M3 World Championship: results, schedule, format, prize pool, where to watch
By jonas Author
Updated -
December 17, 2021
Share
Following the conclusion of ONE Esports' MPL Invitational 2021, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang fans are in for another exciting month.
Mooreton has announced the details and schedule for the upcoming Mobile Legends: Bang Bang's M3 World Championship, the third edition of the tournament.
M3 World Championship format
A group stage and a playoff round are held during the tournament.
As a result of the group draw held on November 6, 16 teams have been divided into 4 groups. A best-of-one round robin format will be used for these teams.
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
Blacklist International
ONIC Esports
EVOS SG
Team SMG
Red Canids Kalunga
ONIC PH
SeeYouSoon
RRQ Hoshi
Malvinas Gaming
Todak
Navi
GX Squad
Bedel
Vivo Keyd
BloodThirstyKings
RSG SG
The top two teams in each group will advance to the upper bracket, while the bottom two will advance to the lower bracket.
Until round three, all games in the upper bracket will be best-of-five, while the lower bracket will be best-of-three.
Starting in round three, games in the lower bracket will be played in a best-of-five format.
It will be a best-of-seven series in the grand final.
M3 World Championship playoffs schedule and results
Day 1 – Playoffs Upper bracket (December 11)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 1
Blacklist International
2 – 3
BTK
Match 2
Bedel
1 – 3
EVOS SG
Day 2 – Playoffs upper bracket (December 12)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 3
ONIC PH
3 – 0
RSG SG
Match 4
RRQ Hoshi
3 – 1
Todak
Day 3 – Playoffs lower bracket (December 13)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 5
Team SMG
0 – 2
ONIC Esports
Match 6
Keyd Stars
2 – 0
GX Squad
Match 7
Navi
2 – 1
Malvinas Gaming
Match 8
Red Canids
0 – 2
SeeYouSoon
Day 4 – Playoffs lower bracket (December 14)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 9
Blacklist International
2 – 1
ONIC Esports
Match 10
Bedel
0 – 2
Keyd Stars
Match 11
RSG SG
0 – 2
Navi
Match 12
Todak
2 – 1
SeeYouSoon
Day 5 – Playoffs (December 15)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 13
Blacklist International
3 – 0
Keyd Stars
Match 14
ONIC PH
3 – 0
RRQ Hoshi
Day 6 – Playoffs (December 16)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 15
Navi
2 – 3
Todak
Match 16
BTK
3 – 1
EVOS SG
Day 7 – Playoffs (December 17)
MATCH
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Match 17
RRQ Hoshi
0 – 3
Blacklist International
Match 18
EVOS SG
6 p.m. GMT+8
Todak
Day 8 – Playoffs (December 18)
MATCH
TEAMS
SCHEDULE
TEAMS
Match 19
BTK
11 a.m. GMT+8
ONIC PH
Match 20
Blacklist International
3 p.m. GMT+8
Winner match 18
Match 21
Loser match 19
5 p.m. GMT+8
Winner match 20
Day 9 – Grand final (December 19)
MATCH
TEAM
SCHEDULE
TEAM
Match 22
Winner match 19
5:05 p.m. GMT+8
Winner match 21
M3 World Championship group stage standings
Group A standings
TEAM
SCORE
Blacklist International
3 – 0
Bedel
1 – 2
Red Canids
1 – 2
Malvinas Gaming
1 – 2
Group B standings
TEAM
SCORE
Todak
2 – 1
ONIC PH
2 – 1
Keyd Stars
1 – 2
ONIC Esports
1 – 2
Group C standings
TEAM
SCORE
EVOS SG
3 – 0
BTK
2 – 1
Navi
1 – 2
SeeYouSoon
0 – 3
Group D standings
TEAM
SCORE
RRQ Hoshi
3 – 0
RSG SG
2 – 1
Team SMG
1 – 2
GX Squad
0 – 3
M3 World Championship schedule and results
December 6 through December 9 will be the group stage.
December 11 to December 18 will be the playoffs, and December 19 will be the grand final.
The full group stage schedule can be found here.
Day 1 – Group A (December 6)
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Blacklist International
1 – 0
Red Canids
Malvinas Gaming
0 – 1
Bedel
Blacklist International
1 – 0
Bedel
Red Canids
0 – 1
Malvinas Gaming
Blacklist International
1 – 0
Malvinas Gaming
Red Canids
1 – 0
Bedel
Group A three-way tiebreaker matches
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
Malvinas Gaming
0 – 1
Red Canids
Bedel
1 – 0
Red Canids
Day 2 – Group B (December 7)
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
ONIC Esports
1 – 0
ONIC PH
Todak
1 – 0
Keyd Stars
ONIC Esports
0 – 1
Keyd Stars
ONIC PH
1 – 0
Todak
ONIC Esports
0 – 1
Todak
ONIC PH
1 – 0
Keyd Stars
Day 3 – Group C (December 8)
TEAMS
RESULTS
TEAMS
EVOS SG
1 – 0
SeeYouSoon
Navi
0 – 1
BTK
EVOS SG
1 – 0
BTK
SeeYouSoon
0 – 1
Navi
EVOS SG
1 – 0
Navi
SeeYouSoon
0 – 1
BTK
Day 4 – Group D (December 9)
TEAMS
SCHEDULE
TEAMS
Team SMG
0 – 1
RRQ Hoshi
GX Squad
0 – 1
RSG SG
Team SMG
0 – 1
RSG SG
RRQ Hoshi
1 – 0
GX Squad
Team SMG
1 – 0
GX Squad
RRQ Hoshi
1 – 0
RSG SG
Here are all the participating teams in the tournament.
TEAM
TOURNAMENT
SeeYouSoon
MPL KH Season 1 champion
Red Canids Kalunga
MPL BR Season 1 champion
Vivo Keyd
MPL BR Season 1 runner-up
EVOS SG
MPL SG Season 2 champion
RSG SG
MPL SG Season 2 runner-up
Team SMG
MPL MY Season 8 champion
Todak
MPL MY Season 8 runner-up
GX Squad
M3 Arabia Major qualifier
BloodThirstyKings
M3 American Qualifier champion
Malvinas Gaming
Latam Championship 2021 champion
Navi
Mobile Legends Mythic League CIS champion
Bedel
Mobile Legends Turkey Championship 2021 champion
Blacklist International
MPL PH Season 8 champion
ONIC PH
MPL PH Season 8 runner-up
ONIC Esports
MPL ID Season 8 champion
RRQ Hoshi
MPL ID Season 8 runner-up
M3 World Championship prize pool
In comparison with previous world championships, the prize pool for the M3 World Championship is three times larger at US$800,000.
Last year's prize pool for the M2 World Championship was $300,000. In the year prior, the M1 World Championship offered a prize pool of $250,000.
Below is a breakdown of the prize pool for M3.
PLACING
PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION
1st Place
US$300,000
2nd place
US$120,000
3rd place
US$80,000
4th place
US$55,000
5th – 6th place
US$40,000
7th – 8th place
US$30,000
9th – 12th place
US$15,000
13th – 16th place
US$10,000
Where to watch the M3 World Championship?
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang fans will be able to watch the tournament starting on December 6 on the game's official Facebook and YouTube pages.
