Mobile Legends: Malaysia will host M6 World Championship next year

This will be the second time that Malaysia has played host to Mobile Legends' annual world championship tournament, having hosted the inaugural event back in 2019.

Malaysia has been revealed to be the host of the M6 World Championship, next year's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang world championship tournament. (Screenshot courtesy of MOONTON Games)
Malaysia has been revealed to be the host of the M6 World Championship, next year's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang world championship tournament. (Screenshot courtesy of MOONTON Games)

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) developer MOONTON Games announced on Sunday (17 December) that the game's next world championship tournament, the M6 World Championship, will be hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

MOONTON revealed Malaysia as the next host for M6 ahead of the Grand Finals showdown between Indonesia's ONIC Esports and the Philippines' AP.Bren in the M5 World Championship, which is being hosted at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in the Philippines.

This marks the return of MLBB's world championship tournament to Kuala Lumpur since the inaugural M1 World Championship, which was held back in November 2019. Indonesia's EVOS Legends were crowned as MLBB's first-ever world champions during the tournament.

MOONTON has not yet announced the dates for the M6 World Championship, though it is expected to happen around December as with previous iterations of the tournament.

Malaysia has been one of the top countries in the MLBB esports scene since MOONTON started hosting the MLBB Professional League (MPL) in the game's heartland in Southeast Asia in 2018.

Malaysia initially had a shared league with Singapore for six seasons until 2020 before both countries were split into their respective leagues.

MPL Malaysia concluded its 12th season in September, having counted previous seasons under MPL MY/SG, with HomeBois claiming the title and a spot at the M5 World Championship.

Malaysia had two representatives at M5, with Team SMG earning their spot through the Wildcard Stage to join HomeBois in the tournament. Both Malaysian teams were eliminated in 9th-12th place and took home US$20,000 in consolation.

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