Mobile Legends: Bang Bang teams CFU Gaming, Aurora, FNATIC Onic bag seats to M6 World Championship

October 21, 2024 Philippines Esports

MPL Philippines teams Aurora and FNATIC Onic, and MPL Cambodia squad CFU Gaming, are the latest teams to bag slots in the M6 World Championship to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Reigning champions Philippines are allotted two slots to the world championship, while Cambodia has one slot.

In Manila, Grant Duane “Kelra” Pillas finally bagged an MPL championship of his own after FNATIC Onic outlasted Renejay “Renejay” Bacarse and the rest of breakout team Aurora, 4-3. This took place during the match held at the Green Sun Hotel in Makati during the evening of October 20, 2024.

Tied 3-3 in the best-of-seven series, FNATIC Onic ended hopes of what could’ve been a Cinderella story for Aurora, who slugged it out in the lower bracket to book their seat to the finals. The cardiac match became the MPL Philippines’ most-watched series ever, notching over 1.5 million concurrent views according to Esports Charts.

FNATIC Onic punished a botched lord push by Aurora in Game 7, doing a counter-attack of their own to defeat their opponents. Kelra became the finals MVP after his crucial damage-dealing in the deciding map.

Aurora’s run was nothing short of excellent, however, slaying former world champions Blacklist International, Team Liquid, and M5 world champions Falcons AP Bren in the lower bracket to move on to the Grand FInals. This was Aurora’s first season in the MPL Philippines after filling in Minana EVOS’ franchise slot.

Meanwhile, FNATIC Onic had a monumental run in MPL Season 14, only losing one game in the regular season and becoming one of the immediate favorites to win the crown. Both FNATIC Onic PH and Aurora will try and get the Philippines’ 5th straight world championship.

CFU Gaming reigns as first all-local team to win MPL Cambodia crown in 4 seasons

In Cambodia, CFU Gaming became the first all-Cambodian team to win a MPL Cambodia crown after outlasting Galaxy Legends.

Wadu, Detective, Zee, Xingg, and Oppi defeated Galaxy Legends, bannered by Cambodians SHADOW, Linnn, Wickyy and Pinoys Cadenza and Wickyy.

This will be the first time in four seasons that the league will have an all-Cambodian champion.

Cambodia has one of the largest number of Filipino MLBB imports since the concept was fully utilized in mid-2022 amid the dominance of the Philippines in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang scene.