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Six teams representing the Philippines, fresh from their own stints in the Mobile Legends Professional League - Philippines, are set to compete against teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore in the 2020 Mobile Legends Professional League Invitational (MLBB-PLI) beginning November 27 with a prize pool of US$100,000 at stake. Presented by ONE Championship's ONE eSports and Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) developer Moonton in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, the 2020 MLBB-PLI will span two action-packed weekends with the finals culminating on December 6, 2020 and will be broadcast to fans around the world via the official streaming channels of ONE eSports and Mobile Legends.
"I'm proud of how the ONE eSports and Moonton relationship has blossomed to now include this unique competition which, for the first time, will enable the best teams from each of the four Mobile Legends Professional Leagues to compete in an online tournament. I thank the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia for supporting our mission to share and celebrate the stories of eSports heroes who ignite the world with strength, hope, dreams and inspiration. Without this, delivering this first-of-its-kind competition to the eSports community would not be possible," said ONE eSports CEO Carlos Alimurung.
Moonton eSports Managing Director Lucas Mao stated, "The MPL Invitational is an event that can give opportunity for our teams from different MPL countries to play in a professional setting so as to gauge each region's level of play against one other. eSports is developing at a extremely fast pace in Southeast Asia and we are grateful for our partners, teams, players and community for showing their support and commitment to the MPL ecosystem. We saw a big increase in peak concurrent users with Indonesia hitting 2.8 million and Philippines hitting over 700,000 in our latest MPL. We look forward to break another record and bring MLBB eSports into the international stage."
On the other hand, for Indonesia's Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio, "I highly appreciate and support ONE eSports' 2020 Mobile Legends Professional League Invitational as a virtual sports tourism event that will create a compelling and engaging travel experience content to encourage domestic tourism travel in Indonesia while adhering to health protocols. This is in line with our goal to promote Cleanliness, Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability in the super priority tourism destinations in Indonesia including Borobodur, Lake Toba and Mandalika."
Set to take place online, the 2020 Mobile Legends Professional League Invitational will feature the top 20 performing teams from the MPL regional leagues competing in a tournament format which includes the following: Alter Ego, Aurafire, Bigetron, EVOS Legends, Geek Fam ID, Genlix Aerowolf, ONIC eSports and RRQ Hoshi from Indonesia; Orange Louvre eSports and Todak from Malaysia; Burmese Ghouls and Ronin eSports from Myanmar; Aura PH, Blacklist International, Bren eSports, Execration, Omega PH eSports and ONIC PH from the Philippines; and EVOS SG and Resurgence from Singapore. The tournament will be livestreamed in five different languages namely Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Burmese, English and Filipino. Details regarding the livestream will be provided in due course via announcements on social media and oneesports.gg/MPLI.
