# MLBB M3 World Championship

The 2021 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, commonly known as M3 or the M3 World Championship, was the third edition of the Mobile Legends World Championships, an esports tournament for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It was held from 6 December until its Grand Finals on 19 December 2021 in Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.

## Background

M3 is the third series of the Mobile Legends World Championship and is held in the same year as the second series was held in the same nation. M3 features 16 teams with each qualifying for their regional or national qualifiers known as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League or MPL. These teams were all announced on the same day with their roster on 25 November 2021. M3 features 11 Asian Teams, 1 North American Team, 1 Arabian-Region Team and 3 Latin American Teams.

## Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic, posed a significant challenge for the organizers of the World Championships as the venue in Singapore provided strict health regulations provided by the Government as well as the players travelling from abroad. However, on 8 August 2021, Moonton, the developer of the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang announced and confirmed that M3 will be happening by the end of 2021.

## Venue

* Singapore
* Suntec City, Singapore
* Group Stage, Playoffs, Grand Finals
* Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
* Capacity: 1,800
* Suntec City

## Qualified teams and rosters
### Qualified teams

Qualifying for the M3 World Championships comes from the competing nation's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League, commonly known as "MPL". However, regional qualifiers in the CIS Region, North America, Arabia, and Latin American regions were also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams.
The defending World Champions in Bren Esports would not be redeemed to repeat back-to-back championship titles due to them having a non-playoff contention in MPL Philippines Season 8 that was ultimately won by Blacklist International in 5 games.
Qualifiers :
| Region | League | Qualification method | Team name | ID | Group |
| Philippines | MPL Philippines | MPL Philippines Season 8 Champions | Blacklist International | BLCK | A |
| Philippines | MPL Philippines | MPL Philippines Season 8 Runner-up | ONIC Philippines | ONIC-PH | B |
| Indonesia | MPL Indonesia | MPL Indonesia Season 8 Champions | ONIC Esports | ONIC | B |
| Indonesia | MPL Indonesia | MPL Indonesia Season 8 Runner-up | RRQ Hoshi | RRQ | D |
| Malaysia | MPL Malaysia | MPL Malaysia Season 8 Champions | Team SMG | SMG | D |
| Malaysia | MPL Malaysia | MPL Malaysia Season 8 Runner-up | Todak | TDK | B |
| Singapore | MPL Singapore | MPL Singapore Season 2 Champions | EVOS SG | EVOS | C |
| Singapore | MPL Singapore | MPL Singapore Season 2 Runner-up | RSG SG | RSG | D |
| Brazil | MPL Brazil | MPL Brazil Season 1 Champions | Red Canids | RED | A |
| Brazil | MPL Brazil | MPL Brazil Season 1 Runner-up | Keyd Stars | VK | B |
| Cambodia | MPL Cambodia | MPL Cambodia Season 1 Champions | SeeYouSoon | SYS | C |
| CIS | Mythic League | MML Season 2 Qualifiers | Natus Vincere | NAVI | C |
| Middle East | M3 Arabia Major | Arabia Major Qualifiers | GX Squad | GX | D |
| Turkey | Turkish Qualifiers | Turkish Qualifying Team | Bedel | BDL | A |
| Latin America | LATAM Championship | LATAM Qualifiers | Malvinas Gaming | MVG | A |
| North America | North American Qualifier | North American Qualifying Team | BloodThirstyKings | BTK | C |

