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
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 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 Runner-up 4Merical Vibes PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 4th place NB Esports PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 5th place IHC Esports PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2023 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 #2 Next Rüya PMPL European Championship PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 Runner-up BRA Esports PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 4th place Major Pride PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 5th place Melise Esports PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 6th place Konina Power PMPL European Championship Fall 2023 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 #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 1Loops Esports 4 76 144 220 Qualified for the Grand Finals 2Alpha7 Esports 2 73 131 204 3Stalwart Esports 4 77 121 198 4Reject 3 73 115 188 Advanced to the Survival Stage 5Persija EVOS 2 59 99 158 6MadBulls 0 56 83 139 7D'Xavier 0 46 87 133 8Alter Ego Ares 2 43 88 131 9Melise Esports 1 40 83 123 10Gaimin Gladiators 2 43 78 121 11Quest Esports 1 36 80 116 12Tianba 1 40 75 115 Eliminated 13Falcons White 1 34 64 98 14BRA Esports 0 23 72 95 15Agonxi8 Esports 1 27 58 85 16 Xerxia Esports 0 22 41 63
Group Red standings Rank Team WWCD Placement Elims Total points Qualification 1Nongshim RedForce 2 75 128 203 Qualified for the Grand Finals 2Six Two Eight 3 65 121 186 3Morph GPX 3 51 127 178 4Nigma Galaxy 2 70 95 165 Advanced to the Survival Stage 5Duksan Esports 4 63 100 163 6Yoodo Alliance 1 69 93 162 7N Hyper Esports 3 52 91 143 8FaZe Clan 1 50 80 130 9NB Esports 1 43 82 125 10NASR Esports 2 44 79 123 11iNCO Gaming 0 43 80 123 12Intense Game 1 32 86 118 Eliminated 13Next Rüya 0 32 73 105 14Seventh Element 0 34 67 101 15HAIL Esports 0 23 61 84 16 Konina Power 1 22 47 69
Group Yellow standings Rank Team WWCD Placement Elims Total points Qualification 1Major Pride 2 67 116 183 Qualified for the Grand Finals 24Merical Vibes 1 59 118 177 3Weibo Gaming 3 66 107 173 4Bigetron Red Villains 2 57 116 173 Advanced to the Survival Stage 5Dplus KIA 2 53 103 156 6Influence Rage 1 59 83 142 7Team Queso 3 60 80 140 8Brute Force 2 53 87 140 9RUKH eSports 1 53 84 137 10IHC Esports 1 35 93 128 11SEM9 1 47 78 125 12Vampire Esports 3 47 76 123 Eliminated 13De Muerte 1 43 64 107 14Genesis Esports 1 27 78 105 15DRS 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 1Influence Rage 1 39 68 107 Advance to the Last Chance 2MadBulls 42 62 104 3D'Xavier 2 41 59 100 4Nigma Galaxy 1 34 66 100 5RUKH eSports 0 38 49 87 6Bigetron Red Villains 1 28 58 86 7IHC Esports 1 17 61 78 8iNCO Gaming 2 28 48 76 9Team Queso 1 24 52 76 10Brute Force 2 33 37 70 11FaZe Clan 2 28 41 69 12Yoodo Alliance 1 23 45 68 13Reject 0 30 38 68 14Gaimin Gladiators 0 14 48 62 15Persija EVOS 1 24 36 60 16Duksan Esports 0 19 40 59 17SEM9 0 19 36 55 Eliminated 18Dplus KIA 0 17 38 55 19NASR Esports 0 6 44 50 20NB Esports 1 21 28 49 21Melise Esports 1 14 32 46 22Alter Ego Ares 1 14 28 42 23N Hyper Esports 0 16 27 43 24Quest Esports 0 6 19 25
Last Chance standings Rank Team WWCD Placement Elims Total points Qualification 1D'Xavier 4 55 53 108 Qualified for the Grand Finals 2Persija EVOS 0 29 63 92 3FaZe Clan 0 27 60 87 4IHC Esports 1 22 63 85 5Yoodo Alliance 0 30 52 82 6Team Queso 0 22 55 77 Eliminated 7Bigetron Red Villains 0 34 39 73 8iNCO Gaming 1 28 45 73 9Influence Rage 1 25 40 65 10Duksan Esports 1 19 45 64 11Reject 0 25 36 61 12RUKH eSports 1 21 35 56 13Nigma Galaxy 1 19 31 50 14Brute Force 0 12 31 43 15MadBulls 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 IHC Esports $453,500 Stalwart Esports $263,000 Alpha7 Esports $184,000 4Merical Vibes $144,000 D'Xavier $121,000 FaZe Clan $105,000 Nongshim RedForce $107,000 Weibo Gaming $98,000 Titan Esports Club $47,500 Six Two Eight $94,000 S2G Esports $42,500 Loops Esports $90,000 Persija EVOS $78,000 Major Pride $85,000 Yoodo Alliance $71,250 Morph GPX $78,000 Team Queso $38,500 Bigetron Red Villains $40,250 iNCO Gaming $35,750 Influence Rage $39,500 Duksan Esports $35,750 Reject $36,500 RUKH eSports $35,500 Nigma Galaxy $37,750 Brute Force $33,750 MadBulls $36,250 Gaimin Gladiators $30,750 SEM9 $28,500 Dplus KIA $31,000 NASR Esports $28,000 NB Esports $28,000 Melise Esports $27,500 Alter Ego Ares $27,500 N Hyper Esports $27,500 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 Place Prize $40,000 $13,500 $39,000 $13,000 $38,000 $12,500 $16,000 $12,000 $15,500 $11,500 $15,000 $11,000 $14,500 $10,500 $14,000 $10,000
Survival Stage Place Prize Place Prize Place Prize $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $9,750 $7,750 $5,500 $9,500 $7,500 $5,000 $9,250 $7,250 $4,500 $9,000 $7,000 $4,000 $8,750 $6,750 $3,500 $8,500 $6,500 $3,000 $8,250 $6,250 $2,500