List of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup participants

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, commonly known as MSC, is an international Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament organised by the Moonton, the developer of the game.^[1] The tournament was previously contested as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup from 2017 until 2023.^[2] It was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Since 2024, following the name rebrand and change in format, MSC would be part of Esports World Cup held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, colloquially known as MSC x EWC.^[4]^[5]

The current format, in use since the tournament was rebranded ahead of the 2024 edition, features 23 teams divided into two stages; group stage with 15 teams and wildcard stage with 8 teams, whereas the winner of wildcard stage would be qualified to group stage, making it 16 teams competing in the main event.^[5] In the group stage, the teams are drawn into four groups of four, with each team playing three group stage matches in a round-robin best-of-two (BO2) format.^[6]^[7] The top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs stage, starting with the quarterfinals and then semifinals in best-of-five (BO5) format, culminating with the grand final in best-of-seven (BO7) format.^[7]

For the upcoming 2025 edition, the teams distribution as follows: split into the group stage and the wildcard stage, with up to two teams from each nation or region. For the group stage, 2 teams each from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines, and 1 team each from Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Turkey, Singapore, CIS, Latin America, MENA, and North America, and for the wildcard stage, 1 team each from China, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, CIS, Latin America, MENA, and the rest of Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Thailand, Timor-Leste, or Vietnam—meaning Vietnam could have two teams in total).^[8]

As of 2025 edition, there are total of 72 different teams competed in MSC with total of 112 slots allocation. Each successive MSC has had at least two teams appearing again from past edition and four teams appearing for the first time.

Year	Debuting team(s)	Total	Cum.
2017	Elite8 Esports, Saints Indo, AirAsia Saiyan^{[note 1]}, MyA Junior, Salty Salad, Solid Gaming Alpha, Impunity, IDNS	8/8	8/8
2018	Aerowolf Roxy, EVOS Esports, RRQ Hoshi^{[note 2]}, Burmese Ghouls, AP Bren^{[note 3]}, Digital Devils Pro, Bigetron Singapore, VEC Fantasy Main^{[note 4]}	8/10	16/18
2019	Diversity Helheim, Louvre Esports, ONIC Esports, WAWA Gaming, Geek Fam, Team Resolution, ArkAngel, EVOS SG, Overclockers	9/12	25/30
2021	Impunity KH, Bigetron Esports^{[note 5]}, Niightmare Esports, RSG Malaysia, Todak, Blacklist International, Omega Esports^{[note 6]}, RSG Singapore, Cyber EXE	9/12	34/42
2022	See You Soon, Orange Esports, Falcon Esports, RSG Philippines	4/12	38/54
2023	Team Flash KH^{[note 7]}, Team Occupy, Team EVO, Team Liquid PH^{[note 8]}, Fire Flux Esports^{[note 9]}, Outplay	6/12	44/66
2024	RRQ Akira, KeepBest Gaming, DianFengYaoGuai^{[note 10]}, HomeBois, SRG.OG^{[note 11]}, IHC Esports, Trained to Kill, Entity7, Brute Force, Team Spirit, Team Falcons, Twisted Minds, Team Flash^{[note 12]}, S2G Esports, Cloud9, Legion Esports^{[note 13]}	16/23	60/89
2025	Influence Rage, Corinthians, CFU Gaming, Rare Atom, Ultra Legends, Zeta Division, The MongolZ, Mythic SEAL, ONIC Philippines, Virtus.pro, Aurora Türkiye, Area 77	12/23	72/112

Participants by edition

MSC 2017

Five-Nations Finals				Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
Saints Indo	MSC 2017 Indonesia Winner	Solid Gaming Alpha	MSC 2017 Philippines Winner	^[25]
Elite8 Esports	MSC 2017 Indonesia Runner-up	Salty Salad	MSC 2017 Philippines Runner-up
Team Saiyan	MSC 2017 Malaysia Winner	Impunity	MSC 2017 Singapore Winner
MyA Junior	MSC 2017 Malaysia Runner-up	IDNS	MSC 2017 Thailand Winner