### Rosters

Player did not play games
Official Rosters of all Qualified Teams :
| Team | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Coach/Manager |
| Team | Jungle | Jungle | Exp Lane | Exp Lane | Gold Lane | Gold Lane | Midlaner | Midlaner | Midlaner | Midlaner | Roamer | Roamer | | Coach/Manager |
| Blacklist International | Wise (Danerie James Del Rosario) | Wise (Danerie James Del Rosario) | Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap) | Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap) | Oheb (Kiel Calvin Soriano) | Oheb (Kiel Calvin Soriano) | Dex Star (Dexter Louise Alaba) | Eson (Mark Jayson Gerardo) | OhMyV33Nus (Johnmar Villaluna) | OhMyV33Nus (Johnmar Villaluna) | Hadji (Salic A. Imam) | Hadji (Salic A. Imam) | Bon Chan (Kristoffer Ed L. Ricaplaza) |
| ONIC Philippines | Kairi (Kairi Rayodelsol) | Kairi (Kairi Rayodelsol) | Dlarskie (Gerald Trinchera) | Ryota (Nowee Cabailo) | Hatred (Jaylord Gonzales) | Markyyyy (Mark Christian Etcobanez) | Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy) | Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy) | Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy) | Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy) | Micophobia (Karl Mico Tarala) | Beemo (Paul Ian Sergio) | Yeb (Paul Denver Lintag Miranda) |
| ONIC Esports | Sanz (Gilang) | Sanz (Gilang) | Butsss (Muhammad Satrya Sanubari) | Butsss (Muhammad Satrya Sanubari) | CW (Calvin Winata) | CW (Calvin Winata) | Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong) | Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong) | Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong) | Maipan (Irvan Yusuf) | Kiboy (Nicky Fernando) | Kiboy (Nicky Fernando) | Somber (Chen Po-Heng) |
| RRQ Hoshi | Alberttt (Albert Neilsen Iskandar) | Alberttt (Albert Neilsen Iskandar) | R7 (Rivaldi Fatah) | R7 (Rivaldi Fatah) | Xinnn (Yesaya Omega Armando Wowiling) | Skylar (Schevenko David Tendean) | Vynnn (Calvin) | Clayyy (Deden Muhammad Nurhasan) | Clayyy (Deden Muhammad Nurhasan) | Clayyy (Deden Muhammad Nurhasan) | Psychooo (Teguh Imam Firdaus) | Liam (William Setiawan) | Acil (Adi Syofian Asyauri) |
| Team SMG | Wynn (Muhammad Fahmi Ikhwan) | Wynn (Muhammad Fahmi Ikhwan) | Smooth (Aileff Adam) | Myzer (Muhammad Hakim Mikha) | Loong (Saw Kee Loong) | Sasa (Lu Khai Bean) | Zaim Sempoi (Muhammad Zaim) | Zaim Sempoi (Muhammad Zaim) | | | XpDEA (Mohamad Harith Aiman) | XpDEA (Mohamad Harith Aiman) | Jamesss (James “Jamesss” Chen) |
| Todak | CikuGais (Muhammad Danial) | Ajiq (Muhammad Amirul Raziq) | Momo (Idreen Bin Abdul Jamal) | Momo (Idreen Bin Abdul Jamal) | 4Meyz (Wan Usman) | 4Meyz (Wan Usman) | Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin) | Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin) | Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin) | Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin) | Yums (Abd Qayyum) | Moyy (Mohamad Farhan Wakiman) | Ashi (Mohd Syazlan) |
| EVOS SG | .Potato (Andrew Lim) | .Potato (Andrew Lim) | Gear (Tristan Christopher Nathanael) | Smokey (Roy Chua) | Adammir (Adam Chong) | Adammir (Adam Chong) | Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze) | Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze) | Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze) | Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze) | JPL (Akihiro Furusawa) | JPL (Akihiro Furusawa) | Young in (Daryl Ng Jun Da) |
| RSG SG | ly4ly4ly4 (Lim Yang) | Dec | Diablo (Yeo Wee Lun) | Babycakes (Jovan Ong) | Jason (Koh Wei Hao Jason) | Jason (Koh Wei Hao Jason) | Sana (Ming Brandon) | Sana (Ming Brandon) | 505 | 505 | Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov) | Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov) | Kayzeepi (Eugene Kong Zhen Pang) |
| Red Canids | Jump Style (Abraão Santos) | Jump Style (Abraão Santos) | Akashi (Nicolas Sanches Vieira) | Akashi (Nicolas Sanches Vieira) | Upa (Lucas Jose) | Upa (Lucas Jose) | Frostt (Matheus Santos) | Frostt (Matheus Santos) | xManiac (Arthur Martins Nazario) | xManiac (Arthur Martins Nazario) | Lunna (Victor Monteiro) | Lunna (Victor Monteiro) | Darkness (Diego Wellington Costa Casado) |
| Keyd Stars | Kiing (Lucas Felipe Godoy) | Kiing (Lucas Felipe Godoy) | Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento) | Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento) | Luiizz (Luiz Henrique Alves) | Luiizz (Luiz Henrique Alves) | Prime (André Martini) | Prime (André Martini) | Prime (André Martini) | Prime (André Martini) | Mayke (Mayke Santana) | Mayke (Mayke Santana) | Cabral (Godman Cabral) |
| SeeYouSoon | Houx (Lim Kimhouv) | Houx (Lim Kimhouv) | Felix (Leng Kimhak) | Felix (Leng Kimhak) | Runn (Mon Phearun) | Paragon (Sam Sophanny) | Ember (Sengin Bunchhay) | Ember (Sengin Bunchhay) | Ember (Sengin Bunchhay) | Ember (Sengin Bunchhay) |
| Natus Vincere | Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov) | Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov) | Defender (Andriy Martynenko) | Defender (Andriy Martynenko) | Lil (Ruslan Degtev) | Lil (Ruslan Degtev) | Nangib (Maxim Dudich) | Nangib (Maxim Dudich) | Nangib (Maxim Dudich) | Nangib (Maxim Dudich) | Sawo (Stanislav Reshinak) | Sawo (Stanislav Reshinak) | WarBarbie (Alexandr Korystin) |
| GX Squad | Amuni | Amuni | Dar007 | Dar007 | Fuuji | Fuuji | Yato | Yato | Dantee | Dantee | Hisk | Hisk | |
| Bedel | Farway | Farway | Yunshi | Yunshi | Alien | Alien | Paranoid | Paranoid | Farway | Farway | Asmo | Asmo | |
| Malvinas Gaming | Quinn | Quinn | Xing | Xing | Eidrian | Eidrian | Harle | Harle | Harle | Harle | Stephe | Stephe | |
| BloodThirstyKings | MobaZane (Michael Cosgun) | MobaZane (Michael Cosgun) | FwydChickn | FwydChickn | Victor | Victor | Zia | Zia | Zia | Zia | Shark | Shark | |

