MSC 2021

Previous MSC tournaments were held in Face-to-face and public viewing on public venues in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, with the Pandemic circulating worldwide, this is the first tournament to be featured online via livestream. Then-current SEA Cup Champions ONIC Esports were the longest champions in MSC History after the 2020 MSC Tournament was cancelled on May 11 by Moonton because of the pandemic.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} MSC 2021 would push through to continue with the prize pool being increased from $120,000 to $150,000.

Twelve teams across Southeast Asia were qualified for the tournament. The MPL regions in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines had their respective Champion and Runner-ups represent their regions, while the non-MPL teams in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam were directly invited.{{Cite web|title=Sistem MSC 2021 {{!}} Esportsku|url=https://esportsku.com/sistem-msc-2021/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=www.esportsku.com|language=ID}}{{Cite web|title=MSC 2021: Results, schedule, format, prize pool, participating teams {{!}} ONE Esports|url=https://www.oneesports.gg/mobile-legends/msc-2021-schedule-results-teams/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.oneesports.gg|language=en-US}}

• Teams are grouped into four groups of three teams each.
• Group Stage: (June 7–9th, 2021)
• Teams play in a single round-robin, facing each other in a {{Abbr|Bo3|Best-of-3}} format.
• At the end of the group stage, the top team in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals.
• The next two teams in each group proceeded in the play-ins, also in a {{Abbr|Bo3|Best-of-3}} format. The winner of that series moved on to the Lower Bracket Playoffs, while the loser was eliminated.
• Playoffs: (June 11–13th, 2021)
• Lower Bracket Rounds 1–2, Semifinals and the Upper Bracket Semifinals were in a {{Abbr|Bo3|Best-of-3}} format.
• The Upper and Lower Bracket Finals were in a {{Abbr|Bo5|Best-of-5}} format.
• The Grand Finals was a {{Abbr|Bo7|Best-of-7}} format.

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All matches in the group stages were a best-of-three series, all playing in a single round-robin. The group winner qualified for the Upper Bracket Semifinals, while the bottom two teams per group qualified for the play-ins stage.{{Cite web|last=Vistek|title=Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup|url=https://msc.mobilelegends.com/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=msc.mobilelegends.com|language=en-US}}

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Bottom two teams in each group competed for a spot in the lower brackets through the play-ins stage, with the winner advancing to the playoffs, while the losers being eliminated. All matches were a best-of-three series.

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With the win of Execration in the Grand Finals, the Philippines obtained its second MSC Cup in 2 years after Aether Main in 2018. This was the second time in MSC History wherein two teams from the same nation went head-to-head in the Grand Finals, the first was in 2019 when ONIC Esports and Louvre Esports faced off each other in the Finals. Both teams are from Indonesia.

MSC 2021 was streamed online for a widespread reach and due to the COVID-19 pandemic MSC was forced to be hosted digitally.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} MSC 2021 recorded a record high of viewership, average viewership, and Hours Watched in MSC history. The tournaments were live steamed on YouTube, Facebook Gaming and NimoTV alongside TikTok and VK Live.{{Cite web|last=escharts.com|title=MSC 2021: Tournament Results and Viewership Stats {{!}} Esports Charts|url=https://escharts.com/blog/msc-2021-epic-comeback-series|access-date=2021-08-26|website=escharts.com|language=en}}{{better source needed|date=December 2021}}

High turnouts of viewership were from the teams competing in the competition. EVOS Esports of Indonesia has average viewers of over 986,314, followed by Execration, Blacklist International, Bigetron and RSG MY. EVOS, Execration, Blacklist have record high of viewership of over 500,000 viewers.

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