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After an intense Mid Season Cup 2024 which saw the Selangor Red Giants completing its own Cinderella story to become champions, the best female professional gamers from across the globe will now have the chance to shine in their own competitive stage as MOONTON Games has officially announced the Group Stage schedule for the upcoming Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Women's Invitational (MWI) 2024, the biggest MLBB eSports tournament for women. Held in conjunction with the maiden eSports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, MWI 2024 gathers 12 international all-female teams to showcase their gaming prowess to the world and will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in conjunction with the inaugural eSports World Cup beginning on July 24, 2024.
The tournament will provide female players with the platform to claim the title of the best all-women MLBB team, and offers a life-changing prize pool of US$500,000 – one of the highest-ever in women's eSports history. Kicking off the Group Stage will be between Indonesia's Team Falcons Vega (FLCV) and Cambodia's CFU Serendipity (CFU). FLCV (formerly GPX Basreng) is considered the biggest threat to Team Vitality (VIT), the team that is currently dominating the scene. Being the second-best team in Indonesia, FLCV is arguably the hungriest team to snatch the title this year. Their prolific roster will have a faceoff with CFU to be fielded by its promising players, including its jungler Rin "Tegami" Chanthana, popular for her fatal Lancelot. The team is not to be underestimated as they are known to bounce back from adversity, as seen in their qualifiers match, where they successfully reached the grand finals of the Cambodia qualifier from the lower bracket and bested 20 Khmer teams.
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On the next day (July 25), Team Falcons MENA (FLCN) will duke it out against Victory Song Gamers (VSG) of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). FLCN, the home team and the brightest star in the Middle East, will be looking to spread their wings against VSG to make a name for themselves globally. On the other hand, Russian powerhouse VSG looks to take the competition by storm through its new lineup which includes imports from the Philippines. A much-anticipated match in the Land of Dawn will be the possible face-off between Indonesia's Team Vitality (VIT) and the Philippines Smart Omega Empress (OMGE), both of whom are tournament favourites and expected to dominate their respective groups. VIT, formerly Bigetron Era (BTR), has an award-winning roster that includes Southeast Asia (SEA) Games MLBB Gold Medalist Vivian "Vivi" Indrawaty, who is known as the "Indonesian Mother of Tanks". After winning the first two iterations of MWI as BTR, they are the most favorite team to clinch the title this year. Vivi and the team will face long-term rival Smart Omega Empress (OMGE), led by its roamer Mery Christine "Meraaay" Vivero, whose main goal is to take revenge on the Indonesian powerhouse after losing to them in the last SEA Games 2023.
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The top two teams of each group will proceed to the Playoffs Stage starting on July 26th. The team from each group with the lowest points will end their tournament journey. The first day of the Playoffs Stage will be in a single elimination Best-of-Three (BO3) format. On the other hand, the second day (July 27) will be in a single-elimination BO5 match series. Catch the grit and glory of the world's best and renowned female eSports athletes at MWI 2024 streaming live and exclusively for free on MLBB and MPL's official Facebook and YouTube channels and DAZN.