### Group Draw

The Group Draw was held on 6 November 2021, exactly one month before the tournament began, the sixteen teams that qualified for the global tournament were grouped into 4 groups of 4 teams each.
Draw on 6 November 2021 :
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Blacklist International | ONIC Esports | EVOS SG | RRQ Hoshi |
| Red Canids | ONIC Philippines | SeeYouSoon | RSG SG |
| Malvinas Gaming | Todak | BloodThirstyKings | Team SMG |
| Bedel | Keyd Stars | Natus Vincere | GX Squad |

## Format

* Group Stage: 6 to 9 December 2021
** 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
* Playoffs: 11 to 19 December 2021
** 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 were a Bo5 series, except for the Grand Final, which was a Bo7 series.

## Group Stage

Source:
The Group Stages commenced on 6 December and concluded on 9 December 2021. All games in the group stage were in a Bo1 format. There were no teams eliminated at the end of group stages, but the upper two teams in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket playoffs, while the lower two qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification | BLCK | BDL | RDC | MVG |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bedel | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Red Canids | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Malvinas Gaming | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Won tiebreaker match vs. Red Canids
* ↑ Won tiebreaker vs. Malvinas, lost to Bedel
* ↑ Lost tiebreaker semis vs. Red Canids

#### Tiebreaker

As there was a three-way tie in Group A, Bedel was placed in the Tiebreaker final as they had the fastest time in games won. Thus, Red Canids and Malvinas Gaming played in the Tiebreaker semifinals which loser of that match qualified for the lower bracket.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Tiebreaker Match | Tiebreaker Match | Tiebreaker Match |
| | | | A2 | Bedel | 1 |
| A3 | Red Canids | 1 | A3 | Red Canids | 0 |
| A4 | Malvinas Gaming | 0 | | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification | ONIC PH | TDK | KEYD | ONIC ID |
| 1 | ONIC Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Todak | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Keyd Stars | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | ONIC Esports | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 ONIC PH 1–0 TODAK
* 1 2 Keyd Stars 1–0 ONIC Esports

