The PUBG Global Series (PGS) is the premier tier-1 offline tournament for 24 top regional teams to compete on a global level. The top 16 teams of every PGS event also receive PGS Points that help them qualify for PGC. PGS 8 takes place at the Hero Esports Studio in Shanghai, China.
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Useful Links
Event Tracker – PGS 8 | Esports Guide – PGS | Liquipedia – PGS 8 | Twire – Leaderboards
Format
14 teams from PGS-qualifying Regional Series along with 10 Global Partner Teams take part in the tournament.
PUBG Global Series events consist of 2 stages, the Group Stage and the Final Stage.
Group Stage:
- 24 teams divided into 3 groups (A, B, C)
- Every group plays each other in a Round-Robin format (A vs B, B vs C, A vs C)
- 6 matches per day (12 matches for every group)
- Top 16 teams qualify to the Final Stage
- Bottom 8 teams are eliminated
Final Stage:
- Top 16 teams from Group Stage
- 18 matches (6 matches per day)
- Team in 1st place will become the Champions of PGS 8
$300,000 USD will be spread among the participating teams based on the final tournament results.
PGS 8 is played on patch 34.2 with v5.0.2 of SUPER.
The full PGS 7/8 rulebook can be found here.
Teams
Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters, qualification routes and Group Stage groups.
| 🇨🇳 17 Gaming | 🇰🇷 Baegopa | 🇦🇷 BESTIA | 🇷🇺 BetBoom Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Partner Team | Weekly Series | Americas Series | EMEA Championship |
| Group A | Group B | Group B | Group C |
| 77owo | Parkpro | M1ME | Bestoloch |
| Xbei | 2heart | v1n1zxz | ADOUZ1E |
| Lilghost | Seongjang | SzylzEN | f1lfirst |
| xwudd | AKaN | Dr4FTk1NG | Molodoct |
| shou | |||
| C: Akuma | C: TecTH0R | C: Ermaak | |
| 🇹🇭 Daytrade Gaming | 🇰🇷 Divine | 🇰🇷 DN Freecs | 🇹🇭 eArena |
| APAC Qualifier | Weekly Series | Weekly Series | Global Partner Team |
| Group B | Group C | Group B | Group B |
| TiGGER | Hela | Gyumin | Nourinz |
| Belmoth | Barpo | Heaven | Xizzy |
| Thanad0l | wonderful | DIEL | Jacob |
| Flash | Daeyeon | Salute | Lericz |
| C: RUSHIIE | C: PLIKHE | C: Luxury | |
| 🇹🇭 Forest Natural Gaming | 🇨🇳 Four Angry Men | 🇧🇷 FURIA | 🇷🇺 Geekay Esports |
| APAC Qualifier | Global Partner Team | Americas Series | EMEA Championship |
| Group A | Group A | Group A | Group B |
| OlymPuS | HSmm | guizeraa | pwddddddddd |
| Baren | ATongMuu | Haven | spyrro |
| Scappy | ZpYan1 | zkrakeN | QWZYYY |
| KISS | Longz | possa | DIFX |
| flukfiixq | Godv | ||
| C: Chak | C: molu | C: Rds149 | C: H1RUZEN |
| C: Rubickz | |||
| 🇰🇷 Gen.G | 🇺🇦 Natus Vincere | 🇨🇳 NewHappy | 🇨🇳 Petrichor Road |
| Global Partner Team | Global Partner Team | Champions League | Global Partner Team |
| Group C | Group A | Group C | Group C |
| Tosi | SoseD | Dec12th | Aixleft |
| Orca | Feyerist | 16KK | MMing |
| Americano | Hakatory | ZiLong1 | Cui71 |
| BeaN | staed | Inuyasha | Nannnnn |
| Ta1ovo | |||
| C: LeClo | C: ALREIN | C: Leris | |
| 🇧🇷 ROC Esports | 🇰🇷 T1 | 🇨🇳 TAI KU LE | 🇺🇸 Team Falcons |
| Americas Series | Weekly Series | Champions League | Global Partner Team |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group C |
| rbN777 | Heather | SpaceMan | hwinn |
| soldzzzzX | Rain1ng | Donzz | TGLTN |
| sxntastico | EEND | SuZe | Shrimzy |
| bielmtcalmo | Type | Cold119 | Kickstart |
| Ns12 | |||
| C: fxsh | C: ssonic | C: MiFan | C: GUNNER |
| 🇻🇳 The Expendables | 🇹🇭 Theerathon Five | 🇷🇺 Twisted Minds | 🇪🇺 Virtus.pro |
| Global Partner Team | APAC Qualifier | Global Partner Team | EMEA Championship |
| Group C | Group A | Group A | Group B |
| Clories | RossitedJR | xmpl | ibiza |
| Delwyn | Pathompong | BatulinS | Lukarux |
| TanVuu | Flukky | Perfect1ks | Beami |
| 777 | RangerX | Lu | NIXZYEE |
| DuCkHjeUz | |||
| C: TND | C: Bragalixz | C: TheTab | C: Scoom |
Schedule
PGS 8 takes place May 12-18.
Group Stage:
- May 12 – A vs B
- May 13 – B vs C
- May 14 – A vs C
Final Stage:
- May 16
- May 17
- May 18
Every tournament day begins at 3am PDT / 6am EDT / 11am BST / 12:00 CEST / 18:00 CST.
Check out the Event Tracker for more details.
Talent
Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast, live from Shanghai!
- James "Kaelaris" Carrol
- Steven "Toffees" Pierce
- Martin "Avnqr" Gøth
- Clinton "Paperthin" Bader
- Mike "Porosaurus" Navarro
- Matt "Matrym" Oates
- Dong Soo-Hang "Bella"
Watch
Here's where you can watch the tournament:
- PUBG Esports – Multi-View (Main + Map + Team POVs with Comms)
- Twitch – Main Stream
- Twitch – Map Stream
- YouTube
- Other Languages
Other Resources
Twitch Drops
Get rewards by watching the PGS 8 Final Stage on Twitch! Learn more here.
Fantasy League
Build the best roster you can, gain points based on how your players do in PGS 8, and get rewards! Play Twire Fantasy here.
Subreddit Resources
- Check out the subreddit sidebar to know exactly when each tournament day is happening. Also check out the Event Tracker for quick access to the whole schedule and all necessary information.
- Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on r/CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
- Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the r/CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.
2 Comments
Twisted and Pero in different groups, meeting on the last day. This could be fun. I generally like Pero, but hope Twisted chases them and actually keeps them out of Grand Finals (if Pero doesnt have a strong day 2). Really dont need to see them hotdropping for the rest of the year.
Do we know if DIFX will play?
The above seems to imply he might, but I see on Twire he’s listed as the sub.