ESPORTS

Blacklist, Onic PH to open title bids in M3 World Championships

SINGAPORE—Two Philippine bets will kick off their respective campaigns in the most prestigious Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament, the M3 World Championships here.

Highly-anticipated Blacklist International will open its bid against MPL Brazil Season 1 champions Red Canids Kalunga on Monday, December 6, at 2:00 p.m. before clashing with Mobile Legends Turkey Championship 2021 champion Bedel at 4:00 p.m.

Blacklist, the back-to-back MPL Philippines titlists, will then wrap up the tournament's opening day against Latam Championship 2021 champion Malvinas Gaming of Peru at 6:00 p.m.

Meanwhile, another Philippine representative in Onic Philippines was bunched in the "Group of Death" where they will tangle with MPL Indonesia's defending champion Onic Esports on Tuesday, December 7, at 2 p.m.

It will also face MPL Malaysia Season 6 champions Todak at 5 p.m. before a clash with MPL Brazil Season 1 runner-up Vivo Keyd at 7 p.m.

All matches will take place at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.

16 teams from around the world will be competing for the USD 800,000 prize pool, the biggest ever in the tournament's history. The grand champion will get the lion's share with USD 300,000.

There will be no team elimination, however, the top two teams of each group will advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs. The bottom two teams in each group will be at the lower bracket.

Both Blacklist and Onic PH will try to make it back-to-back world titles for the Philippines after Bren Esports ruled the Mobile Legends M2 World Championship earlier this year against Myanmar's Burmese Ghouls.

—JMB, GMA News