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification | EVOS | BTK | NAVI | SYS |
| 1 | EVOS SG (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | BloodThirstyKings | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Natus Vincere | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | SeeYouSoon | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification | RRQ | RSG SG | SMG | GXQ |
| 1 | RRQ Hoshi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | RSG SG (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Upper Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Team SMG | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | GX Squad | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lower Bracket Playoffs | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
Group Matches (Bo1) :
| Group A Matches | Group A Matches | Group A Matches | Group A Matches | Group A Matches | Group B Matches | Group B Matches | Group B Matches | Group B Matches | Group B Matches | Group C Matches | Group C Matches | Group C Matches | Group C Matches | Group C Matches | Group D Matches | Group D Matches | Group D Matches | Group D Matches | Group D Matches |
| Match No. | Team | Results | Results | Team | Match No. | Team | Results | Results | Team | Match No. | Team | Results | Results | Team | Match No. | Team | Results | Results | Team |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 1 | 0 | Red Canids | 1 | ONIC Esports | 1 | 0 | ONIC Philippines | 1 | EVOS SG | 1 | 0 | SeeYouSoon | 1 | RRQ Hoshi | 1 | 0 | Team SMG |
| 2 | Malvinas Gaming | 0 | 1 | Bedel | 2 | Todak | 1 | 0 | KEYD Stars | 2 | NATUS Vincere | 0 | 1 | BTK | 2 | GX Squad | 0 | 1 | RSG SG |
| 3 | Blacklist International | 1 | 0 | Bedel | 3 | ONIC Esports | 0 | 1 | Keyd Stars | 3 | EVOS SG | 1 | 0 | BTK | 3 | Team SMG | 0 | 1 | RSG SG |
| 4 | Red Canids | 0 | 1 | Malvinas Gaming | 4 | ONIC Philippines | 1 | 0 | TODAK | 4 | SeeYouSoon | 0 | 1 | Natus Vincere | 4 | RRQ Hoshi | 1 | 0 | GX Squad |
| 5 | Blacklist International | 1 | 0 | Malvinas Gaming | 5 | ONIC Esports | 0 | 1 | Todak | 5 | EVOS SG | 1 | 0 | Natus Vincere | 5 | Team SMG | 1 | 0 | GX Squad |
| 6 | Red Canids | 1 | 0 | Bedel | 6 | ONIC Philippines | 1 | 0 | KEYD Stars | 6 | SeeYouSoon | 0 | 1 | BloodThirstyKings | 6 | RRQ Hoshi | 1 | 0 | RSG SG |

## Playoffs

The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket are a Best-of-three series, and the rest of the playoffs are a Best-of-five series, except the Grand Final which was a best-of-7 series.

