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 9 takes place in Malaysia.
New to PUBG Esports? Check out the Esports Guide to learn all about it.
Useful Links
Event Tracker – PGS 9 | Esports Guide – PGS | Liquipedia – PGS 9 | 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 9
PGS 9 is played on patch 37.1 with v5.0.2 of SUPER.
The full PGS 9/10 rulebook can be found here.
$300,000 USD will be spread among the participating teams based on the final tournament results.
Prize Pool & PGC Points Distribution:
| Place | Prize | Points |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | $100,000 | 400 |
| #2 | $40,000 | 250 |
| #3 | $20,000 | 210 |
| #4 | $18,000 | 180 |
| #5 | $13,000 | 140 |
| #6 | $12,000 | 110 |
| #7 | $11,000 | 90 |
| #8 | $10,000 | 80 |
| #9 | $8,500 | 60 |
| #10 | $8,000 | 55 |
| #11 | $7,500 | 50 |
| #12 | $7,000 | 45 |
| #13 | $6,500 | 30 |
| #14 | $6,000 | 25 |
| #15 | $5,500 | 20 |
| #16 | $5,000 | 15 |
| #17 | $4,500 | |
| #18 | $4,000 | |
| #19 | $3,500 | |
| #20 | $3,000 | |
| #21 | $2,500 | |
| #22 | $2,000 | |
| #23 | $1,500 | |
| #24 | $1,000 |
Teams
Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters, qualification routes and Group Stage groups.
| 🇨🇳 17 Gaming | 🇺🇸 Al Qadsiah | 🇰🇷 Baegopa | 🇹🇭 Buriram United Esports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Partner Team | Americas Series 6 | PWS Phase 2 | Asia Pacific Qualifier |
| Group B | Group B | Group B | Group C |
| Lilghost | diyy | Parkpro | Kannn |
| 77owo | Roth | Pio | Eaddy |
| Xbei | CowBoi | Seongjang | RiwZ |
| xwudd | Relo | AKaN | DimasTy |
| shou | Schwep | ||
| C: JRhead | C: NENTNENT | ||
| C: J4M | |||
| 🇨🇳 Change The Game | 🇰🇷 DN Freecs | 🇹🇭 eArena | 🇪🇺 FaZe Clan |
| Champions Autumn | Global Partner Team | Global Partner Team | EMEA Championship |
| Group C | Group B | Group B | Group C |
| Hang2y | Gyumin | Jacob | Gustav |
| WenBo | Heaven | Nourinz | Fexx |
| tiantianT__T | DIEL | Lerics | Jeemzz |
| Aries | Salute | OHPONDZ | vard |
| C: PLIKHE | C: mxey | ||
| 🇰🇷 FN Esports | 🇹🇭 Forest Natural Gaming | 🇨🇳 Four Angry Men | 🇹🇭 FULL SENSE |
| PWS Phase 2 | Asia Pacific Qualifier | Global Partner Team | Asia Pacific Qualifier |
| Group A | Group A | Group A | Group A |
| ZeniTh | Baren | Longz | Thanad0l |
| BreaKers | KISS | ATongMuu | Belmoth |
| Starlord | OlymPuS | xxxLu | Flash |
| Rex | Scappy | Shen | TiGGER |
| Karwn | WangZai | Jochwep | |
| C: MAESTRO | C: Chak | C: RUSHIIE | |
| C: CHEEZE | C: Rubickz | ||
| 🇰🇷 Gen.G | 🇨🇳 JD Gaming | 🇺🇸 Mission Ready International Alliance | 🇺🇦 Natus Vincere |
| Global Partner Team | Champions Autumn | Americas Series 6 | Global Partner Team |
| Group C | Group C | Group A | Group B |
| Tosi | Dec12th | mykLe | Feyerist |
| Orca | SpaceMan | RichyB | Hakatory |
| F1ame | SuZe | Voxsic | SoseD |
| BeaN | Cold119 | gats | ext4nz |
| Snakers | |||
| C: LeClo | C: MiFan | C: Trevor | C: ALREIN |
| 🇨🇳 Petrichor Road | 🇰🇷 SGA eSPORTS | 🇪🇺 SLAMG | 🇺🇸 Team Falcons |
| Global Partner Team | PWS Phase 2 | EMEA Championship | Global Partner Team |
| Group A | Group C | Group B | Group C |
| MMing | Hane | Art1_x | hwinn |
| AZ | Heat | boost1k- | TGLTN |
| Cui71 | Zephyros | Mogore | Shrimzy |
| Nannnnn | TaxDer | xLurex | Kickstart |
| Myl | D1D8X | Marsell | |
| C: Leris | C: BoSS | C: GUNNER | |
| C: c0up | |||
| 🇺🇸 Team Liquid | 🇻🇳 The Expendables | 🇷🇺 Twisted Minds | 🇪🇺 Virtus.pro |
| Americas Series 6 | Global Partner Team | Global Partner Team | EMEA Championship |
| Group C | Group B | Group A | Group A |
| PurdyKurty | Delwyn | BatulinS | curexi |
| alow | Clories | Lu | Lukarux |
| sparkingg | TanVuu | Perfect1ks | NIXZYEE |
| luke12 | DuCkHjeUz | xmpl | Beami |
| Leviz | |||
| C: Xtreme | C: TND | C: TheTab | C: ibiza |
Schedule
PGS 9 takes place October 13-19.
Group Stage:
- October 13 – A vs B
- October 14 – B vs C
- October 15 – A vs C
Final Stage:
- October 17
- October 18
- October 19
Every tournament day begins at 3am PDT / 6am EDT / 11am BST / 12:00 CEST / 18:00 MYT.
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
- Tobias "TheNameIsToby" Wiinblad
- Matt "Matrym" Oates
- Lisa
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 PGS 9 on Twitch! Learn more here.
Fantasy League
Build the best roster you can, gain points based on how your players do in PGS 9, 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.
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