MPL Indonesia Season 9

MPL Indonesia Season 9 was the ninth season of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League of Indonesia (MPL-ID) for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. MPL Indonesia Season 9 began on 18 February 2022 and will conclude on 10 April 2022. Its playoffs would start on April 21, 2022, following a two-week break for the players.[1]

MPL Indonesia Season 9
2022
Tournament information
GameMobile Legends: Bang Bang
LocationIndonesia
DatesFebruary 18, 2022–April 24, 2022
Administrator(s)Moonton
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin tournament - Regular Season
Hybrid Elimination - Playoffs
Teams8
Purse$300,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsRRQ Hoshi (4th Title)
Runner-upONIC Esports
Tournament statistics
Regular Season MVPAlbert "Alberttt" Neilsen Iskandar - RRQ Hoshi

ONIC Esports are the current MPL Indonesia champions, having won the title in 7 games against RRQ Hoshi in MPL Indonesia Season 8.[2]

Venues and Competition Format

It has been announced that MPL Indonesia Season 9 will adhere to the same rules and regulations as the previous season. MPL Indonesia Season 9 will feature the same eight teams as MPL Indonesia Season 8 following the league's transition to a franchise-based model system.[3]

This will be the first MPL Indonesia tournament before the COVID-19 pandemic to feature an offline setting (LAN Event) in the middle of the season. This would eventually lead to the event having an audience, the first season having an audience before the pandemic.[4]

Regular Season

The regular season of MPL Indonesia Season 9 began on February 18, 2022.[5] The regular season followed a double round-robin format with each teams playing against their opponents twice, for a total of 14 games being played per team. This format is also being adhere by MPL Philippines but with a different pointing system. Aggregated points will be tallied per team based on the following:[6]

  • If the match is decided by a 2-0 score, the winning team will earn 2 aggregated points while the losing team earns -2 points.
  • If the match is decided by a 2-1 score, the winning team will earn 1 aggregated points while the losing team earns -1 points.

The top two qualifying teams of the regular season will be seeded an outright qualification on the upper-bracket semifinals while the remaining four teams will qualify for the play-in tournament.[6]

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts Qualification
1 q – RRQ Hoshi 14 12 2 25 8 +17 17 Upper-Bracket Teams for the Playoffs
2 q – ONIC Esports 14 11 3 22 8 +14 14
3 q – AURA Fire 14 9 5 20 12 +8 8 Qualified for the Play-in Tournament
4 q – EVOS Legends 14 8 6 18 17 +1 1
5 q – Alter Ego Esports 14 6 8 17 17 0 0
6 q – Bigetron Alpha 14 6 8 14 19 −5 −5
7 e – Rebellion Zion 14 4 10 12 20 −8 −8 Eliminated from the Playoffs
8 e – GEEK FAM ID 14 0 14 1 28 −27 −27
Updated to match(es) played on Week 8 of Regular Season. Source:
Rules for classification: Head-to-head record, amount of winning games, match length of victories, tiebreaker game
e – Eliminated; q – Qualified to the phase indicated

Playoffs

The playoff format for MPL Indonesia Season 9 will be the same as it was for Season 8. Both RRQ Hoshi and ONIC Esports have automatic entry into the second round, while the remaining four teams will compete in the Play-in tournament.

Bracket
 
Play-insBracket SemifinalsBracket FinalsGrand Finals
 
              
 
 
 
 
Upper Bracket
 
 
(#2) ONIC Esports3
 
 
 
(#3) AURA Fire1
 
(#3) AURA Fire 3
 
Upper Bracket
 
(#6) Bigetron Alpha 2
 
(#2) ONIC Esports2
 
 
(#1) RRQ Hoshi3
 
 
Upper Bracket
 
 
(#1) RRQ Hoshi3
 
 
 
(#4) EVOS Legends2
 
(#4) EVOS Legends3
 
 
 
