The Selangor Red Giants (SRG) made history yesterday after becoming the 1st Malaysian team to be world champions in Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) after beating the Philippines’ Falcons AP Bren Sport in the MLBB Mid Season Cup (MSC) 2024!
What a way to claim your 1st championship too, as the e-sports team put on a spectacle in a tense Grand Final, beating Falcons AP Bren Sport 4-3 at the Amazon Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
SRG wins the Grand Final in a thrilling 7-game series
SRG started the Grand Final on the back foot, losing the 1st match with a score of 23 kills to 16.
However, they then made a comeback in the 2nd match to equalise the series at 1-1, despite their opponent leading with 14 kills to 11.
Give it up for Selangor Red Giants, the champions of MLBB MSC 2024 x EWC!
🏆 Kramm
🏆 Sekysss
🏆 Stormie
🏆 Innocent
🏆 YumS pic.twitter.com/QGmeh6OvFR— Esports World Cup (@EWC_EN) July 14, 2024
SRG then lost the 3rd match too in a 6-22 defeat, before making an incredible comeback to win the whole series.
In the 4th match, SRG won with a score of 8-4, while in the 5th match, the Malaysian team won with a 12-11 score.
In the 6th match, the Philippines team managed to equalise by winning 14-2, forcing the series into a 7th match.
SRG then went on to comfortably win the deciding match, defeating Falcons AP Bren Sport 21-10 and securing their name in history as the 1st Malaysian team to be MLBB champions!
🏆 𝙒𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎, 𝙈𝙔 𝙁𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙉𝘿! 🎶
𝐀𝐋𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐇! 🤲
Ladies & gentlemen, presenting your newly crowned 𝗠𝗟𝗕𝗕 𝗠𝗦𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 – 𝗬𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦! 🎮🌎
A historic win for… pic.twitter.com/jaOukSkBwM
— Selangor FC (@selangorfc) July 14, 2024
SRG brings home RM4.6 million
With the victory, SRG takes home the coveted trophy and a cash prize of USD1 million or approximately RM4.6 million.
Following the historic victory, the team received many congratulatory remarks from Malaysians, most notably from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Sekalung tahniah buat pasukan Selangor Red Giants kerana telah mengharumkan nama Malaysia di peringkat dunia! #NoSurrender @wtmtoday https://t.co/GHmZj7PWW8
— Anwar Ibrahim (@anwaribrahim) July 14, 2024
Awesome! Congrats SRG for your incredible success and let’s hope that this will further spur our country’s MLBB and e-sports scene to success.
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