Back in April, PUBG Corp announced a massive 20-team PUBG Global Invitational, set for the end of July in Berlin, Germany. On Thursday, the 20 participating teams set to battle it out for the $2 million prize pool were named.
Here are the 20 teams from across the globs who will participate in the PGI 2018, determined via a series of qualifying matches played out over the past two months:
Europe
- Team Liquid (Scoom, Jeemzz, Sambty, Ibiza)
- Welcome to South Georgo (MiracU, Gaxy, vard, Larsen)
- Pittsburg 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 (Commonwealth of Independent States)
- 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_Kaiphone, CGX_Shianblue)
- Crest Gaming Windfall (CGW_kurad, CGW_Levrie, CGW_MarimoSTAR, CGW_MrYoppy)
Korea
- Gen.G GOLD (GOLD_Chelator, GOLD_Loki, GOLD_EscA, GOLD_SimSn)
- Gen.G BLACK (BLACK_YoonRoot, BLACK_Esther, BLACK_SexyPIG, XX)
MENA (Middle East and North Africa)
- Oyun Hizmetleri (POLLADERUC, MrSedaT, Colorist, tmhMM)
South America
- Savage Esports (RagnarLoth, Maikzj, Loquix, SzylzEN)
Oceania
- Chiefs Esports Club (eDGe, Champzzzz, Potato, kritikalmotion)
The third-person perspective tournament will take place during the first two days over eight matches, with the winner earning the lion’s share of the first $1 million. The second two days will play host to the first-person perspective tournament, with the winning team after eight matches earning the larger share of the second $1 million.
The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will run from July 25-29.
Source: Shacknews The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 Reveals its 20 Finalists