History
On January 25, 2023, Moonton announced the establishment of the Philippines' own Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Development League or MDL Philippines. MDL Philippines began its first season on February 15 of the same year.
MDL Philippines introduced eight development teams from their professional franchise organizations. Notably, Bren Esports (now known as AP Bren), became the first team to collaborate with Euphoria Esports for MDL Philippines Season 1, the first partnership between two teams in the MDL. Furthermore, MDL Philippines would include two Non-MPL franchise teams in ZOL Esports and GameLab Esports.
Season 1
During Season 1, teams were split into two groups: Group A and Group B. Teams in their respective groups will play a double round robin format of games and with the remainder of the season, will go into a single round robin tournament to face cross-matches between both groups. The top two teams from both groups received two first-round byes, teams seeded 2nd and 3rd were slated into the first knockout rounds and the remaining two teams were eliminated from playoff contention.
GameLab Esports and ECHO Philippines' MDL team ECHO Proud tied for the best record in MDL Philippines Season 1 with a 10–3 record, and a 22–8, and 23–9 match win-loss record, respectively. Both teams would eventually face each other in the grand final where ECHO Proud won their first MDL title and the first MDL Philippines title, defeating GameLab 3–1.
Season 2
Season 2 would feature many rebranding efforts from the MPL-franchised teams. Blacklist International partnered with Malaysian organization Team Lunatix, the Bren-Euphoria partnership came to an end after AP Esports acquired the rights to the Bren Esports organization, ZOL Esports and TNC Neo partnered to TNCZ4, and RSG Philippines partnering with local amateur team Mistah Esports Pro.
MDL Philippines introduced two additional non-MPL Teams, increasing the number of participants from ten to twelve. These included GameLab Esports, Euphoria Esports, amateur team MHRLK Esports and RRQ Kaito, the first MLBB roster for the Indonesian organization, Rex Regnum Qeon.
Certain scandals plagued some teams of MDL Philippines Season 2, most-notably the termination of the partnership between Blacklist International and Team Lunatix over a mismanagement situation on the part of Team Lunatix. This prompted the immediate termination of the partnership.
ECHO Proud for the second-consecutive season topped the regular season with a 10–1 game record and a 20–6 match record. Season 2's format would be different from its predecessor, opting for a single-round-robin match due to the number of teams. The top 8 teams would advance to the playoffs.
Season 3
Season 3 reduced the number of teams from twelve to ten as MHRLK Esports and Euphoria Esports departed the amateur league. This was the first season where defending champions ECHO Proud plummeted from the first seed to the fifth seed, ending the regular season with a 5–4; 12–10 record. Furthermore, this was the first season with an international organization in RRQ Kaito claiming the first seed.
Season three was another season plagued with scandals and misdemeanor as the league reported issues of game fixing between certain teams. As a result, three players were indefinitely banned from participating in any Moonton-sponsored leagues and events.
ECHO Proud qualified for the Grand Final of MDL Philippines Season 3 after defeating Omega Neos 2–0 in the semifinals stage. This is ECHO Proud's third consecutive grand final appearance since season 1. Moreover, RRQ Kaito secured a grand final spot after beating Blacklist Rough World Era 2–0 in the semifinals. RRQ Kaito defeated ECHO Proud 3–2 in the grand final, making the second team to win an MDL title after two, back-to-back titles for ECHO Proud.
Season 4
The fourth season of MDL Philippines will showcase for the first time regional qualifiers for Philippine teams across its three island clusters: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The qualifier rounds itself will last from the last week of July until the month of August with MDL Philippines aiming to begin by a hair earlier than MPL Philippines Season 14.
Results
By season
| Year |
Season |
|
Champion |
Results |
First runner-up |
Second runner-up |
Third runner-up |
|
Finals
MVP |
|---|
| 2023 |
1 |
ECHO Proud |
3 |
1 |
GameLab Esports |
Blacklist Academy
Bren Euphoria |
Jaypee |
| 2 |
ECHO Proud |
3 |
1 |
Omega Neos |
TNCZ4 |
Euphoria Esports |
Zaida |
| 2024 |
3 |
RRQ Kaito |
3 |
2 |
ECHO Proud |
Blacklist Academy
Omega Neos |
Ferdz |
| 4 |
Lazy Esports |
4 |
3 |
RRQ Kaito |
Team Liquid PH Academy
Omega Neos |
Jamespangks |
| 2025 |
5 |
ONIC x Nine Lives |
4 |
1 |
Aurora Hunters |
Omega Neos
RRQ Kaito |
Kayn |
| 6 |
AP Bren x
Rough World Era |
4 |
2 |
RRQ Kaito |
Aurora Hunters
Uncle Drew X Gamerpact Ascend |
Matt |
| 2026 |
7 |
Aurora Hunters |
4 |
3 |
Twisted Minds RWE |
Raii x ROCK
Martial Mayhem TM |
Eskapo |
By team
| Team |
Champions |
Runner up |
2nd runner up |
3rd runner up |
|---|
| TL Academy PH1 |
2 (S1, S2) |
1 (S3) |
1 (S4) |
0 |
| RRQ Kaito |
1 (S3) |
1 (S4) |
1 (S5) |
1 (S5) |
| Lazy Esports |
1 (S4) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ONIC x Minerva |
1 (S5) |
0 |
1 (S3) |
1 (S3) |
| AP Bren x Rough World Era |
1 (S6) |
0 |
1 (S1) |
1 (S1) |
| Blacklist Academy |
0 |
0 |
2 (S1, S3) |
1 (S1) |
| Omega Neos |
0 |
1 (S2) |
3 (S3, S4, S5) |
3 (S3, S4, S5) |
| TNC x Voltes PH |
0 |
0 |
1 (S2) |
2 (S3, S4) |
| Martial Mayhem |
0 |
0 |
1 (S7) |
1 (S4) |
| Aurora Hunters |
1 (S7) |
1 (S5) |
0 |
0 |
| GameLab |
0 |
1 (S1) |
0 |
0 |
| Euphoria Esports |
0 |
0 |
1 (S2) |
1 (S2) |
| Rai x ROCK |
0 |
0 |
1 (S7) |
0 |
| Twsited Minds |
0 |
1 (S7) |
0 |
0 |
1 - Formerly known as ECHO Proud and Liquid ECHO.
Italic - Team pulled out of the league.
