PUBG Corporation (PUBG Corp.), today, announced the final twenty teams that have qualified to face off at PUBG Global Invitational 2018 (PGI 2018), a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) tournament where top teams from around the world will battle for the ultimate title of PUBG World Champion and a total prize purse of $2 million USD.
After weeks of qualifying tournaments held across regions including the Americas, Europe, and Asia, 20 top professional PUBG teams have earned berths in the first global esports tournament presented by PUBG Corp., taking place from July 25 to July 29 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.
The qualifying PGI 2018 teams will battle it out in both third-person perspective(TPP) and first-person perspective(FPP) matches, with the TPP tournament held on July 25 and 26, and FPP play to take place on July 28 and 29. A $1 million USD prize pool is allocated in each perspective mode tournament and two teams will be crowned as world champions: one for TPP and other one for FPP.
The full list of teams that will be competing at PGI 2018 is as below:
EUROPE
TEAM LIQUID (Scoom, Jeemzz, Sambty, Ibiza)
WELCOME TO SOUTH GEORGO (MiracU, Gaxy, vard, Larsen)
PITTSBURGH KNIGHTS (Voxsic, Draedon, texqs, Krama)
NORTH AMERICA
TEAM GATES (Mossy, Exko, Cillo, Mortify)
GHOST GAMING (Miccoy, Pr0phie, Turtle, BALLOC)
HONEY BADGER NATION (Timid, GrislyMallard9, Fastrail, w1ckk)
CIS
NATUS VINCERE (POKAMOLODOY, pijamaenota, Drainys, iLame_ru)
AVANGAR GAMING (MuMiNo, keeN, 0nuqtive, DieZzz)
CHINA
4AM (4AMCPT, 4AMGuCun, 4AMALUKA, 4AMGODV)
OMG (OMGxiaorong, OMGxiaohaixxxx, OMGsilentBT_, OMGlionkk)
ASIA
REFUND GAMING (DjChip, Pino, MeoU, FunkyM)
MADE IN THAILAND/MITH (MiTH_MinORu, MiTH_Ezqelusia, MiTH_SviTT, MiTH_HoNBoya)
AHQ ESPORTS CLUB (ahq_K3, ahq_Waisun, ahq_W1nner, ahq_M4)
JAPAN
CREST GAMING XANADU (CGX_Aries_, CGX_Rio01, CGX_Pureboy, CGX_Shianblue)
CREST GAMING WINDFALL (CGW_kurad, CGW_LevArie, CGW_MarimoSTAR, CGW_MrYoppy)
KOREA
Gen.G GOLD (Chelator, Loki, EscA, SimSn)
Gen.G BLACK (YoonRoot, Esther, SexyPIG, Gramatic)
MENA
OYUN HIZMETLERI (POLLADERUC, MrSedaT, Colorist, tmhMM)
SOUTH AMERICA
SAVAGE ESPORTS (RagnarLoth, Maikzj, Loquix, SzylzEN)
OCEANIA
CHIEFS ESPORTS CLUB (eDGe, Champzzzz, P_for_Potato, kritikalmotion)
More information on PGI 2018, including team profiles, ticket sales details, onsite events, and prize pool details can be found at the PGI 2018 official website (pgi.playbattlegrounds.com).
