PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2023

PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2023

Tournament information
Game	PUBG Mobile
Dates	2 November–10 December 2023
Administrator	Level Infinite, Krafton, VSPO
Tournament format	Battle Royale
Host(s)	Turkey & Malaysia
Venue(s)	Battle Arena, Kuala Lumpur (League Stage) Ülker Sports and Event Hall, Istanbul (Grand Finals)
Participants	50 teams
Purse	$3,000,000
Website	https://esports.pubgmobile.com
Final positions
Champion	IHC Esports
1st runner-up	Stalwart Esports
2nd runner-up	Alpha7 Esports
MVP	Zolboot "Zyol" Bayartsengel (IHC)

PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2023 was the final event of the 2023 PUBG Mobile competitive season. In the PMGC 2023, 48 qualified teams participated in the League Stage across the phases of Group Stage, Survival Stage & Last Chance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a closed offline event in November 2–26. The Grand Finals was held in Istanbul, Turkey on December 8–10 and 14 qualified teams from the League Stage are joined with the host country and PEL teams. The championship featured a total prizepool of $3,000,000 USD.

Venue

The grand finals of PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2023 was announced to be held in Istanbul.

Battle Arena (located in Kuala Lumpur) hosted the league stage. On the other hand, the grand finals was held at the Ülker Sports and Event Hall in Istanbul.

League Stage	Grand Finals
Kuala Lumpur	Istanbul
Battle Arena	Ülker Sports and Event Hall

Participating teams

Grand Finals invited

Region	Invitation name	Team name
Europe	Host Country Invitation	S2G Esports
China	2023 PEL Points #1	Titan Esports Club

League Stage

Region	Event	Qualification method	Team name
Southeast Asia	PMWI 2023	PMWI Champion's Region	HAIL Esports
	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - Indonesia #1	Perjisa EVOS
		2023 PMGC Points - Malaysia #1	Yoodo Alliance
		2023 PMGC Points - Thailand #1	Vampire Esports
		2023 PMGC Points - Vietnam #1	D'Xavier
		2023 PMGC Points - SEA Wildcard #1	Genesis Esports
	PMSL SEA	PMSL SEA Fall 2023 Champion	Alter Ego Ares
		PMSL SEA Fall 2023 Runner-up	FaZe Clan
		PMSL SEA Fall 2023 3rd place	Bigetron Red Villains
		PMSL SEA Fall 2023 4th place	Xerxia Esports
		PMSL SEA Fall 2023 5th place	Morph GPX
		PMSL SEA Fall 2023 6th place	SEM9
South Asia	Special Invite	Special Invite #1	DRS Gaming
	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - South Asia #1	Stalwart Esports
		2023 PMGC Points - Pakistan #1	Agonxi8 Esports
	PMPL South Asia Championship	PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 Champion Runner-up	4Merical Vibes
		PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 Runner-up 4th place	NB Esports
		PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 3rd place 5th place	IHC Esports
		PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 4th place 6th place	Seventh Element
Middle East & Africa	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - Arabia #1	Nigma Galaxy
		2023 PMGC Points - Africa #1	Falcons White
	PMPL MEA Championship	PMPL MEA Championship Fall 2023 Champion	Quest Esports
		PMPL MEA Championship Fall 2023 Runner-up	Brute Force
		PMPL MEA Championship Fall 2023 3rd place	NASR Esports
		PMPL MEA Championship Fall 2023 4th place	RUKH eSports
Europe	Special Invite	Special Invite #2	Gaimin Gladiators
	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - Europe #1	MadBulls
		2023 PMGC Points - Turkey #1 #2	Next Rüya
	PMPL European Championship	PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 Champion Runner-up	BRA Esports
		PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 Runner-up 4th place	Major Pride
		PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 3rd place 5th place	Melise Esports
		PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 4th place 6th place	Konina Power
		PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 5th place 7th place	De Muerte
Americas	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - North America #1	N Hyper Esports
		2023 PMGC Points - Latin America #1	Team Queso
		2023 PMGC Points - Brazil #1	Loops Esports
	PMPL Americas Championship	PMPL Americas Championship Fall 2023 Champion	Influence Rage
		PMPL Americas Championship Fall 2023 Runner-up	Intense Game
		PMPL Americas Championship Fall 2023 3rd place	iNCO Gaming
		PMPL Americas Championship Fall 2023 4th place	Alpha7 Esports
China	PEL Points	2023 PEL Points #2	Weibo Gaming
		2023 PEL Points #3	Tianba
	PEL Qualifier	PMGC 2023 - PEL Qualifier Champion	Six Two Eight
South Korea & Japan	PMPS Korea	PMPS 2023 Season 3 Champion	Duksan Esports
	PMGC Points	2023 PMGC Points - PMPS #1 #2	Dplus KIA
	PMJL	PMJL S3 Phase 2 Champion	Reject
		PMJL S3 Phase 2 Runner-up	BEENOSTORM
	Rivals Cup	Rivals Cup 2023 Champion	Nongshim RedForce

