{"id":2243,"date":"2026-07-20T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:37:01","slug":"team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Vitality repeats as MLBB Women&#8217;s Invitational champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Vitality defeated NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women&#8217;s Invitational title at the 2026 Esports World Cup. The win earned Vitality $150,000 from a $500,000 prize pool and marked the organization&#8217;s second consecutive MWI championship.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grand final featured a rematch of teams whose rivalry began when the tournament joined the Esports World Cup in 2024. NAVI PH&#8217;s current roster previously competed under the name Omega Empress and was the squad that ended Vitality&#8217;s unbeaten run in 2024. Vitality won the 2025 MWI, and the 2026 final was the first direct meeting between the two core rosters since 2024.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tournament metrics set new records. The event peaked at 565,500 viewers and averaged about 129,500 viewers across broadcasts. Total watch time exceeded 5 million hours.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Year-over-year figures show growth: peak viewership rose 14% from 2025, average viewership increased 17%, and total hours watched grew by more than one-third. Compared with MWI&#8217;s 2024 debut, peak audience size climbed from roughly 265,000 to 565,500, while total watch time increased from about 2.5 million hours to over 5 million.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizers expanded the field from 12 teams in 2024 to 16 teams in 2026. The grand final drew the largest single-game audience of the tournament.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $150,000 top prize was the largest individual payout from the $500,000 pool. Remaining prize money was distributed among the other finishing teams according to final standings.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 edition posted the highest audience and watch-time figures for the MLBB Women&#8217;s Invitational since it joined the Esports World Cup in 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women&#8217;s Invitational title at the 2026 Esports World Cup; viewership peaked at 565,500 and total watch time topped 5 million hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Team Vitality Retains MLBB Women&#039;s Invitational Title<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women&#039;s Invitational at the 2026 Esports World Cup. Peak viewers 565,500; total watch time 5M+ hours.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Team Vitality Retains MLBB Women&#039;s Invitational Title\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women&#039;s Invitational at the 2026 Esports World Cup. Peak viewers 565,500; total watch time 5M+ hours.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Goranked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-20T14:37:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Goranked Researcher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Goranked Researcher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Team Vitality Retains MLBB Women's Invitational Title","description":"Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women's Invitational at the 2026 Esports World Cup. Peak viewers 565,500; total watch time 5M+ hours.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Team Vitality Retains MLBB Women's Invitational Title","og_description":"Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women's Invitational at the 2026 Esports World Cup. Peak viewers 565,500; total watch time 5M+ hours.","og_url":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/","og_site_name":"Goranked","article_published_time":"2026-07-20T14:37:01+00:00","author":"Goranked Researcher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Goranked Researcher","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/"},"author":{"name":"Goranked Researcher","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6e18252c741e4de98bd82c0d24c0cec4"},"headline":"Team Vitality repeats as MLBB Women&#8217;s Invitational champions","datePublished":"2026-07-20T14:37:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/"},"wordCount":244,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Latest Gaming News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/","url":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/","name":"Team Vitality Retains MLBB Women's Invitational Title","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T14:37:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6e18252c741e4de98bd82c0d24c0cec4"},"description":"Team Vitality beat NAVI PH 4-2 to retain the MLBB Women's Invitational at the 2026 Esports World Cup. Peak viewers 565,500; total watch time 5M+ hours.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/team-vitality-retains-mlbb-womens-invitational-title\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Team Vitality repeats as MLBB Women&#8217;s Invitational champions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/","name":"Goranked","description":"Read the latest gaming news, mobile games coverage, esports news, Roblox news, Brawl Stars content, Dota 2 news, CS2 news, League of Legends, Valorant and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6e18252c741e4de98bd82c0d24c0cec4","name":"Goranked Researcher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d568db8b041392cabe9abc14a5aaa5161b06c6b2a3e3fa70be4082aadd7813d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d568db8b041392cabe9abc14a5aaa5161b06c6b2a3e3fa70be4082aadd7813d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d568db8b041392cabe9abc14a5aaa5161b06c6b2a3e3fa70be4082aadd7813d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Goranked Researcher"},"description":"GoRanked Researcher covers gaming industry news with a focus on accuracy, context, and clear reporting. Follows a wide range of topics, including game updates, esports events, studio announcements, market trends, platform changes, and community reactions.","url":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/author\/goranked\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}