The 2022 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, commonly referred to as the M4 World Championship and M4, was the fourth edition of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, an esports tournament for the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

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MLBB M4 World Championship

2023
Tournament information
Sport	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Dates	1–15 January 2023
Administrator	Moonton
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Single Round Robin Format Playoffs Double Elimination Format
Host(s)	Indonesia
Venue(s)	Bali United Studio (group stage) Tennis Indoor Stadium Senayan (playoffs)
Teams	16
Purse	$800,000
Website	https://m4.mobilelegends.com/
Final positions
Champions	ECHO Philippines
1st runners-up	Blacklist International
2nd runners-up	RRQ Hoshi
MVP	Frederic "BennyQt" Gonzales
← M3 M5 →

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The annual international tournament was organized by the game developer Moonton, in partnership with several sponsors including the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia.^[1] The tournament was held in Jakarta from 1 to 15 January 2023.^[2]

Sweeping the defending champions with a 4–0 score, ECHO Philippines defeated Blacklist International in a best-of-seven series to become the fourth World Champions. It marked the second Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championships where two Filipino teams are upper bracket and lower bracket contenders for the said title. It also marked the third consecutive world championship title that a Filipino team has won, beginning in M2.

Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno is the first-ever MLBB player who has won two world championships. He would be joined by his former teammates, Kyle "Phewww" Arcangel and David "FlapTzy" Canon to win two world championships after their victories in the MLBB M5 World Championship.

The MLBB M4 World Championships was the fourth edition of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship and the first edition of the games to be held in Indonesia. Previously, Malaysia and Singapore held the first three editions of the games, M1 in Kuala Lumpur^[3] and M2^[4] and M3^[5] in Singapore. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 January 2023, surpassing one year of the previous editions of the tournament.^[6]

M4 featured sixteen (16) qualified teams from Asia, North America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe and Latin America. Teams qualified through their region's qualification method, whether it will be an MPL Region or a Moonton-approved qualification tournament.

A notable fact is that in every edition of the World Championship, an exclusive battle pass skin and the champion skin will be released. Previously, the Fighter-hero Roger^[7] was chosen to be the battle pass skin and the Champions Skin was Estes,^[8] picked by Blacklist International. In the current battle pass, the Marksman Hero Beatrix was chosen as the Battle pass skin.^[9]

Qualifying for the M4 World Championships comes from the competing nation's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League, commonly known as "MPL." However, regional qualifiers in the North America, Turkey, Myanmar, Mekong (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam), and Latin American regions were also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams. ^{[citation needed]}

Unlike in the previous MLBB World Championships, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Japan would not participate in the upcoming M4. On the other hand, Mekong and Myanmar will re-join after their absence in the M3 World Championship held in Singapore. The number of qualifiers for Singapore and Brazil has been reduced to one, while the Latin America region will now delegate two teams participating in the world championship.

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Qualifiers^[10]

Region	League	Qualification method	Team name	ID	Group
Philippines	MPL Philippines	MPL Philippines Season 10 Champions	Blacklist International[11]	BLCK	A
		MPL Philippines Season 10 Runners-Up	ECHO Philippines[11]	ECHO	C
Indonesia	MPL Indonesia	MPL Indonesia Season 10 Champions	ONIC Esports[12]	ONIC	B
		MPL Indonesia Season 10 Runners-Up	RRQ Hoshi[12]	RRQ	C
Malaysia	MPL Malaysia	MPL Malaysia Season 10 Champions	Team HAQ[13]	THQ	D
		MPL Malaysia Season 10 Runners-Up	Todak[13]	TDK	B
Latin America	Super League LATAM	Super League LATAM Season 1 Champions	S11 Gaming Argentina	S11	D
		Super League LATAM Season 1 Runners-Up	Malvinas Gaming	MVG	B
Singapore	MPL Singapore	MPL Singapore Season 4 Champions	RSG Singapore	RSG	C
Cambodia	MPL Cambodia	MPL Cambodia Autumn Split 2022 Champions	Burn x Team Flash	BURN	A
Brazil	MPL Brazil	MPL Brazil Season 3 Champions	RRQ Akira	RRQ	D
Middle East and North Africa[14]	MPL MENA	MPL MENA Fall Split 2022 Champions	Occupy Thrones	OPY	C
Myanmar	M4 Myanmar Qualifiers	Myanmar Qualifying Team	Falcon Esports	FCON	A
Mekong	M4 Mekong Qualifiers	Mekong Region Qualifying Team	MDH Esports	MDH	B
Turkey	Türkiye Şampiyonası 2022	Turkish Qualifying Team	Incendio Supremacy	INC	A
North America	MLBB NACT	MLBB NACT Fall Season Champions	The Valley	TV	D

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The M4 World Championship was announced to be held in the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Previously, the group stages and playoffs will be held at XO Hall and Istora Senayan, but due to unforeseen circumstances and for the safety of fans, both venues were changed accordingly by the M4 organizers.^[15]

Group stages for the tournament will now be held at the Bali United Studio, Jakarta Indonesia. In addition, the knockout stages will be hosted at the Tennis Indoor Senayan. The selling of tickets for the event started on October 19.