Format

The tournament begins with a Group Stage featuring 48 teams divided into 3 groups of 16. Each group competes over a specific week consisting of 24 matches, spread across 4 matchdays, with 6 matches each day. The top 3 teams from each group advance directly to the Grand Finals, while teams placing 4th to 11th move on to the Survival Stage, and the bottom 5 teams are eliminated. In the Survival Stage, the 24 remaining teams are split into 3 groups of 8, playing 18 matches over 3 days in a Round-Robin format. The top 16 teams progress to the Last Chance stage, with the bottom 8 teams being eliminated. The Last Chance stage features 16 teams competing in 12 matches, where the top 5 teams secure their spots in the Grand Finals, and the bottom 11 teams are eliminated. The Grand Finals consist of 16 teams, including the 14 qualified from the League Stage and 2 directly invited teams, competing in 18 matches to determine the champion.

Schedule

Round	Date	Teams
Group Stage	2 November 2023	Group Green
	3 November 2023
	4 November 2023
	5 November 2023
	9 November 2023	Group Red
	10 November 2023
	11 November 2023
	12 November 2023
	16 November 2023	Group Yellow
	17 November 2023
	18 November 2023
	19 November 2023
Survival Stage	22 November 2023	Group Green (S) vs Yellow (S)
	23 November 2023	Group Green (S) vs Red (S)
	24 November 2023	Group Red (S) vs Yellow (S)
Last Chance	25 November 2023	Top 16 teams from Survival Stage
	26 November 2023
Grand Finals	8 December 2023	2 invited teams + Top 3 teams from each group of Group Stage + Top 5 teams from Last Chance
	9 December 2023
	10 December 2023

Group Stage

Group Draw

Group Green		Group Red		Group Yellow
Xerxia Esports	Persija EVOS	FaZe Clan	HAIL Esports	Vampire Esports	Bigetron Red Villains
Alter Ego Ares	D'Xavier	Morph GPX	Yoodo Alliance	SEM9	Genesis Esports
Alpha7 Esports	Loops Esports	iNCO Gaming	Intense Game	Influence Rage	Team Queso
Melise Esports	BRA Esports	N Hyper Esports	Konina Power	Major Pride	De Muerte
MadBulls	Quest Esports	Next Rüya	NASR Eports	Brute Force	RUKH eSports
Falcons White	Stalwart Esports	Nigma Galaxy	NB Esports	IHC Esports	4Merical Vibes
Agonxi8 Esports	Tianba	Seventh Element	Six Two Eight	Weibo Gaming	Dplus KIA
Reject	Gaimin Gladiators	Duksan Esports	Nongshim RedForce	BEENOSTORM	DRS Gaming

Group Green standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points	Qualification
1	Loops Esports	4	76	144	220	Qualified for the Grand Finals
2	Alpha7 Esports	2	73	131	204
3	Stalwart Esports	4	77	121	198
4	Reject	3	73	115	188	Advanced to the Survival Stage
5	Persija EVOS	2	59	99	158
6	MadBulls	0	56	83	139
7	D'Xavier	0	46	87	133
8	Alter Ego Ares	2	43	88	131
9	Melise Esports	1	40	83	123
10	Gaimin Gladiators	2	43	78	121
11	Quest Esports	1	36	80	116
12	Tianba	1	40	75	115	Eliminated
13	Falcons White	1	34	64	98
14	BRA Esports	0	23	72	95
15	Agonxi8 Esports	1	27	58	85
16	Xerxia Esports	0	22	41	63