MSC 2018

Group A		Group B		Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
Aerowolf Roxy	MPL ID S1 Winner	Aether Main	MPL PH S1 Winner	^[26]
Bigetron Singapore	MPL MY/SG S1 Winner	EVOS Esports	MPL ID S1 Runner-up
Digital Devils Pro	MPL PH S1 Runner-up	RRQ.O2	MPL ID S1 3rd Place
AirAsia Saiyan	MPL MY/SG S1 4th Place	IDNS	Thailand Qualifier Winner
Burmese Ghouls	Myanmar Qualifier Winner	Fantasy Main	Vietnam Qualifier Winner

MSC 2019

Group A		Group B		Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
Geek Fam	MPL MY/SG S3 Winner	ArkAngel	MPL PH S3 Winner	^[27]
Bren Esports	MPL PH S3 Runner-up	EVOS SG	MPL MY/SG S3 Runner-up
IDNS	Thailand Qualifier Winner	Overclockers	Vietnam Qualifier Winner
Group C		Group D
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
Team Resolution	MPL MM S2 Winner	ONIC Esports	MPL ID S3 Winner
Louvre Esports	MPL ID S3 Runner-up	Burmese Ghouls	MPL MM S2 Runner-up
Diversity Helheim	Cambodia Qualifier Winner	WAWA Gaming	Laos Qualifier Winner

MSC 2021

Group A		Group B		Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
RSG Malaysia	MPL MY S7 Winner	EVOS Legends	MPL ID S7 Winner	^[28]
RSG Singapore	MPL SG S1 Runner-up	TODAK	MPL MY S7 Runner-up
IDNS	Thailand Direct Invitee	Cyber EXE	Vietnam Direct Invitee
Group C		Group D
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
Blacklist International	MPL PH S7 Winner	EVOS SG	MPL SG S1 Winner
Bigetron Alpha	MPL ID S7 Runner-up	Execration	MPL PH S7 Runner-up
Impunity KH	Cambodia Direct Invitee	Niightmare Esports	Laos Direct Invitee

MSC 2022

Group A		Group B		Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
TODAK	MPL MY S9 Winner	RSG Philippines	MPL PH S9 Winner	^[29]
ONIC Esports	MPL ID S9 Runner-up	RSG Singapore	MPL SG S3 Winner
Falcon Esports	Myanmar Qualifier Winner	See You Soon	MPL KH Spring 2022 Runner-up
Group C		Group D
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
RRQ Hoshi	MPL ID S9 Winner	Impunity KH	MPL KH Spring 2022 Winner
Omega Esports	MPL PH S9 Runner-up	Orange Esports	MPL MY S9 Runner-up
IDNS	Mekong Qualifier^{[note 14]} Winner	EVOS SG	MPL SG S3 Runner-up

MSC 2023

Group A		Group B		Ref.
Team	Seed	Team	Seed	Ref.
ECHO Philippines	MPL PH S11 Winner	RSG Slate Singapore	MPL SG S5 Winner	^[31]
Fire Flux Impunity	MTC S1 Winner	EVOS Legends	MPL ID S11 Runner-up
Team EVO	Mekong Qualifier^{[note 15]} Winner	Fenix Esports	Myanmar Qualifier Winner
Group C		Group D
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
ONIC Esports	MPL ID S11 Winner	Team Occupy	MPL MENA Spring 2023 Winner
BURN x Flash	MPL KH Spring 2023 Winner	TODAK	MPL MY S11 Winner
Outplay^{[note 16]}^{[note 17]}	NACT Spring 2023 Runner-up	Blacklist International	MPL PH S11 Runner-up

MSC 2024

Group Stage				Ref.
Group A		Group B
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
RRQ Akira	MPL LATAM S1 Winner	Fnatic ONIC	MPL ID S13 Winner	^[34]
NIP Flash	MPL SG S7 Winner	See You Soon	MPL KH S6 Winner
Fire Flux Esports	MTC S3 Winner	Team Falcons	MPL MENA S5 Winner
EVOS Glory	MPL ID S13 Runner-up	Selangor Red Giants	MPL MY S13 Winner
Group C		Group D
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
Team Spirit^{[note 18]}	MCC S3 Winner	Cloud9^{[note 16]}	NACT Spring 2024 Winner
Liquid ECHO	MPL PH S13 Winner	Falcons AP Bren	MPL PH S13 Runner-up
Twisted Minds	MPL MENA S5 Runner-up	Xianyou Gaming	China Qualifier Winner
HomeBois	Wildcard Stage Winner	Falcon Esports	Myanmar Qualifier Winner
Wildcard Stage				^[35]
Group A		Group B
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
Zino Zenith	MCCM S3 Winner	Trained to Kill	MCB S3 Winner
Entity7	MPL LATAM S1 Runner-up	Brute Force^{[note 18]}	MCC S3 Runner-up
S2G Esports	MTC S3 Runner-up	HomeBois	MPL MY S13 Runner-up
KeepBest Gaming	China Qualifier Runner-up	IHC Esports	Mongolia Qualifier Winner