During the build-up to the M4 World Championships, the MLBB official YouTube channel, alongside MPL Region YouTube channels such as the Philippines and Indonesia, has released several promotional and publicity videos to promote the upcoming world championships.

In the Philippines, the theme song "PINAS LANG MALAKAS", was released and was sung by KZ Tandingan, featuring Nik Makino.^[16] The song included the four prominent members of both qualifying teams of the Philippines, Danerie "Wise." Del Rosario and Jonmar "OhMyV33Nus" Villaluna of Blacklist International, and Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno and Tristan "YAWI" Cabrera of ECHO Philippines. The music video also featured Joshua "CH4KNU" Mangilog of Smart Omega and selected shoutcasters of MPL Philippines.^[17]

Group stage: 1 to 4 January 2023

• 16 teams qualified for the event are split into four groups of 4 teams each.
• All matches in the group stage are played in a Bo1 series.
• The top two teams per group qualified for the Upper Bracket Playoffs.
• The bottom two teams per group qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs.

Knockout stage (playoffs): 7 to 14 January 2023

• Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination tournament.
• Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, and eight teams begin in the Lower Bracket.
• Lower Bracket Rounds 1 and 2 are a Bo3 series. The rest of the playoffs are played in a Bo5 series.

Grand finals: 15 January 2023

• The grand finals will be a Bo7 series between the upper bracket and lower bracket finalists.

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Official rosters of all qualified teams