(#5) Alter-Ego Esports2
 
(#1) RRQ Hoshi4
 
 
(#2) ONIC Esports1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lower Bracket
 
 
(#3) AURA Fire2
 
 
(#2) ONIC Esports3
 
 
Lower Bracket
 
 
(#3) AURA Fire3
 
 
(#4) EVOS Legends1
 
 
 
 


Play-ins

Play-ins are a best-of-5 format, winner advances to the Upper Bracket Semifinals while the losers are eliminated.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(#3) AURA Fire
 3-2 (#6) Bigetron Alpha BTR AURA AURABTRAURA
(#4) EVOS Legends
 3-2 (#5) Alter Ego Esports EVOS EVOS AEAEEVOS

Upper Bracket Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(#1) RRQ Hoshi
 3-2 (#4) EVOS Legends EVOS EVOS RRQRRQRRQ
(#2) ONIC Esports
 3-1 (#3) AURA Fire ONIC ONIC AURAONIC

Lower Bracket Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(#3) AURA Fire
 3-1 (#4) EVOS Legends EVOS AURA AURAAURA

Upper Bracket Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(#2) ONIC Esports
 2-3 (#1) RRQ Hoshi RRQ RRQ ONICONICRRQ

Lower Bracket Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
(#2) ONIC Esports
 3-2 (#3) AURA Fire AURA ONIC AURAONICONIC

Grand Finals

The Grand Finalist of MPL Indonesia Season 9 will be representing Indonesia in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asian Cup of 2022 or commonly referred as MSC 2022.[7]

This will become another rematch between ONIC Esports and RRQ Hoshi, with both teams appearing in MPL Indonesia Season 8, with ONIC Esports winning in 7 games. RRQ Hoshi was able to finish the series in five games, winning their fourth title in MPL Indonesia History.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
RRQ Hoshi
 4-1 ONIC Esports RRQ ONIC RRQRRQRRQ

Awards

Regular Season Weekly MVPs
Week Player Team Ref
1 Skylar RRQ Hoshi
2 Kabuki AURA Fire
3 H i g h AURA Fire
4 Fearless Rebellion Zion
5 Alberttt RRQ Hoshi
6 R E K T EVOS Legends
7 CW ONIC Esports
8 Drian ONIC Esports

Individual Awards
Award Player Name Team
Regular Season MVP Albert "Alberttt" Neilsen Iskandar RRQ Hoshi
Finals MVP Deden "Clayyy" Muhammad Nurhasan RRQ Hoshi
Most Improved Player Leonardo Prasetyo "Kabuki" Agung AURA Fire

Controversies

The play executed by AE's PAI appeared to have a problem seen in live during the second game of the first day of the playoffs between EVOS Legends and Alter Ego Esports. Despite trying to get acknowledgement for the issue, it was only then that PAI was picked off and the technical pause was called due to the lag.[8] Fans believed that Alter Ego's PAI's pick off and lack of recognition from the staff caused them to lose the match and the series. MPL Indonesia stated that they will "investigate the lagging incident" and will provide additional information as soon as possible.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Jadwal playoff MPL ID S9 dan hasil pertandingan | ONE Esports Indonesia". www.oneesports.id (in Indonesian). 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. "ONIC Esports survives full 7-game series to conquer MPL ID Season 8 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. "MPL Indonesia Season 9 — About". MPL. 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  4. Media, Kompas Cyber (2022-02-07). "MPL ID Season 9 Digelar Offline 18 Februari, Bisa Ditonton di Bioskop". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  5. "MPL Indonesia Season 9 — Mobile Legends Professional League — Schedule". MPL. 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. Gahlyan, Ravi (2022-02-10). "MPL ID Season 9: Live Scores, Schedule, Results and More". AFK Gaming. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  7. Ahmed, Wasif (2022-04-07). "MLBB Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2022 will take place in Kuala Lumpur". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. [LIVE] Playoffs MPL ID S9 | Day 1 🔥, retrieved 2022-04-21
  9. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
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