### Bracket

| | | Upper Bracket Quarterfinals | Upper Bracket Quarterfinals | Upper Bracket Semifinals | Upper Bracket Semifinals | Upper Bracket Final | Upper Bracket Final | | | | | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | Blacklist International | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | BloodThirstyKings | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | BloodThirstyKings | 3 | BloodThirstyKings | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | EVOS Singapore | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Bedel | 1 | EVOS Singapore | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | EVOS Singapore | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | EVOS Singapore | 3 | | | BloodThirstyKings | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | ONIC Philippines | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | ONIC Philippines | 3 | | | ONIC Philippines | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | RSG Singapore | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | RSG Singapore | 0 | ONIC Philippines | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | RRQ Hoshi | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Todak | 1 | RRQ Hoshi | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | RRQ Hoshi | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | RRQ Hoshi | 3 | | | | | | | | | ONIC Philippines | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Blacklist International | 4 |
| Lower Bracket - Round 1 | Lower Bracket - Round 1 | Lower Bracket - Round 2 | Lower Bracket - Round 2 | Lower Bracket - Round 3 | Lower Bracket - Round 3 | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals | Lower Bracket Quarterfinals | Lower Bracket Semifinals | Lower Bracket Semifinals | Lower Bracket Final | Lower Bracket Final | Blacklist International | 4 |
| | | Blacklist Intl. | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Blacklist Intl. | 2 | | RRQ Hoshi | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Team SMG | 0 | ONIC Esports | 1 | | RRQ Hoshi | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Team SMG | 0 | ONIC Esports | 1 | Blacklist Intl. | 3 | Blacklist Int. | 3 | | | | | | |
| ONIC Esports | 2 | | | Blacklist Intl. | 3 | Blacklist Int. | 3 | | | | | | |
| ONIC Esports | 2 | | | Keyd Stars | 0 | | | | | BloodThirstyKings | 1 | | |
| | | Bedel | 0 | Keyd Stars | 0 | | | | | BloodThirstyKings | 1 | | |
| | | Bedel | 0 | | | | | Blacklist Int. | 3 | Blacklist Int. | 3 | | |
| Keyd Stars | 2 | Keyd Stars | 2 | | | | | Blacklist Int. | 3 | Blacklist Int. | 3 | | |
| Keyd Stars | 2 | Keyd Stars | 2 | | | | | EVOS SG | 0 | | | | |
| GX Squad | 0 | | | | | | | EVOS SG | 0 | | | | |
| | | RSG Singapore | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | RSG Singapore | 0 | | EVOS SG | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Natus Vincere | 2 | Natus Vincere | 2 | | EVOS SG | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Natus Vincere | 2 | Natus Vincere | 2 | Natus Vincere | 2 | Todak | 2 | | | | | | |
| Malvinas Gaming | 1 | | | Natus Vincere | 2 | Todak | 2 | | | | | | |
| Malvinas Gaming | 1 | | | Todak | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Todak | 2 | Todak | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Red Canids | 0 | SeeYouSoon | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SeeYouSoon | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Lower Bracket

The lower bracket showed an elimination round of teams during the third day of the Playoffs.
Day No. 3 (Bo3) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | Team SMG | 0 | 2 | ONIC Esports | ONIC Esports advances; Team SMG eliminated. |
| 2 | Keyd Stars | 2 | 0 | GX Squad | Keyd Stars advances; GX Squad eliminated. |
| 3 | Natus Vincere | 2 | 1 | Malvinas Gaming | Natus Vincere advances; Malvinas Gaming eliminated. |
| 4 | Red Canids | 0 | 2 | SeeYouSoon | SeeYouSoon advances; Red Canids eliminated. |
Day No. 4 (Bo3) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 2 | 1 | ONIC Esports | Blacklist International advances; ONIC Esports eliminated. |
| 2 | Bedel | 0 | 2 | KEYD Stars | Keyd Stars advances; Bedel eliminated. |
| 3 | RSG SG | 0 | 2 | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere advances; RSG SG eliminated. |
| 4 | TODAK | 2 | 1 | SeeYouSoon | TODAK advances; SeeYouSoon eliminated. |
Day No. 5 (Bo5) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 3 | 0 | Keyd Stars | Blacklist International advances; Keyd Stars eliminated. |
| 2 | ONIC Philippines | 3 | 0 | RRQ Hoshi | ONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket. |
Day No. 6 (Bo5) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | BloodThirstyKings | 3 | 1 | EVOS | BloodThirstyKings advances; EVOS SG goes to the Lower-Bracket. |
| 2 | Natus Vincere | 2 | 3 | Todak | Todak advances; Natus Vincere eliminated. |
Day No. 5 (Bo5) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 3 | 0 | Keyd Stars | Blacklist International advances; Keyd Stars eliminated. |
| 2 | ONIC Philippines | 3 | 0 | RRQ Hoshi | ONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket. |
Day No. 7 (Bo5) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | Blacklist International | 3 | 0 | RRQ Hoshi | Blacklist International advances; RRQ Hoshi eliminated. |
| 2 | Todak | 2 | 3 | EVOS | EVOS SG advances; Todak eliminated. |
Day No. 8 (Bo5) :
| Match No. | Team | Result | Result | Team | Outcome |
| 1 | ONIC Philippines | 3 | 0 | BloodThirstyKings | ONIC Philippines advances to the Grand Finals; BloodthirstyKings goes to the Lower-Bracket. |
| 2 | EVOS | 0 | 3 | Blacklist International | Blacklist International advances; EVOS SG eliminated. |
| 3 | BloodThirstyKings | 1 | 3 | Blacklist International | Blacklist International advances to the Grand Finals; BloodThirstyKings eliminated. |
With the win of Blacklist International against BloodThirstyKings, they advanced to the Grand Finals, making M3 the first World Tournament to be contested by the two Philippine representatives of MPL Philippines Season 8 and making the Philippines the first and, so far, only nation to win Back-to-Back World Titles for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The Other team would be Bren Esports who won the M2 World Title in the same year.

