The MPL MY Season 18 playoffs open on Wednesday 28 October at Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara, with Team Vamos against Team Flash at 3:00 PM and Invictus Gaming against Bigetron MY by VIT at 7:00 PM. Both are best of 5, and the losers are out. Selangor Red Giants and Team Rey, first and second in the regular season, wait in the upper semi-finals on Thursday 29 October. All times are Malaysian time (MYT).
How the regular season ended
Selangor Red Giants (SRG) finished top with 11 wins from 14 matches. Team Rey and Team Vamos both won 10, and Team Rey took second place, and with it a direct place in the semi-finals, on game difference: +11 to +8.
Vamos went into the last day needing to beat AC Esports to finish second. AC won 2–1, a day after beating Team Rey by the same score.
- Selangor Red Giants: 11 wins, 3 losses
- Team Rey: 10–4
- Team Vamos: 10–4
- Invictus Gaming: 7–7
- Bigetron MY by VIT: 6–8
- Team Flash: 5–9
AC Esports (4–10) and RRQ Tora (3–11) are out.
Wednesday 28 October: the first round
Team Vamos v Team Flash, 3:00 PM. Vamos won both regular-season meetings, 2–1 in August and 2–0 in October, and four of their last five matches, including a 2–0 win over SRG on Friday 16 October. Flash took the last playoff place with five wins, one more than AC Esports, but lost five in a row before beating Bigetron 2–1 on Saturday 17 October.
Invictus Gaming v Bigetron MY by VIT, 7:00 PM. The two split their meetings, each winning 2–1 in September. Invictus won one of their last five matches. Bigetron won two of their last five, the last a 2–0 win over RRQ Tora on the final day.
Thursday 29 October: the top two join
Team Rey v the winner of Vamos v Flash, 3:00 PM. Team Rey beat Flash twice in the regular season and split their two meetings with Vamos.
Selangor Red Giants v the winner of Invictus v Bigetron, 7:00 PM. SRG beat both teams twice in the regular season, and lost only three regular-season matches: to RRQ Tora, Team Rey and Team Vamos.
From the semi-finals on, a loss in the upper bracket isn’t the end: read how the playoffs work for every round up to the grand final on Sunday 1 November.
Two places at M8
Both teams in the grand final qualify for the M8 World Championship, whoever wins it. See what Season 18 decides.
How to follow it
Every match streams live on the league’s YouTube channel: here is how to watch the playoffs. Follow each result in Malaysian time on our MPL MY Season 18 page.