DRS Gaming and Gaimin Gladiators receive special invites to PMGC 2023

DRS Gaming and Gaimin Gladiators receive special invitation to PMGC DRS Gaming and Gaimin Gladiators have been granted a direct invitation to the League Stage of the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2023. These two slot distributions were not disclosed by Tencent during the initial announcement of the event.

With the revelation of two special invites, the names of all 50 participants for the Global Championship have been confirmed.

DRS Gaming, a renowned Nepali squad, was the runner-up in the PMGC 2022 and stunned everyone with their spectacular performance. However, the club encountered strong challenges in their regional PUBG Mobile tournaments. The team will now set out to repeat the same showdown as the previous iteration.

Earlier this year, Gaimin Gladiators acquired the former roster of HVVP and Natus Vincere. The Russian lineup is known for their outstanding skills as the squad has multiple multiple achievements while playing under different organisations.

In the PMGC 2020 and 2021 editions, the lineup had played for Natus Vincere and earned fourth and second places respectively. In the previous season, the squad under the name of HVVP and had a below average performance there.

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Participating PUBG Mobile teams in PMGC 2023

The League Stage, scheduled for November 2 to 26, will see 48 teams face off for 14 slots in the Grand Finals. S2G Gaming from Turkey and TEC from China have gained a direct spot in the Finals, which will take place from December 8 to 10.

League Stage participants

1. XERXIA
2. Alter Ego
3. Alpha7 Esports
4. Madbulls
5. Falcons White
6. Agonxi8
7. Persija Evos
8. D’Xavier
9. Loops
10. Stalwart Esports
11. Tianba
12. Melise Esports
13. Bra Esports
14. Quest Esports
15. Reject
16. Gaimin Gladiators
17. Faze Clan
18. Morph
19. INCO Gaming
20. N Hyper
21. Next Ruya
22. Nigma Galaxy
23. Seventh Element
24. Duksan Esports
25. HAIL
26. Yoodo Alliance
27. Intense Game
28. NB Esports
29. STE
30. Konina Power
31. NASR
32. NS RedForce
33. Vampire Esports
34. SEM9
35. Influence Rage
36. IHC
37. Weibo Gaming
38. Bigetron Esports
39. Genesis Esports
40. Team Queso
41. 4Mercial Vibes
42. Dplus KIA
43. Brute Force
44. Major Pride
45. Beenostrom
46. De Muerte
47. RUKH
48. DRS Gaming

The 2023 Global Championship has a total prize money of $3 million. However, its prize pool is $1 million less than the previous edition.

To decide the 14 finalists, the League Phase will be hosted in three rounds; Group stage, Survival Stage, and Last Chance.

Nova Esports, the crown champions of 2020 and 2021 seasons, has failed to secure their place in the upcoming PMGC. It will be interesting to whether S2G Gaming will defend their world champion title or not.

Since the grand finale is planned to be played in Turkey, the defending champion will get huge support from the crowd at the venue and will aim to conquer the Global Championship 2023.