Aurora Gaming PH delivered the Philippines their sixth Mobile Legends world title in Jakarta last night.The outfit whitewashed Indonesia’s Alter Ego Esports 4-0 in the best-of-seven final of the M7 World Championships at the Tennis Indoor Stadium Senayan in Jakarta.
Aurora PH claimed US$320,000 to maintain their dominance in the Mobile Legends. Filipino teams have now won the world title since the M2 World Championship back in 2021.
For Aurora PH star EXP Laner Edward Jay “Edward” Dapadap, It was also his second world championships title, hainv galso been a member of the Blacklist International, who won the M# World Championships.
This time he was in an equally formidable squad, teaming up with Jungler Jonard Cedrix “DemonKite” Caranto, Gold Laner Jan Dominic “Domengkite” Delmundo, Mid Laner Kenneth Carl “Yue” Tadeo, and Roamer Dylan Aaron “Light” Catipon.
It was a third straight defeat for an Indonesian team at the hands of their Filipino rivals at the M World Championships final. Alter Ego, the latest in this unwanted record, took home a US$150,000 ourse.
Both Aurora PH and Alter Ego had qualified for the championships as the second ranked teams from their respective countries.
Aurora PH earned their spot behind Team Liquid PH (TLPH) in Season 16 of the MLBB Professional League (MPL) Season 16. The other eventual grand finalist, Alter Ego qualified behind MPL Indonesia champions ONIC.
Alter Ego defied expectations by being among the two teams to finish the M7 Swiss Stage undefeated alongside Malaysian powerhouse Selangor Red Giants (SRG). Alter Ego defeated Turkiye’s Aurora Gaming in round one, Chile’s Black Sentence Esports in round two, and Myanmar’s Yangon Galacticos in round three to advance to the Knockout Stage with a perfect record.
Meanwhile, Aurora PH qualified for the Knockout Stage with a 3-1 record. They lost in the first round to regional rivals TLPH, but quickly bounced back with three straight victories over Cambodia’s CFU Gaming , Mongolia’s Team Zone, and Russia’s Team Spirit.
The other teams that qualified for the knockout stages were Aurora Turkiye, TLPH, ONIC, Yangon Galacticos, and Spirit.
In the best-of-three first round of the Knockout Stage, Aurora PH exacted revenge over TLPH in three-games, while Alter Ego shocked ONIC with a 2-0 win.
In the first meeting of the two eventual finalists in the best-of-five upper bracket semifinals, Aurora PH secured a convincing 3-1 victory to advance to the upper bracket finals and knock Alter Ego down to the lower bracket.
Aurora PH then faced SRG for the first spot in the grand finals, with the Filipino squad managing to come back from a 1-2 deficit in a five-game thriller to become the first team qualified for M7’s championship round. Meanwhile, Alter Ego tore through Spirit, TLPH, and SRG in a fiery run through the lower bracket to force a rematch with Aurora PH in the grand finals.
The M7 grand finals kicked off with Aurora PH taking a hard-fought 15-minute win in the series opener, before cruising to a 2-0 lead after taking the longest game of the series at 16 minutes in game two. Alter Ego looked to mount a comeback in the pivotal game three, but Aurora PH remained resilient, and won in just under 11 minutes to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.
Despite Alter Ego’s best efforts to extend the series in game four, Aurora PH simply outclassed them in an 11-minute rout to secure the M7 World Championship.