MSC 2025

Group Stage				Ref.
Group A		Group B
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
ONIC Esports	MPL ID S15 Winner	Team Spirit^{[note 18]}	MCC S5 Winner	^[36]
CFU Gaming	MPL KH S8 Winner	Aurora Türkiye	MTC S5 Winner
Corinthians	MPL LATAM S3 Winner	Team Flash	MPL SG S9 Winner
Ultra Legends	MPL MENA S7 Winner	Area 77^{[note 16]}^{[note 19]}	NACT Spring 2025 Runner-up
SRG.OG	MPL MY S15 Winner	RRQ Hoshi	MPL ID S15 Runner-up
Team Liquid PH	MPL PH S15 Winner	HomeBois	MPL MY S15 Runner-up
Mythic SEAL	MSL MM S1 Winner	ONIC Philippines	MPL PH S15 Runner-up
Virtus.pro^{[note 18]}	Wildcard Stage Winner	DianFengYaoGuai	China Qualifier Winner
Wildcard Stage				^[39]
Group A		Group B
Team	Seed	Team	Seed
Legion Esports	VMC Spring 2025 Winner	Niightmare Esports	MCCM S5 Winner
Team Falcons	MPL MENA S7 Runner-up	Virtus.pro^{[note 18]}	MCC S5 Runner-up
The MongolZ	Mongolia Qualifier Winner	Influence Rage	MPL LATAM S3 Runner-up
Rare Atom	China Qualifier Runner-up	Zeta Division	Japan Qualifier Winner

Notes

↑ AirAsia Saiyan debuted as Team Saiyan in MSC 2017.^[9]
↑ RRQ Hoshi debuted as RRQ O2 in MSC 2018.^[10]^[11]
↑ AP Bren debuted as Aether Main in MSC 2018.^[12]^[13]
↑ VEC Fantasy Main debuted as Fantasy Main in MSC 2018.^[14]
↑ Bigetron Esports debuted as Bigetron Alpha in MSC 2021.^[15]
↑ Omega Esports debuted as Execration in MSC 2021.^[16]
↑ Team Flash KH debuted as BURN x Flash in MSC 2023.^[17]
↑ Team Liquid PH debuted as ECHO Philippines in MSC 2023.^[18]
↑ Fire Flux Esports debuted as Fire Flux Impunity in MSC 2023.^[19]
↑ DianFengYaoGuai debuted as Xianyou Gaming in MSC 2024.^[20]
↑ SRG.OG debuted as Selangor Red Giants in MSC 2024.^[21]
↑ Team Flash debuted as NIP Flash in MSC 2024.^[22]^[23]
↑ Legion Esports debuted as Zino Zenith in MSC 2024.^[24]
↑ Mekong Qualifier in MSC 2022 is for teams from Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[30]
↑ Mekong Qualifier in MSC 2023 is for teams from Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[32]
1 2 3 For documentary purpose only, according to their base of operations, teams from North America region: Outplay, Cloud9, and Area 77, will all represent United States.
↑ NACT Spring 2023 Winner BloodThirstyKing was unable to participate due to failing to meet the tournament's minimum roster requirements, after two of their players were unavailable for personal reasons. NACT Spring 2023 Runner-up Outplay was selected to replace their slot by the tournament committee.^[33]
1 2 3 4 5 For documentary purpose only, according to their majority of players, teams from CIS region: Brute Force based in Saudi Arabia, Team Spirit based in Serbia, and Virtus.pro based in Armenia, will all represent Russia.
↑ NACT Spring 2025 Winner BloodThirstyKing then signed by Indian esports organization S8UL Esports,^[37] was unable to participate due to failing to meet the tournament's minimum roster requirements after two of their players were disqualified for breaching official tournament rules. NACT Spring 2025 Runner-up Area 77 was selected to replace their slot by the tournament committee.^[38]