M5 World Championship
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M5 World Championship
"Better Than Great"
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Official Device:
Patch:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
(Knockout Stage 2 & Grandfinals)
EVM Convention Center
(Group Stage & Knockout Stage 1)
Jio Space
(Wild Card)
(Knockout Stage 2 & Grandfinals)
EVM Convention Center
(Group Stage & Knockout Stage 1)
Jio Space
(Wild Card)
Prize Pool:
$900,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-11-23
End Date:
2023-12-17
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Teams
Number of teams:
22
Chronology
The M5 World Championship is the final event and the World Championship of the MLBB 2023 Competitive Season organized by Moonton.
This year, M5 introduces the Wildcard stage and a prize pool increase from $800,000 to $900,000 USD, and is the first time the World Championship will be held across two different countries.
Format[edit]
- Click here for detailed information about Wild Card Drawing
- Wild Card Drawing Live : November 4, 2023 - 16:00SGT
- Eight teams are split into two groups
- Teams are drawn randomly
- The order of the draw is AB-AB-AB-AB
- Wildcard: November 23rd - 25th, 2023
- Eight teams will be randomly drawn into two groups
- Single Round Robin
- All matches are Bo3
- Winning a Match will grant 1 point.
- Top 2 teams from each group play in a Crossover Match
- Bottom 2 teams from each group are eliminated
- Click here to know the Wildcard tiebreaker rules
If somehow 2 or 3 teams have the same score, there will be tiebreaker to decide the ranking
- 2-way Tiebreaker
- Upper position will be decided by previous head to head.
- 3-way Tiebreaker
- Upper position will be decided by head to head Match record with teams involved
- Upper position will be decided games diff.
- If Games Diff cannot determine the rankings of 3 teams involved, Additional match will be applied
- The three teams will play two additional games according to the ranking of winning time of the first-round tiebreaker. The fastest game win of three teams will be sorted in ascending order.
- Example:
- Team 1 - 10:00
- Team 2 - 11:00
- Team 3 - 12:00
- Teams 2 and 3 will play a Bo1 match and the winner will face Team 1 in a Bo1 match.
- The winner between Team 1 and Team 2 or 3 will get the upper position.
- If Games Diff cannot determine the rankings of 2 teams involved, Additional match will be applied
- The Match will be Bo1
- The winner will get the upper position.
- Crossover Match: November 26th, 2023
- First place teams compete in a Bo5 against the other group's runner-up
- The winners of each match advance to Group Stage
- The losers are eliminated
- Click here for detailed information about Group Stage Drawing
- Group Stage Drawing Live : November 4, 2023 - 16:00SGT
- Teams are split into 3 seed pools to ensure the balance of groups
- 16 teams are split into 2 pools
- Pool 1 consists of AP.Bren, ONIC, Blacklist International and Geek Fam ID
- Pool 2 consists of Fire Flux Esports, See You Soon, Burmese Ghouls, TheOhioBrothers, RRQ Akira, HomeBois, Team Flash, Triple Esports
- Pool 3 consists of Deus Vult, Bigetron Sons, Wildcard #1 and Wildcard #2
- 16 teams are split into 2 pools
- Teams from the same qualified region cannot be drawn into the same group, if that happens the later team is slotted into the next group
- Teams in Pool 1 cannot be drawn in the same group and teams in Pool 3 cannot be drawn in the same group
- The order of the draw is ABCD-ABCD-ABCD-ABCD
- Group Stage: December 2nd - 7th, 2023
- 16 teams are divided into 4 groups
- Single Round Robin
- All matches are Bo3
- Winning a Match will grant 1 point.
- Top 2 teams from each group advance to Knockout Stage
- Bottom 2 teams from each group are eliminated
- Click here to know the Group Stage tiebreaker rules
If somehow 2 or 3 teams have the same score, there will be tiebreaker to decide the ranking
- 2-way Tiebreaker
- Upper position will be decided by previous head to head.
- 3-way Tiebreaker
- Upper position will be decided by head to head Match record with teams involved
- Upper position will be decided games diff.
- If Games Diff cannot determine the rankings of 3 teams involved, Additional match will be applied
- The three teams will play two additional games according to the ranking of winning time of the first-round tiebreaker. The fastest game win of three teams will be sorted in ascending order.
- Example:
- Team 1 - 10:00
- Team 2 - 11:00
- Team 3 - 12:00
- Teams 2 and 3 will play a Bo1 match and the winner will face Team 1 in a Bo1 match.
- The winner between Team 1 and Team 2 or 3 will get the upper position.
- If Games Diff cannot determine the rankings of 2 teams involved, Additional match will be applied
- The Match will be Bo1
- The winner will get the upper position.
- Knockout Stage: December 9th - 17th, 2023
- Double elimination bracket
- All Matches are Bo5 until the Grand Finals
- Grand Final is Bo7
- Double elimination bracket
Prize Pool[edit]
$900,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
MVP Wildcard | |
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Player | #MVPs |
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MVP Group Stage | |
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Player | #MVPs |
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MVP Knockout Stage | |
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Player | #MVPs |
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Star Of The Day[edit]
Participants[edit]
Group Stage[edit]

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1st | M3
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1st | M3
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1st | M3
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MPL PH S12 (#2) |

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7th - 8th | M4
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7th - 8th | M4
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LIGA LATAM 2023 (#1) |

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9th - 12th | M3
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9th - 12th | M3
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MPL KH Autumn |

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9th - 12th | M2
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9th - 12th | M2
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9th - 12th | M2
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MCC S2 (#1) |
Wildcard[edit]
Region Changes[edit]
China added to the championship
South Asia added to the championship
Mongolia added to the championship
CIS rejoins, having last competed in M3 World Championship, now renamed as EECA
Brazil and
LAN/LAS can no longer qualify from their respective leagues. Instead, the top teams from these three leagues must now qualify to M5 through LIGA LATAM
Results[edit]
Wildcard[edit]
Wildcard Group A | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 3-0 | 6-2 | +4 | |||||
2. | 2-1 | 5-3 | +2 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | |||||
4. | 0-3 | 0-6 | -6 |
Wildcard Group B | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 3-0 | 6-3 | +3 | |||||
2. | 2-1 | 5-2 | +3 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 3-4 | -1 | |||||
4. | 0-3 | 1-6 | -5 |
Crossover Match[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 3-0 | 6-0 | +6 | |||||
2. | 2-1 | 4-2 | +2 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 2-5 | -3 | |||||
4. | 0-3 | 1-6 | -5 |
Group B | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 2-1 | 5-2 | +3 | |||||
2. | 2-1 | 4-3 | +1 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 3-5 | -2 | |||||
4. | 1-2 | 3-5 | -2 |
Group C | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 3-0 | 6-0 | +6 | |||||
2. | 1-2 | 3-4 | -1 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 3-5 | -2 | |||||
4. | 1-2 | 2-5 | -3 |
Group D | ||||||||
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# | Team | Match | Game | Diff | ||||
1. | 2-1 | 4-3 | +1 | |||||
2. | 2-1 | 5-4 | +1 | |||||
3. | 1-2 | 3-5 | -2 | |||||
4. | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 |
Knockout Stage[edit]
Upper Bracket QF (Bo5)
Upper Bracket SF (Bo5)
Upper Bracket Final (Bo5)
Grand Final (Bo7)
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