Group Red standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points	Qualification
1	Nongshim RedForce	2	75	128	203	Qualified for the Grand Finals
2	Six Two Eight	3	65	121	186
3	Morph GPX	3	51	127	178
4	Nigma Galaxy	2	70	95	165	Advanced to the Survival Stage
5	Duksan Esports	4	63	100	163
6	Yoodo Alliance	1	69	93	162
7	N Hyper Esports	3	52	91	143
8	FaZe Clan	1	50	80	130
9	NB Esports	1	43	82	125
10	NASR Esports	2	44	79	123
11	iNCO Gaming	0	43	80	123
12	Intense Game	1	32	86	118	Eliminated
13	Next Rüya	0	32	73	105
14	Seventh Element	0	34	67	101
15	HAIL Esports	0	23	61	84
16	Konina Power	1	22	47	69

Group Yellow standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points	Qualification
1	Major Pride	2	67	116	183	Qualified for the Grand Finals
2	4Merical Vibes	1	59	118	177
3	Weibo Gaming	3	66	107	173
4	Bigetron Red Villains	2	57	116	173	Advanced to the Survival Stage
5	Dplus KIA	2	53	103	156
6	Influence Rage	1	59	83	142
7	Team Queso	3	60	80	140
8	Brute Force	2	53	87	140
9	RUKH eSports	1	53	84	137
10	IHC Esports	1	35	93	128
11	SEM9	1	47	78	125
12	Vampire Esports	3	47	76	123	Eliminated
13	De Muerte	1	43	64	107
14	Genesis Esports	1	27	78	105
15	DRS Gaming	0	24	70	94
16	BEENOSTORM	0	18	48	66

Survival Stage & Last Chance

Survival Stage Group Draw

Group Green	Group Red	Group Yellow
Reject	Nigma Galaxy	Bigetron Red Villains
Persija EVOS	Duksan Esports	Dplus KIA
MadBulls	Yoodo Alliance	Influence Rage
D'Xavier	N Hyper Esports	Team Queso
ALter Ego Ares	FaZe Clan	Brute Force
Melise Esports	NB Esports	RUKH eSports
Gaimin Gladiators	NASR Esports	IHC Esports
Quest Esports	iNCO Gaming	SEM9

Survival Stage standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points	Qualification
1	Influence Rage	1	39	68	107	Advance to the Last Chance
2	MadBulls		42	62	104
3	D'Xavier	2	41	59	100
4	Nigma Galaxy	1	34	66	100
5	RUKH eSports	0	38	49	87
6	Bigetron Red Villains	1	28	58	86
7	IHC Esports	1	17	61	78
8	iNCO Gaming	2	28	48	76
9	Team Queso	1	24	52	76
10	Brute Force	2	33	37	70
11	FaZe Clan	2	28	41	69
12	Yoodo Alliance	1	23	45	68
13	Reject	0	30	38	68
14	Gaimin Gladiators	0	14	48	62
15	Persija EVOS	1	24	36	60
16	Duksan Esports	0	19	40	59
17	SEM9	0	19	36	55	Eliminated
18	Dplus KIA	0	17	38	55
19	NASR Esports	0	6	44	50
20	NB Esports	1	21	28	49
21	Melise Esports	1	14	32	46
22	Alter Ego Ares	1	14	28	42
23	N Hyper Esports	0	16	27	43
24	Quest Esports	0	6	19	25

Last Chance standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points	Qualification
1	D'Xavier	4	55	53	108	Qualified for the Grand Finals
2	Persija EVOS	0	29	63	92
3	FaZe Clan	0	27	60	87
4	IHC Esports	1	22	63	85
5	Yoodo Alliance	0	30	52	82
6	Team Queso	0	22	55	77	Eliminated
7	Bigetron Red Villains	0	34	39	73
8	iNCO Gaming	1	28	45	73
9	Influence Rage	1	25	40	65
10	Duksan Esports	1	19	45	64
11	Reject	0	25	36	61
12	RUKH eSports	1	21	35	56
13	Nigma Galaxy	1	19	31	50
14	Brute Force	0	12	31	43
15	MadBulls	0	11	31	42
16	Gaimin Gladiators	0	5	21	26

Grand Finals

Grand Finals standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total points
1	IHC Esports	1	32	110	142
2	Stalwart Esports	3	55	83	138
3	Alpha7 Esports	2	54	77	131
4	4Merical Vibes	2	43	84	127
5	D'Xavier	2	48	76	124
6	FaZe Clan	1	42	78	120
7	Nongshim RedForce	2	38	74	112
8	Weibo Gaming	1	44	66	110
9	Titan Esports Club	0	25	77	102
10	Six Two Eight	2	32	68	100
11	S2G Esports	1	42	56	98
12	Loops Esports	0	27	50	77
13	Persija EVOS	1	29	45	74
14	Major Pride	0	21	50	71
15	Yoodo Alliance	0	30	39	69
16	Morph GPX	0	14	34	48

Final standings

the 2023 PUBG Mobile Global Championship's US$3,000,000 prize pool is divided into separate categories. Each team will earn prizemoney based on how well they did in the Group Stage, Survival Stage, Last Chance and Grand Finals.

