Selangor Crimson Giants has secured a serious victory in opposition to M7 favourites Crew Liquid PH, revitalising Malaysian followers’ goals of a primary M World Championship trophy.
Selangor Crimson Giants, the MLBB Mid Season Cup 2024 champion, has been in sizzling kind since final 12 months and has recorded a powerful 2025 marketing campaign as nicely. Now, the group has booked its slot within the M7 Knockout Stage.
Selangor Crimson Giants Reverse Sweep Crew Liquid
The most effective-of-three sequence didn’t begin in Selangor Crimson Giants’ favour. Maybe the largest second got here when Selangor Crimson Giants’ John ‘Harmless‘ Banal received a Savage whereas taking part in on Sora. What made it extra exceptional was that this was his first outing on the hero within the championship.
This was solely the fourth Savage within the historical past of the M World Championships. Nonetheless, it marked the primary occasion the place a group went on to lose the sport regardless of a participant securing a Savage.
Regardless of the loss, Selangor Crimson Giants got here again in Sport 2. The group targeted on map management, securing an early lead via efficient farming, which it was in a position to snowball into a relatively straightforward win.
Nonetheless, the third do-or-die recreation was the spotlight of the sequence. It stretched for 27 minutes as Selangor Crimson Giants took an early lead, however Crew Liquid’s defence prevented it from ending the sequence. Nonetheless, by the late recreation, Selangor Crimson Giants was in a position to take the victory.
This match additionally marked the tip of a 10-match successful streak for Crew Liquid PH.
Selangor Crimson Giants now joins Alter Ego as the primary two groups to qualify for the M7 World Championship’s Knockout Stage.
Boostgate Esports Eradicated
Over on the different finish of the standings, two underdog groups fought to stay in rivalry on the M7 World Championship. These had been Cambodia’s CFU Gaming and Turkey’s Boostgate Esports. The latter certified for M7 via the Wildcard Stage.
Regardless of its spectacular qualification, Boostgate Esports concluded its unsuccessful Swiss Stage marketing campaign by shedding 2-0 to CFU. The group has exited the M7 with no single win within the Swiss Stage and joins DFYG as the primary two groups to be knocked out.
Solely six slots at the moment are left for grabs within the Knockout Stage of the M7 World Championship, and 12 groups are nonetheless in rivalry. The event will now proceed on January fifteenth, and followers can catch the motion dwell on the MLBB esports YouTube channel.
