The Season 14 champions will become one of two-Filipino teams representing the country and the league in the M6 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. Currently, three Filipino teams have consecutively-won the last four world championship series: Blacklist International (M3),^[8] ECHO Philippines (M4),^[9] and AP Bren (M2 and M5).^[10]

Occurring in the same year is the international multi-game tournament Games of the Future 2024 which will be held in Kazan, Russia.^[11] AP Bren and Blacklist International were invited to participate alongside teams that have competed during the M5 World Championships and teams that were directly invited by organizers.

Format

MPL Philippines’ Seasons are split into two: The Regular Season and the Playoffs. The Regular Season consists of fourteen games. Each team competing will be playing a double-round robin tournament format, facing each other twice in the span of six to eight weeks. Only the top six teams will advance to the playoffs and the remaining two will be eliminated. Furthermore, the Regular Season instituted a new pointing system wherein:

• The team who won a 2-0 series will receive 3 points;
• The team who won a 2-1 series will receive 3 points;
• The team who lost a 2-1 series will receive 1 point;
• The team who lost a 2-0 series will receive 0 points.

Playoff Format

• The Top 6 teams from the Regular Season table will advance to the playoff round. The bottom 2 will be eliminated from contention.
• Teams Seeded 5 and 6 will be facing each other for a Best of 5 series to advance to the second round of the recently announced Gauntlet Format.
• The winning team from Match 1 will advance to face Seed 4 and play a Best of 5 series to advance to the Playoffs proper.
• Seed 3 will now be matching up with Seed 2 in the playoffs, making Seed 3 a qualifying team in the semifinals.
• All teams will be playing a Best of 5 series except for the Grand Finals which will be a Best of 7.

Season 13

MPL Philippines Season 13

2024
Tournament information
Game	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Location	Philippines
Dates	March 15, 2024–
Administrator	Moonton
Venue(s)	Shooting Gallery Studios (Regular season)
Teams	8
Defending champions	AP Bren
Purse	$150,000 USD
← MPL-PH S12 MPL-PH S14 →

Season 13 will be the first MPL Philippines Season following the conclusion of the M5 World Championships. During Season 8, MPL Philippines shifted to a franchise-based system, eliminating regional qualifiers for local teams and fixing only eight franchise teams to compete in MPL Philippines. The Philippines is the second league to adhere to the franchise-based system, the other being Indonesia.^[12] Season 13 is slated to begin on March 15, 2024, and is expected to conclude its regular season on May 5, 2024.^[13]

The same 8 teams will be participating in the tournament which includes: AP Bren, Blacklist International, ECHO Philippines, Minana EVOS, ONIC Philippines, Smart Omega, RSG Philippines, and TNC Pro Team.

AP Bren won the Games of the Future tournament in Kazan, defeating ONIC Esports 3 games to 1. AP Bren is the only Filipino team to be part of the Top 4 as Blacklist International lost to Fire Flux Esports of Turkey during the Quarterfinals of the single-elimination bracket.^[14]

Transfers

The following transfers are only from the team's starting five and substitutes along with its coaching and managing staffs.

AP Bren
Date of Transfer	Name	IGN	Role	New Team	Ref
12 January 2024	Vrendon Lim	Coach Vren	Technical Coach	RRQ Hoshi	[15]
21 February 2024	Robert Sanchez	Coach Trebor	Assistant Coach	AP Bren	[16]
Blacklist International
26 January 2024	Jon Redick Bordeos	Super Red	Gold Lane	EVOS Glory	[17]
21 February 2024	Ian Jakob Seguiran	Rindo	Jungler	BURN x FLASH	[18]
	Lee Howard Gonzales	Owl	Gold Lane	BURN x FLASH	[19]
	Kyle Dominic Soto	Dominic	EXP Lane	Blacklist International (Inactive)
	Renejay Barcase	Renejay	EXP Lane	Blacklist International (Inactive)	[20]
ECHO Philippines
29 January 2024	Tristan Cabrera	YAWI	Roamer	AURA Fire	[21]
20 February 2024	Robert Sanchez	Coach Trebor	Assistant Coach	AP Bren	[22]
Minana EVOS
5 November 2023	Borris James Parro	Brusko	Roamer	RRQ Hoshi	[23]
2 February 2024	Jhon Marl Sebastian	JM	EXP Lane	Bigetron Alpha	[24]
Omega Esports
14 February 2024	Grant Duane Pillas	Kelra	Gold	ONIC Philippines	[25]
	Patrick James Caidic	E2MAX	EXP Lane	ONIC Philippines	[26]
15 February 2024	Joshua Garcia Mangilog	Ch4knu	Roamer	Omega Neos	[27]
16 February 2024	Ezequiel Cauilan	Spideeey	Gold Lane	None	[28]
ONIC Philippines
9 January 2024	Mark Genzon Rusiana	Kramm	EXP Lane	Red Giants Esports	[29]
11 January 2024	Czedrick Romero	Yoshinu	Roamer	TNC Pro Team	[30]
13 January 2024	John Sumawan	Perkz	Roamer	Minana EVOS	[31]
15 January 2024	Dean Christian Sumagui	Raizen	Jungler	TNC Pro Team	[32]
RSG Philippines
5 January 2024	John Theo Guinto Eusebio	Theo	Assistant Coach	EVOS Legends	[33]
7 January 2024	Eman Llanda Sangco	EMANN	Gold Lane	Bigetron Alpha	[34]
26 January 2024	Kennt Anthony Baesa	Souuul	Gold Lane	SeeYouSoon	[35]
TNC Pro Team
13 January 2024	John Vincent Banal	Innocent	Gold Lane	Red Giant Esports	[36]
15 January 2024	King Cyric Perez	K1NGKONG	Jungler	ONIC Philippines	[37]
15 February 2024	Ajay Rubio	Ajayy	EXP Lane	TNCZ4	[38]

MPL Philippines Season 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	() AP Bren	4	4	0	8	0	+8	12
2	(-) ECHO Philippines	4	4	0	8	1	+7	12
3	() ONIC Philippines	4	3	1	6	2	+4	9
4	() Blacklist International	4	2	2	5	5	0	7
5	() Minana EVOS	4	1	3	3	6	−3	4
6	() RSG Philippines	4	1	3	3	7	−4	4
7	( TNC Pro Team	4	1	3	2	7	−5	3
8	(-) Omega Esports	4	0	4	1	8	−7	1

MDL Philippines Season 3

Unlike the second season of MDL Philippines, only ten teams will be competing in the tournament with Euphoria Esports and MHRLK Esports exiting the amateur scene.^[39]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	( 5) RRQ Kaito	4	4	0	8	1	+7	11
2	( 1) Omega Neos	4	3	1	7	2	+5	10
3	( 2) TNCZ4	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
4	( 3) ECHO Proud	3	2	1	4	3	+1	5
5	( 3) GameLab	4	2	2	4	6	−2	4
6	( 2) ONIC Arsenals	3	1	2	3	4	−1	4
7	( 1) AP.Bren XIA	3	1	2	3	4	−1	4
8	( 4) Blacklist Academy	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
9	( 1) RSG El Ganador	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3
10	(-) Minana Archives	4	0	4	1	8	−7	1