Team	Players											Coach/manager
	Jungle		Exp Lane		Gold Lane			Midlaner		Roamer
Blacklist International	Wise (Danerie James Del Rosario)		Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap)		Oheb (Kiel Calvin Soriano)			Hadji (Salic A. Imam)	Eson (Mark Jayson Gerardo)	OhMyV33Nus (Johnmar Villaluna)	DexStar (Dexstar Louise Alaba)	BON CHAN (Kristoffer Ed L. Ricaplaza)
Echo Philippines	KarlTzy (Karl Gabriel Nepomuceno)		SanFord (Sanford Vinuya)		Bennyqt (Frederic Benedict Gonzales)			Sanji (Alston Pabico)	KurtTzy (Jankurt Matira)	Yawi (Tristan Cabrera)	Jaypee (Jaypee Cruz)	Tictac (Harold Reyes)
ONIC Esports	Kairi (Kairi Rayodelsol)		Butsss (Muhammad Satrya Sanubari)		CW (Calvin Winata)			Sanz (Gilang)	Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong)	Kiboy (Nicky Fernando)	Samoht (Thomas Obadja)	Aldo (Ronaldo Liebert)
RRQ Hoshi	Alberttt (Albert Iskandar)		R7 (Rivaldi Fatah)	Banana (Andre Putra)	Skylar (Schevenko Tendean)			Clayyy (Deden Nurhasan)	Lemon (Muhammad Ikhsan)	Vyn (Calvin)		Arcadia (Michael Bocado)
Team HAQ	Garyy (Muhammad Syafizan Najmi)		Lolla (Mohamad Nilzaihan bin Neilham)		Panda (Poh Chun Wai)			Mann (Aiman Anuar bin Zairie)	Syamskyyy (Muhammad Qamarul Hisyam bin Shukri)	Minn (Aimin Anuar bin Zairie)		Pabz (Khairul Azman bin Mohd Sharif)
Todak	Rival (Muhammad Alif Akmal bin Kamarulzaman)	CikuGais (Muhammad Danial bin Mohamad Fuad)	4Meyz (Wan Usman bin Wan Imran)		Momo (Idreen bin Abdul Jamal)			Moon (Zikry bin Shamsuddin)		Yums (Muhammad Qayyum Ariffin bin Mohd Suhairi)		Amoux (Ariff Iswandi)
S11 Gaming Argentina	Jotun (Diego Balog)		Papadog (Alexander Llanos)		Kaii (Martias Roldan)	Mael (Gonzalo Leguizamon)		Chan (Darien Barraza)		Erwin (Rodrigo Herenu)		Secretaria (Bárbara Gottardo)
Malvinas Gaming	Fran (Fran Solís)		Dragon (Alexander Sullon)		JoelCrew (Joel Huarino)			Harle (George Campos)		Stephe (José Machaca)	Soujin (Gian Franco)	Tsubasaa (Walaci Seabra)
RSG Singapore	Brayyy (Brayden Teo)		Diablo (Yeo Lun)		Babycakes (Jovan Heng)			505 (Amos Rui)	Roy. (Royven Tan)	Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov)	CS (Yong Chester)	SaintDeLucaz (Dolly Pelo)
Burn x Team Flash	Chma (Sour Mara)	Xeon (Kunn Chankakada)	ATM (Kosal Piseth)		Hesa (Jhonwin Vergara)	Fury (Vithou Sovisal)		C Cat (Sok Roth)		D7 (Ty Oudom)		Zico (John Dizon)
RRQ Akira	Kiing (Lucas Godoy)	Blink (Gabriel Favoreto)	Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento)		Gustalagusta (Gustavo Lima)			Seigen (Matheus Lima)		Luiizz (Luiz Henrique Alves)		Cabral (Godman Campos Dos Santos)
Occupy Thrones	Lio (Mustafa Mahmoud)		Hulk (Abdulaziz Sulaimani)	Wega (Mohmed Wageeh)	Gado (Ahmed Gado)			Fury (Naif Alslobi)		Maro (Amr Khaled)		WarBarbie (Alexander Korystin)1 Mundo (Ameniel Del Mundo)
Falcon Esports	Kenn (Kenneth Hein)		Yellowflash (Min Khant Hein)		Silent (Pyae Sone)	Zippx (Kyaw Bo)	RubyDD (Swan Aung)	JustiN (Pyae Khant)		Naomi (Min Ko)		Dale (Steve Vitug)
MDH Esports	Jowga (Nguyễn Văn Tô Đô)		TheKing (Nguyễn Việt Thanh)		Hehehehehehe (Lâm Văn Đạt)			NeedMyHelp (Lê Minh Đức)		Gnart (Phạm Ngọc Trạng)		tntk
Incendio Supremacy	Tienzy (Sidar Menteşe)		Alien (Bariş Ali Çakir)	Lunar (Mehmet Ilgun)	Sunshine (Emre Sari)			Rosa (Ahmet Batir)		Apex47 (Furkan Akbulut)		Paranoid (Osman Karademir)
The Valley	MobaZane (Michael Cosgun)		FwydChickn (Ian Hohl)	Mielow (Chris Enobio)	Basic (Peter Bryce Lozano)			Hoon (Jang Seong-hun)		Shark (Oscar Vo)		Balot

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Notes

1. ^ Alexander "WarBarbie" Korystin from Ukraine, couldn't flight to Indonesia due to political crisis in Ukraine. Therefore, he is replaced as a coach by Ameniel Del Mundo from Philippines.^[18]

The Rosters for the MLBB M4 World Championships were a first with the majority of the players being Filipino or playing for the Philippines initially such as Kairi Rayosdelsol and Michael Bocado from Indonesia.

Broadcast talents

The following is the official talent line-up for the M4 broadcast in Jakarta, Indonesia:

More information Philippines, Indonesia ...

Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia	Singapore	United States
Mara (Mara Aquino)	Mirko (Frederick Handy Loho)	GideonQ (Gideon Khew Wei Yung)	Jayz (Chris Yeo)	Assassin Dave (Dave Mao)
	Aeterna (Rachael Melati)
Wolf (Caisam Yvez Nopueto)
Leo (Dan Cubangay)	Gonie (Albert Serafin)	Laphel (Mohd Amirul Aiman Mohammad Kamal)
Naisou (Joseph Charles Rezabek)	Arashi (Brydon Maslimta)			Trex (H.B. Wagner)
	Clara (Clara Kartika Sari Utoyo)

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Group draw

The group draw was held on 8 December 2022. The sixteen teams that qualified for the global tournament were split into two pools and grouped into 4 groups of 4 teams each. The following were the rules for the group draw:

• Teams from the same qualified region will not be drawn into the same group, if that happens the later team will be slotted into the next group.
• Teams in Pool 1 will not be drawn into the same group, 2 teams from MLSL in Pool 2 will not be drawn into the same group.
• The order of the draw is serpentine (ABCD-DCBA-ABCD-DCBA).

