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Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9 returns with a bold new Format and Community-driven vision

A new era of commitment to the roots!

Story Highlights
  • The pro scene in MLBB esports will get a whole new shape with MPL SG Season 9.
  • The champion will secure a direct slot at the MSC 2025.
  • The new and revamped system of competition will allow new talents and teams to rise in the mainstream leagues.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is running bolt in the 2025 esports year. The regional professional leagues and scheduled international events are coming forth and spreading excitement. As part of the roadmap for this year and the commitment to provide the fans with a top-notch MOBA action experience, Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9 is returning in May 2025.

This season of the MLBB pro league will reinvent the local esports scene with greater community integration. The event will showcase its most ambitious changes yet. These include a nationwide roving league, weekly community team participation, and a talent and ambassador search programme. While the game is committing so much, let’s look at the event’s detailed information.

Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9: Schedule and Format

The event will bring the Regular Season directly to the community with a roving format. Thus, fans will be able to witness MLBB esports action at various locations across the country. This opportunity will be available from the 10th of May to the 15th. This is to create more touchpoints and engagement.

Besides, the Regular Season will feature pro teams and community teams playing side-by-side. The Phase is divided into four stages: the Seeded Stage, the Challenger Qualifiers, the Challenger Stage, and the Last Chance Qualifiers. These additional threads will tighten the bond for emerging esports talents.

Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9 format
Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9 format (Image via MOONTON Games)

The Challenger stage is where community teams will fight head-to-head. This stage will begin with the qualifier, featuring 64 teams. The seeded stage will feature a similar rivalry as the top five invited MPL Singapore teams go head-to-head.

The final stage of the event will be the Playoffs, where the top four invited MPL Singapore teams will secure direct spots. The fifth-placed MPL team will compete against the Challenger Stage community teams. The highest-ranked team will claim a playoff spot.

Event PhaseSchedule
Seeded Stage10th, 17th, 24th May
Challenger Qualifiers10th, 17th May
Challenger Stage11th, 18th, 25th May
Last Chance Qualifiers24th-25th May
Playoffs6th-8th June

The remaining four teams will advance to the Last Chance Qualifiers, with the top team bouncing back to the Playoffs again. Above mentioned is the breakdown of the detailed dates.

Prize Pool

A total of SGD 40,000 will be spread among the teams. The champion will take the highest share. But the most lucrative prize will be a direct spot at the MSC 2025. It will be the champion’s opportunity to represent the nation at the Esports World Cup (EWC) x MLBB Mid-Season Cup (MSC) 2025. The detailed breakdown has not been announced yet.

Team RankingPrize Pool
The ChampionMSC 2025 Slot

Participating Teams

The participant teams for Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9 have not been announced yet. We’ll be updating this article with the available information when they’re announced.

Where to watch the Mobile Legends MPL SG Season 9

The event will be launching the MPL Singapore Talent Search, its extensive talent search programme to date. This will aim to uncover the next generation of esports talent. Besides esports athletes, this will also open opportunities to gain hands-on experience in roles such as hosting, casting, content creation, and event production.

The event will also introduce the MPL SG Ambassador Programme. It will collaborate with emerging KOLs and grow the local esports scene. However, as the fans can watch the event directly throughout the country, it will be streamed live for global viewers on social channels such as YouTube, Facebook, etc.

The event will strengthen MOONTON’s focus on building a strong community

The event will come with some dramatic elements, all of which are focused on linking the grassroots scene to the mainstream pro-community. MOONTON’s testament to grassroots is already known, and it proved and paved the title’s survivability along the way.

The upcoming edition will be community-driven, with more opportunities than ever for players, fans, and aspiring talents. The event will place the community at its heart and aims to strengthen Singapore’s esports ecosystem. Thus, MOONTON Games and Pulse Nova Entertainment joined forces to organise the event.

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