ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Top 4 MPL PH squads get Sibol qualifier direct invites

Top 4 MPL PH squads get Sibol qualifier direct invites

Published Jan 18, 2022 03:00 pm

M3 World Championship representatives Blacklist International and Onic Philippines lead four MPL teams that got direct invites to the second phase of the Sibol national team qualifiers.

Photo from Sibol

Also vying for the lone spot for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam are MPL Season 8 third and fourth placers Omega Esports and Nexplay Evos.

Bannering Blacklist is the dynamic duo of Jonmar “OhmyV33nus” Villaluna and Danerie “Wise” Del Rosario and MPL Season 8 MVP Salic “Hadji” Imam. Amateur standouts Lee Howard “OWL” Gonzales and Kyle Dominic “Dominic” Soto will be filling the void left by Blacklists’ champion sidelaners Edward “Edward” Dapadap and Kiel “Oheb” Soriano who will miss the qualifiers due to the age restrictions.

Multi-titled coach Kristoffer “Bon Chan” Ricaplaza will still be at the helm for the squad together with deputies Aniel “Master the Basics” Jiandami and Dexter “Dextstar” Alaba.

Onic, on the other hand, is only missing star jungler Kairi “Kairi” Rayosdelsol but will be replaced by Ralph “Flick” Hamoy. Joining him is the stacked M3 roster of Onic with captain Allen “Baloyskie” Baloy, Gerald “Dlarskie” Trinchera, Ian “Beemo” Sergio, Jaylord “Hatred” Gonzales, Marky “Markyyy” Capacio and Season 8 reserve Nowee “Ryota” Macasaya.

Omega meanwhile is fielding its Season 9 roster that featured the trio of Execration’s MSC winning team in Joshua “Chaknu” Mangilog, Renz “Renzio” Cadua, and Patrick “E2MAX” Caidic.

Also joining the crew are veteran Billy “Z4pnu” Alfonso and reserve jungler Christian “Raizen" Sumagui and their S9 additions Jhonville “OUTPLAYED” Villar and former Origen Esports midlaner/support Jefferson “Amethyst” Santos.

The new-look Nexplay Evos will also get its baptism of fire in the qualifiers with SEA Games MLBB gold medalist Jeniel “Haze” Bata-anon leading the charge. Season 8 holdovers John Paul “H2wo” Salonga and Renejay “RENEJAY” Barcase and Johnwin “Hesa” Vergara.

Completing the team were new additions Michael “MP the King” Endino, Kennenth “Cadenza” Castro, Mariusz “Donut” Tan and will be under the tutelage of Coach John Michael “Zico” Dizon.

The four MPL squads will be joining four other teams which will be determined through the Phase 1 open qualifier set to start on Friday, Jan 21 up until Sunday, Jan. 23

Related Tags

Nexplay EVOS Blacklist International Onic Philippines Omega esports sibol qualifiers SIbol MLBB team
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.