### Grand Finals

With ONIC Philippines and Blacklist International in the Grand Finals, it would be the second rematch between both teams after both teams were the eventual runner-up and Champions of MPL Philippines Season 8. The Grand Finals was held on 19 December 2021.

#### Game 1

| 19 December 2021 21:04 Match Time | ONIC Philippines 14, | 18, Blacklist International | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
| Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore ||
| 19 December 2021 21:04 Match Time | Hatred, 6/2/2 | Wise, 8/3/5 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 21:04 Match Time | Markyyyy, 3/2/9 | OhMyV33Nus, 0/2/15 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| Blacklist International leads, 1-0 ||||
Game 1 of M3 began with the introduction of the players and rosters of both teams. Blacklist International with their Championship Lineup and the "Death Lineup" called by ONIC Philippines that led them to a 9-0 contest in the Upper Bracket.
With an early lead in the early stages of the game, ONIC Philippines was destined to win the matchup after the first turtle take was immediately stolen by Kairi, however, with the amazing defense that Blacklist International brought, they would lead the series 1–0 against ONIC with Marksman Oheb with the Clint as the MVP.
Reference:

#### Game 2

| 19 December 2021 13:40 Match Time | ONIC Philippines 7, | 19, Blacklist International | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 13:40 Match Time | Markyyyy, 3/4/1 | Oheb, 8/1/8 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 13:40 Match Time | Baloyskie, 0/5/6 | OhMyV33Nus, 1/1/17 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| Blacklist International leads, 2-0 ||||
Game 2 would merely shape the same drafting of heroes' in the hero pool yet changed with some tactics and plans laid down by both Coaches Yeb and Bon Chan of ONIC and Blacklist, respectively. With a great early game lead taken by ONIC Philippines, it would immediately be a turnout same as Game Number 1 as the Beatrix in OHEB began to increase its damage, severely damaging the tactics of ONIC Philippines. Blacklist International would eventually take Game 2 against ONIC.
Reference:

#### Game 3

| 19 December 2021 21:07 Match Time | ONIC Philippines 17, | 20, Blacklist International | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 21:07 Match Time | Kairi, 5/5/9 | Wise, 8/3/3 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 21:07 Match Time | Kairi, 5/5/9 | OhMyV33Nus, 1/2/13 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| Blacklist International leads, 3-0 ||||
Going for a double marksman lineup, Blacklist International was easily taking the lead in the early game. Yet with the counter from Baloyskie's Lolita, it seemed that it will try and close the gap of Blacklist's lead in the early game. With the first Turtle going for Kairi and the second turtle on Wise, it stays at a close match.
8 minutes into the game, ONIC Philippines made an impressive diversion play on the bottom lane after killing three out of five of Blacklist's players. With back-and-forth lead takes by both teams, Blacklist International would inevitably win Game 3 and will be needing only one more game to win the title.
Reference:

