The Philippines are kings of SEA — MSC 2022 sets new viewership record of the series
The biggest mid-season Mobile Legends tournament has ended in Malaysia. The best teams from Southeast Asia performed at MSC 2022, and the decisive match of the tournament brought together teams from the two leading regions of the discipline, the Philippines and Indonesia, which helped the event set a new record of the series by viewership.
MSC 2022 Results
The finalists of the regional MPL leagues in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as well as the winners of the regional qualifiers that were held in Thailand and Myanmar became the participants of the MLBB Southeast Asia Cup. The tournament was hosted in Malaysia for the first time, and the venue was the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Center, which is located in the capital of the country, Kuala Lumpur. The prize pool amounted to $300,000.
The champions of Indonesia (RRQ) and the Philippines (RSG PH) met in the final of the event. The first one went to the grand final from the upper bracket and was considered the undisputed favorite of the final, but something extremely unexpected happened in the decisive match: RSG left no chance for the opponent, winning the series with a score of 4:0. Finals MVP was gold laner of RSG PH Eman "EMANN" Sangco.
The championship aroused unprecedented interest among the audience. Thanks to a huge fan base from Indonesia, the event managed not only to set a new series record by concurrent viewers but also to become one of the five most popular championships in MLBB history.
MSC 2022 Viewership Statistics
The championship was held from 11 to 19 June, and the matches were on the air for more than 73 hours in total. During this time, viewers spent almost 35 million hours on broadcasts, and the average audience of streams amounted to 474K people.
The top five most popular matches included only RRQ games, the most popular team of the tournament. The largest audience was gathered by the team's matches with RSG PH. The upper bracket final drew over 2 million PeakViewers, while the grand final at its peak was watched by over 2.8 million viewers. No past event of the MSC series has collected so much.
MSC 2022 Viewership & Stats of the Final
However, the series record is not the only achievement of the competition in terms of viewership statistics. MSC 2022 became one of the top five most popular championships in MLBB history, coming in at number four. Above were only MPL ID Season 9, and two past world championships, M2 & M3.
Let us remind you that the Esports Charts agency was an analytical partner of the tournament. Lead editor of our news section, Alexey Borisov, attended the event, and in the near future, he will tell why this event is of particular importance for Malaysia, why the Minister of Youth and Sports attended MSC, and how MLBB is changing the lives of e-athletes in Southeast Asia. Subscribe to our socials to not miss any news!
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