The third edition of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship (M3) is over. Blacklist International from the Philippines has been crowned the ultimate champion. They defeated ONIC Philippines with a straight-set 4-0 victory in a best-of-seven round.Blacklist International's path to the finals was not as simple as it appears. After topping their group, they suffered a close defeat against North American champs BloodThirstyKings in the upper bracket quarterfinals.Blacklist International@BLACKLISTINTLRemember the names.OhMyV33nus.Wise.Edward.Oheb.Hadji.Eson.Dex Star.Bon Chan.The best in the world.Hail the Queen and Kings of MLBB.This is Blacklist International.YOUR MLBB M3 WORLD CHAMPIONS.5:33 AM · Dec 19, 2021153467215Remember the names.OhMyV33nus.Wise.Edward.Oheb.Hadji.Eson.Dex Star.Bon Chan.The best in the world.Hail the Queen and Kings of MLBB.This is Blacklist International.YOUR MLBB M3 WORLD CHAMPIONS. https://t.co/afNGIfOIDwThe defeat relegated them to the lower bracket round where they were up against Indonesian champions ONIC Philippines. They knocked out the Indo champs with a 2-1 scoreline. In the next round, they comfortably defeated Brazilian runners-up squad Keyd Stars with a 3-0 scoreline.Oheb was named as the MVP of the Grand Finals and awarded $10k in prize money.Kiel@OhebOfficialM3 WORLDS CHAMPION AND WORLDS MVP!!7:36 AM · Dec 19, 20215223907M3 WORLDS CHAMPION AND WORLDS MVP!! https://t.co/bSDAC9kMWOMobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship (M3) playoffsResults of Mobile Legends World Championship 2021 (M3) playoffs (Image via MLBB)The quarterfinals pitted them against seasoned squad RRQ Hoshi, who finished on the podium in the first two seasons of the World Championship. They were no match for Blacklist, though, and were crushed in straight sets.In the semifinals, they effortlessly and convincingly defeated EVOS Singapore.They faced BloodThirstyKings again in the lower-bracket finals (the team that defeated them in the upper-bracket quarter-finals). This time, they worked on their flaws and won by a score of 3-1.The finals were against their native team ONIC Philippines, who had been unbeaten in knockouts up to this point. However, fans witnessed a re-enactment of the MPL Philippines Season 8 Finals, in which Blacklist beat ONIC easily once more.ONIC PH@OnicPhilippinesSalamat sa suporta ninyo! It was still a good run for us. This might not yet be our time but we will get there. Itaas ang bandera ng Pinas! Hanggang sa muli, mga ka-ONIC. GGs!#itsONICtime #GoONIC #AllForONIC #ToTheTop6:03 AM · Dec 19, 20212792352Salamat sa suporta ninyo! It was still a good run for us. This might not yet be our time but we will get there. Itaas ang bandera ng Pinas! Hanggang sa muli, mga ka-ONIC. GGs!#itsONICtime #GoONIC #AllForONIC #ToTheTop https://t.co/Vwpy40RigbMobile Legends Bang Bang World Championship prizepoolThe tournament had an $800,000 prize fund and was contested in the offline format in Singapore. The winner, Blacklist International, won $300,000, while runner-up ONIC Philippines received $120,000. BloodThirstyKings, the second runner-up, received $80K while Evos Singapore took home $55K.Gametube@GametubeIPrize Pool distribution5:49 AM · Dec 19, 20213Prize Pool distribution https://t.co/IPe3Ae7s45Blacklist announced that they will contribute a percentage of their winnings to victims of Typhoon Rai, which has killed over 140 people so far.