Final standings and prizepool of US$3,000,000 distribution are as seen as below:

Final Placement	Team name	Total Prize Pool
Champion	IHC Esports	$453,500
Runner-up	Stalwart Esports	$263,000
3rd	Alpha7 Esports	$184,000
4th	4Merical Vibes	$144,000
5th	D'Xavier	$121,000
6th	FaZe Clan	$105,000
7th	Nongshim RedForce	$107,000
8th	Weibo Gaming	$98,000
9th	Titan Esports Club	$47,500
10th	Six Two Eight	$94,000
11th	S2G Esports	$42,500
12th	Loops Esports	$90,000
13th	Persija EVOS	$78,000
14th	Major Pride	$85,000
15th	Yoodo Alliance	$71,250
16th	Morph GPX	$78,000
17th	Team Queso	$38,500
18th	Bigetron Red Villains	$40,250
19th	iNCO Gaming	$35,750
20th	Influence Rage	$39,500
21st	Duksan Esports	$35,750
22nd	Reject	$36,500
23rd	RUKH eSports	$35,500
24th	Nigma Galaxy	$37,750
25th	Brute Force	$33,750
26th	MadBulls	$36,250
27th	Gaimin Gladiators	$30,750
28th	SEM9	$28,500
29th	Dplus KIA	$31,000
30th	NASR Esports	$28,000
31st	NB Esports	$28,000
32nd	Melise Esports	$27,500
33rd	Alter Ego Ares	$27,500
34th	N Hyper Esports	$27,500
35th	Quest Esports	$25,000
36th - 38th	Tianba	$22,000
	Intense Game
	Vampire Esports
39th - 41st	Falcons White	$21,500
	Next Rüya
	De Muerte
42nd - 44th	BRA Esports	$21,000
	Seventh Element
	Genesis Esports
45th - 47th	Agonxi8 Esports	$20,500
	HAIL Esports
	DRS Gaming
48th - 50th	Xerxia Esports	$20,000
	Konina Power
	BEENOSTORM

Base Prize Distribution

League Stage

The League Stage has a total prize pool of $1,580,000 USD, and is distributed as follows:

Participation Reward
$10,000 (for each team)

Group Stage (per group)
Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1st	$40,000	9th	$13,500
2nd	$39,000	10th	$13,000
3rd	$38,000	11th	$12,500
4th	$16,000	12th	$12,000
5th	$15,500	13th	$11,500
6th	$15,000	14th	$11,000
7th	$14,500	15th	$10,500
8th	$14,000	16th	$10,000

Survival Stage
Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1st	$10,000	9th	$8,000	17th	$6,000
2nd	$9,750	10th	$7,750	18th	$5,500
3rd	$9,500	11th	$7,500	19th	$5,000
4th	$9,250	12th	$7,250	20th	$4,500
5th	$9,000	13th	$7,000	21st	$4,000
6th	$8,750	14th	$6,750	22nd	$3,500
7th	$8,500	15th	$6,500	23rd	$3,000
8th	$8,250	16th	$6,250	24th	$2,500

Last Chance
Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1st	$10,000	9th	$4,500
2nd	$8,500	10th	$4,000
3rd	$7,500	11th	$3,500
4th	$7,000	12th	$3,000
5th	$6,500	13th	$2,500
6th	$6,000	14th	$2,000
7th	$5,500	15th	$1,500
8th	$5,000	16th	$1,000

Grand Finals

The Grand Finals has a total prize pool of $1,420,000 USD, and is distributed as follows:

Participation Reward
$15,000 (for each team)

Grand Finals
Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1st	$400,000	9th	$32,500
2nd	$200,000	10th	$30,000
3rd	$120,000	11th	$27,500
4th	$80,000	12th	$25,000
5th	$62,000	13th	$22,500
6th	$51,000	14th	$20,000
7th	$42,000	15th	$17,500
8th	$35,000	16th	$15,000

Awards

Award name	Participant
MVP	Zyol (IHC)
Gunslinger	Zyol (IHC)
Grenade Master	MELA (FaZe)
Field Medic	ParaJin (DX)