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Group Draw Pools

Pool 1	Pool 2
Blacklist International	ECHO Philippines	RRQ Akira	Falcon Esports
ONIC Esports	RRQ Hoshi	Occupy Thrones	MDH Esports
Team HAQ	Todak	S11 Gaming Argentina	Incendio Supremacy
RSG Singapore	Burn x Team Flash	Malvinas Gaming	The Valley

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Group Draw on 8 December 2022^[19]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Blacklist International	ONIC Esports	RSG Singapore	Team HAQ
Incendio Supremacy	Todak	Occupy Thrones	RRQ Akira
Falcon Esports	Malvinas Gaming	RRQ Hoshi	The Valley
Burn x Flash	MDH Esports	ECHO Philippines	S11 Gaming Argentina

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The group stages started on 1 January and concluded on 4 January. All games in the group stage will be in a Bo1 format. There will be no teams eliminated at the end of group stages, but the upper two teams in each group shall be qualified for the Upper Bracket playoffs, while the lower two shall be qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs.

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FCON	BLCK	INC	BURN
1	Falcon Esports (Q)	5	4	1	4	1	+3	9	Qualified for Upper Bracket Playoffs		—	1–0	0–1	1–0
2	Blacklist International (Q)	5	3	2	3	2	+1	8			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Incendio Supremacy (Q)	5	2	3	2	3	−1	7	Qualified for Lower Bracket Playoffs		1–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	Burn x Flash (Q)	3	0	3	0	3	−3	3			0–1	0–1	0–1	—

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Source: ^[20]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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Date	Game	Team 1	Result		Team 2
1 January 2023	1	BLCK	1	0	INC
	2	INC	1	0	FCON
	3	FCON	1	0	BURN
3 January 2023	4	INC	1	0	BURN
	5	BURN	0	1	BLCK
	6	FCON	1	0	BLCK

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Tiebreaker

A three-way tie emerged between Incendio, Blacklist, and Falcon Esports each having a 2–1 win-loss standing. With this, three additional tiebreaker games were played after the final group stage game was held to determine the teams that would make the upper and the lower bracket. These tiebreaker matches were counted in the standings as per the official website.

Results

More information Tiebreaker Match, Team 1 ...

Tiebreaker Match	Team 1	Result		Team 2
1	FCON	1	0	INC
2	BLCK	0	1	FCON
3	BLCK	1	0	INC

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TDK	ONIC	MVG	MDH
1	Todak (Q)	3	3	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualified for Upper Bracket Playoffs		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	ONIC Esports (Q)	3	2	1	2	1	+1	5			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Malvinas Gaming (Q)	3	1	2	1	2	−1	4	Qualified for Lower Bracket Playoffs		0–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	MDH Esports (Q)	3	0	3	0	3	−3	3			0–1	0–1	0–1	—

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Source: ^[21]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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Date	Game	Team 1	Result		Team 2
1 January 2023	1	MVG	1	0	MDH
	2	TDK	1	0	MVG
	3	ONIC	0	1	TDK
3 January 2023	4	MVG	0	1	ONIC
	5	MDH	0	1	ONIC
	6	TDK	1	0	MDH

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Group C

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ECHO	RRQ	RSG SG	OPY
1	ECHO Philippines (Q)	3	3	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualified for Upper Bracket Playoffs		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	RRQ Hoshi (Q)	3	2	1	2	1	+1	5			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	RSG Singapore (Q)	3	1	2	1	2	−1	4	Qualified for Lower Bracket Playoffs		0–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	Occupy Thrones (Q)	3	0	3	0	3	−3	3			0–1	0–1	0–1	—

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First match(es) will be played: 1st January 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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Date	Game	Team 1	Result		Team 2
2 January 2023	1	RSG-SG	1	0	OPY
	2	RRQ	1	0	OPY
	3	ECHO	1	0	RRQ
4 January 2023	4	OPY	0	1	ECHO
	5	ECHO	1	0	RSG-SG
	6	RRQ	1	0	RSG-SG

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Group D

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RRQ-BR	THQ	TV	S11
1	RRQ Akira (Q)	3	2	1	2	1	+1	5	Qualified for Upper Bracket Playoffs		—	1–0	1–0	0–1
2	Team HAQ (Q)	3	2	1	2	1	+1	5			0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	The Valley (Q)	3	1	2	1	2	−1	4	Qualified for Lower Bracket Playoffs		0–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	S11 Gaming Argentina (Q)	3	1	2	1	2	−1	4			1–0	0–1	0–1	—

