The 2024 Philippine KOL Summer Brawl, commonly referred to as the Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 2 and PKSB S2, was the second edition of the Philippine KOL Summer Brawl, an Esports tournament for the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
2024 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Dates | July 2–18, 2024 |
Administrator | Moonton Hololive Production Mineski Philippines |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage Single Round Robin Format Playoffs Double Elimination Format |
Host(s) | Philippines |
Venue(s) | EVM Convention Center (Group Stage & Knockout Stage 1) Rizal Memorial Coliseum (Hololive Summer 2024 Live!, Knockouts Stage 2 & Grand Finals) |
Teams | 16 |
Purse | $1,000,000 |
Final positions | |
Champions | AP Bren |
1st runners-up | Team Thirdy & Friends |
2nd runners-up | Hololive Holoh3ro |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | David "FlapTzy" Canon (AP Bren) |
Sunshine Champions | ECHO Philippines |
Night Champions | Blacklist International |
Background edit
Following PKSB S1, the Philippine KOL Summer Brawl is the second edition of the games to be held again in the Philippines.
Venue edit
The Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 2 was announced to be held in Metro Manila.
Alongside Moonton, the country's Department of Tourism will organize the event. EVM Convention Center (located in Quezon City) will host the group stage of PKSB S2. On the other hand, the Hololive Summer 2024 Live!, latter knockout stages and grand finals will be held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila. The selling of tickets for the event started from May 25th until June 21st, And the Hololive Summer 2024 Live!, the selling of tickets for the Sunshine & Night event started during the Wild Card Stage until Knockout Stage Phase 1 from June 23rd to July 12th.
Group Stage and Knockout Stage Phase 1 | Hololive Summer 2024 Live! Knockout Stage Phase 2 and Grand Finals | |
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Quezon City | Manila | |
EVM Convention Center
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Capacity: 1,182
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Capacity: 6,100
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Format edit
- Group Stage: July 2nd - 7th, 2024
- 16 teams will be divided into 2 groups.
- Single Round Robin, all matches are played in a Bo3.
- Top 2 teams from each groups will advance to Knockout Stage.
- Bottom 2 teams from each groups will be eliminated from the tournament.
- Knockout Stage: July 9th - 18th, 2024
- 8 teams from Group Stage will play in a double-elimination bracket.
- All Matches will be played in a Bo5 except Grand Final.
- Grand Finals will be played in a Bo7.
- 8 teams from Group Stage will play in a double-elimination bracket.
Qualified Teams edit
Region | League | Qualification method | Team name | ID | Group |
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Philippines | Philippine KOL Summer Brawl | Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 1 Champions | Positibo Gang | POS | |
Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 1 Runners-Up | Team Thirdy & Friends | Thirdy | |||
Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Exhibition Match | Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Exhibition Match Winner | Team Choox | Choox | ||
Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Exhibition Match Loser | Girls Power | GP | |||
Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 1 3rd/4th place | Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 1 3rd place | SE Vivabois | SEV | ||
Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 1 4th place | Team Chrissy | TC |
PKSB S2 Wild Card edit
2024 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Dates | June 23–26, 2024 |
Administrator | Moonton Hololive Production |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage Single Round Robin Format |
Host(s) | United States |
Venue(s) | YouTube Theater |
Teams | 8 |
Purse | $1,000,000 |
The PKSB S2 Wild Card tournament is a qualifying tournament for the Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 2, an esports tournament for the Mobile Game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
The Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 2 is the first edition to include a wild card round. The top two teams will qualify for the main tournament.
- Wildcard Groups: June 23-25th, 2024
- 8 teams will be randomly drawn into 2 groups.
- Single Round Robin, all matches are played in a Bo1.
- Top 2 teams from each groups will play in Crossover Match.
- Bottom 2 teams from each groups will be eliminated from the tournament.
- Crossover Match: June 26th, 2024
- First place will compete in a Bo5 against the second placer from the other group.
- Winner of each matches will advance to Group Stage.
- Loser will be eliminated.
Crossover Match edit
Knockout Round (Best-of-5) | Qualified Teams | ||||||||
1A | Secret Society HoloX | 3 | |||||||
2B | Hololive Promise | 1 | |||||||
1A | Secret Society HoloX | Qualified for Group A | |||||||
1B | Hololive Holoh3ro | Qualified for Group B | |||||||
1B | Hololive Holoh3ro | 3 | |||||||
2A | Hololive Generation 0 | 0 |
Knockout Stage edit
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Upper Bracket Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Upper Bracket Finals (Best-of-5) | Grand Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
B1 | Hololive Holoh3ro | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
July 12th (Day 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D2 | Fire Flux Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D2 | Fire Flux Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
July 9th (Day 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | Team Thirdy & Friends | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | Team Thirdy & Friends | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
July 17th (Day 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Triple Esports | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A1 | Team Thirdy & Friends | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C1 | AP Bren | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C1 | AP Bren | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
July 12th (Day 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Secret Society HoloX | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C1 | AP Bren | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
July 10th (Day 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
C2 | Burmese Ghouls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D1 | See You Soon | 2 | July 18th (Day 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
C2 | Burmese Ghouls | 3 | A1 | Team Thirdy & Friends | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
C1 | AP Bren | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket Round 1 (Best-of-5) | Lower Bracket Round 2 (Best-of-5) | Lower Bracket Round 3 (Best-of-5) | Lower Bracket Finals (Best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
July 16th (Day 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
July 11th (Day 3) | B1 | Hololive Holoh3ro | 3 | July 17th (Day 6) | |||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Triple Esports | 1 | D2 | Fire Flux Esports | 1 | July 17th (Day 6) | B1 | Hololive Holoh3ro | 0 | ||||||||||||||
B1 | Hololive Holoh3ro | 3 | B1 | Hololive Holoh3ro | 3 | C1 | AP Bren | 3 | |||||||||||||||
July 16th (Day 5) | C2 | Burmese Ghouls | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
July 11th (Day 3) | A2 | Secret Society HoloX | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Secret Society HoloX | 3 | C2 | Burmese Ghouls | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
D1 | See You Soon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing edit
Sponsors edit
The Philippine KOL Summer Brawl Season 2 oversees regional partners from different countries to get the chance to stream the tournament in the participating countries and also Philippines, Japan & Indonesia.
Company name | Classification | Country/region of partnership |
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Hololive Summer 2024 Live! | Official Hololive Event | Global |
MLBB Philippine Community | Presenting Partner | |
Hololive Production | Official Broadcaster | |
Lucky Me! | Official Noodle Product | |
Smart Telecommunications | Official Telco Partner | Philippines |
Maya | Official Digital Bank | |
EVM Convention Center | Venue Partner | |
Philippine Sports Commission | ||
Department of Tourism | Endorser |
Theme song edit
On June 12, 2024, the song "Better Than Great" was released as the official song of the tournament in Youtube.