With further announcements to be made during the offseason, MPL Philippines will feature the same eight teams to compete for two slot in the upcoming MLBB M7 World Championship.
[3] However, similarly to M3, the M7 World Championships will be held in 2026 to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 SEA Games.
[6][7][8] Since Season 8, the league has transitioned to a franchise-based system, thereby effectively removing the qualifier portion of MPL Philippines.
[12] The most-recent entry for any team was Dota 2 organization Aurora Gaming who acquired the slot of Minana EVOS during the offseason of Season 14.
MPL Philippines follows a double-round robin tournament format where each team will face each other twice during the single regular season.
In the Open Finals, three professional squads competed for a slot in the challenge season: Aurora Gaming, Omega Esports (stylized as Smart Omega), and ONIC Philippines, and four amateur squads: Gamerpact Ascend, Gamerpact Chiefs, Lazy Esports, and RRQ Kaito.
The seven representatives played a Best-of-3 swiss-stage tournament with the top four teams qualifying for the challenge season.
Indonesia's Alter Ego and the Philippines' Aurora Gaming both went unscathed in the swiss stage, going on a perfect 4–0 record while ONIC Philippines had a 5-1 record, dropping only one series to Indonesia's RRQ Hoshi who subsequently qualified as the eight seed.
Among the four Philippine representatives, two teams qualified for the Challenge Finals in ONIC Philippines—who went undefeated in their group—and Aurora Gaming—who only lost two games in their Best of 3 matches.