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First match(es) will be played: 1 January 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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Date	Game	Team 1	Result		Team 2
2 January 2023	1	TV	1	0	S11
	2	RRQ-BR	1	0	TV
	3	THQ	0	1	RRQ-BR
4 January 2023	4	RRQ-BR	0	1	S11
	5	S11	0	1	THQ
	6	TV	0	1	THQ

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Game Schedule Reference:^[22]

M4 featured the same bracketing strategy from the previous MLBB M3 World Championship format,^[23] a sixteen-team double-elimination bracketing system wherein the teams will be split into four groups. In these four groups, a round-robin format proceeded to determine which two teams would be qualifying either to the upper bracket or lower bracket.^[24] The first two rounds of the lower bracket were a best-of-3 series, the rest of the matches were a best-of-5 series, except for the Grand Final, which were a best-of-7 championship series.

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Best of 5

Upper Bracket Semifinals Best of 5

Upper Bracket Finals Best of 5

Grand Finals Best of 7

Match 1 (7 January)

A1

Falcon Esports

0

B2

ONIC Esports

3

Match 16 (12 January)

B2

ONIC Esports

1

C1

ECHO Philippines

3

Match 2 (7 January)

C1

ECHO Philippines

3

D2

Team HAQ

2

Match 19 (13 January)

C1

ECHO Philippines

2

A2

Blacklist International

3

Match 3 (8 January)

C1

Todak

0

D2

RRQ Hoshi

3

Match 14 (11 January)

D2

RRQ Hoshi

2

A2

Blacklist International

3

Match 4 (8 January)

Match 22 (15 January)

D1

RRQ Akira

1

A2

Blacklist International

0

A2

Blacklist International

3

C1

ECHO Philippines

4

Lower Bracket Round 1 Best of 3

Lower Bracket Round 2 Best of 3

Lower Bracket Round 3 Best of 5

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Best of 5

Lower Bracket Semifinals Best of 5

Lower Bracket Finals Best of 5

Match 9 (10 January)

Match 17 (13 January)

Match 5 (9 January)

A1

Falcon Esports

2

Match 13 (11 January)

D2

RRQ Hoshi

3

G4

RSG Singapore

0

D4

S11 Argentina

0

A1

Falcon Esports

3

A1

Falcon Esports

2

Match 21 (14 January)

D4

S11 Argentina

2

Match 10 (10 January)

A3

Incendio Supremacy

2

Match 20 (14 January)

C1

ECHO Philippines

3

Match 6 (9 January)

D2

Team HAQ

1

D2

RRQ Hoshi

3

D2

RRQ Hoshi

1

A3

Incendio Supremacy

2

A3

Incendio Supremacy

2

B2

ONIC Esports

0

D4

MDH Esports

0

Match 11 (10 January)

Match 18 (13 January)

Match 7 (9 January)

C1

Todak

0

Match 15 (12 January)

B2

ONIC Esports

3

D3

The Valley

2

D3

The Valley

2

D3

The Valley

3

D3

The Valley

1

A4

Burn X Flash

0

Match 12 (10 January)

D1

RRQ Akira

1

Match 8 (9 January)

D1

RRQ Akira

2

B3

Malvinas Gaming

0

C3

Occupy Thrones

0

C3

Occupy Thrones

2

Announced in the official M4 Press Conference & Group Draw Ceremony on YouTube, UBS Gold, an Indonesian-based Jewelry retailer and manufacturer,^[25] announced the partnership with M4 to create the very first MLBB World Championship Ring made out of solid gold. This will be the first Championship ring presented to the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship champion.^[10]

• (NEW) World Championship Ring (Exclusive design for M4)
• The MLBB World Championship Plaque / Trophy
• MLBB M4 Gold Medal for Each Player and Coach/Manager
• MLBB M4 Finals MVP - Bennyqt (Frederic Benedict Gonzales)
• MLBB M4 Fans Choice Award - RRQ Hoshi

The M4 World Championships is available to be streamed and watched on YouTube on the official Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Channel and the official MPL Regional Channels with their languages.

On 26 December 2022, Moonton announced that it has partnered with ABS-CBN, the largest network in the Philippines to broadcast the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championships on Cable TV and on its social media channels in the Philippines.^[33]

After the opening ceremony of the MLBB M4 World Championship Grand Finals, the host for the upcoming MLBB M5 World Championship was announced alongside the MLBB calendar of events to occur in 2023 and it will be held in the Philippines, with Abraham Tolentino, the President of the Philippine Olympic Committee confirming the Philippines' affirmation to hold the tournament.^[34]