#### Game 4

| 19 December 2021 13:48 Match Time | ONIC Philippines 7, | 15, Blacklist International | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 13:48 Match Time | Baloyskie, 2/6/0 Hatred, 2/2/3 Markyyyy, 2/4/3 | Oheb, 6/1/3 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| 19 December 2021 13:48 Match Time | Markyyyy, 2/4/3 | OhMyV33Nus, 0/2/11 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore |
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| Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore ||
| Blacklist International wins, 4-0 ||||
With a 3–0 lead, Blacklist is destined to finish the series in only 4 games yet ONIC PH would simply try to draft out Blacklist in the process, stealing the Barats and the Pharsa picks from both Wise and Hadji, respectively, as well as putting more defense and damage by Natalia. However, Blacklist would stick to the double-marksman strategy from Game 3 after the banning of Uranus of Dlarskie.
With a great damage output by the Natan-core led by Wise, alongside the impressive defense on the outer turrets by Blacklist International, they were able to finish the series in a 4–0 series sweep, the first World Championship sweep by any team in the history of MLBB World. Alongside making history for making the Philippines the first and only so-far, nation to hold back-to-back Championship titles in the M-Series. Alongside named as the "Filipino Sniper" in OHEB being crowned as Finals MVP.
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Drafting of Heroes :
| Game No. | Blacklist International | Blacklist International | Blacklist International | Blacklist International | Blacklist International | ONIC Philippines | ONIC Philippines | ONIC Philippines | ONIC Philippines | ONIC Philippines | Outcome |
| Game No. | Hadji | Wise | OhMyV33Nus | Edward | OHEB | Dlarskie | Kairi | Markyyyy | Baloyskie | Hatred | Outcome |
| 1 | Pharsa | Yi-Sun Shin | Rafaela | Uranus | Clint | Esmeralda | Lancelot | Lylia | Mathilda | Beatrix | BLCK leads 1-0 |
| 2 | Pharsa | Barats | Rafaela | Uranus | Beatrix | Yu Zhong | Yi-Sun Shin | Natan | Mathilda | Paquito | BLCK leads 2-0 |
| 3 | Beatrix | Barats | Rafaela | Esmeralda | Natan | Uranus | Yi-Sun Shin | Pharsa | Lolita | Chou | BLCK leads 3-0 |
| 4 | Chou | Natan | Mathilda | Paquito | Beatrix | Barats | Yi-Sun Shin | Pharsa | Natalia | Rafaela | BLCK wins 4-0 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Prize |
| 1 | Blacklist International | US$300,000 |
| 2 | ONIC Philippines | US$120,000 |
| 3 | BloodThirstyKings | US$80,000 |
| 4 | EVOS SG | US$55,000 |
| 5 | Todak | US$40,000 |
| 6 | RRQ Hoshi | US$40,000 |
| 7 | Natus Vincere | US$30,000 |
| 8 | Keyd Stars | US$30,000 |
| 9 | ONIC Esports | US$15,000 |
| 10 | SeeYouSoon | US$15,000 |
| 11 | RSG SG | US$15,000 |
| 12 | Bedel | US$15,000 |
| 13 | Team SMG | US$10,000 |
| 14 | Red Canids | US$10,000 |
| 15 | Malvinas Gaming | US$10,000 |
| 16 | GX Squad | US$10,000 |

## Controversy

On 23 December 2021, circulating on Facebook was the hashtag "#WeWantEstes" that was ultimately a protest hashtag by the MLBB Filipino community to Moonton for their cancellation on the creation of the Estes skin, previously picked by Finals MVP Oheb for it was their trademark hero ever since they competed in M3 alongside MPL Philippines. On the same day, Moonton released a statement stating that "We would like to clarify that the M3 Champion Skin has not yet been determined, and development is still underway".
Fans of Blacklist International, who are the champions of M3, were angered and flustered about the cancellation of the Estes skin picked by the team as it was stated by player OhMyV33NUS that the Estes skin would be cancelled after Moonton denied the creation of an Estes skin because it was not "marketable". Moonton has asked him for three different and alternative heroes that can ultimately be Estes' replacements which were Beatrix, Yi Sun-Shin, and Mathilda. All three trademark heroes of Blacklist International.
Ultimately on 24 December, meeting with the creative management of Moonton, alongside Tier One Entertainment's co-founders in Alodia Gosiengfiao and Tryke Gutierrez, Estes would be the official M3 Championship hero that will obtain skin from the team of Blacklist International. The announcement came with the hashtag "#WeChooseEstes".