Moonton finally released the M4 World Championship format that brought together 16 professional teams from various countries in the world. The M4 World Championship will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1-15 January 2023.
Indonesia itself will be represented by two MPL ID S10 finalists, RRQ Hoshi and ONIC Esports. Apart from Indonesia, several other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines have also confirmed their representation.
Well, on this occasion, Dafunda Game will discuss the M4 World Championship Format. Curious about the full list? Let’s take a look at the following review.
Format M4 World Championship
The M4 World Championship will begin with the Group Stage, where teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each. The top 1-2 teams will fill the Upper Bracket slots and the 3-4 teams will automatically fill the Lower Bracket slots in the Knockout Stage (Playoffs).
Each team in the Group Stage will only play 6 matches with the BO1 (Best of One) format, meaning there is only 1 match. The M4 Knockout Stage (Playoffs) is slightly different, with the Upper Bracket teams competing in a BO5 format and the Lower Bracket BO3.
However, the Semi Finals and Lower Bracket Finals will compete in a BO5 format. Meanwhile, the Grand Final round is still the same as the previous year, teams will compete in a BO7 format.
M4 World Championship Participants
The M4 World Championship event is highly anticipated by Mobile Legends fans in the World. The ultimate Mobile Legends tournament comes once a year. The total prize pool that Moonton has prepared for this event is USD 800 thousand or around IDR 12.2 billion.
Here are the details of the teams participating in the M4 World Championship:
| Team | Qualification | Region |
| ONIC Esports | MPL ID S10 Champion | Indonesia |
| RRQ Hoshi | Runner-up MPL ID S10 | Indonesia |
| Blacklist International | MPL PH S10 Champion | Filipina |
| ECHO Philipines | Runner-up MPL PH S10 | Filipina |
| Team HAQ | MPL MY S10 Champion | Malaysia |
| TODAK | Runner-up MPL MY S10 | Malaysia |
| RSG Singapore | MPL SG S4 Champion | Singapura |
| Burn x Flash | MPL KH Champion | Kamboja |
| Thrones Esports | MPL MENA Champion | Middle East |
| Falcon Esports | Myanmar Qualifier Champion | Myanmar |
| Incendio Supremacy | Turkiye Sampuionasi | Turkey |
| Team Valley | NACT Fall 2022 Champion | North America |
| S11 Gaming Arg | MLSL S1 Champion | LATAM (Latin-America) |
| Malvinas Gaming | Runner-up MLSL S1 | LATAM (Latin-America) |
| RRQ Akira | MPL BR S3 Champion | Brazil |
| MDH Esports | Mekong Qualifier Champion | Laos, Thailand and Vietnam |
That was the discussion about the World M4 World Championship Format. Don’t forget to follow Dafunda so you don’t miss other updated and interesting information about other Mobile Legends from us.
