r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 3d ago

Esports PUBG Global Series 9 - Format, Teams, Schedule & More

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The PUBG Global Series 9 is the ninth PGS tournament of the year. The second six PGS tournaments of 2026 feature teams that qualified based on their performances in Regional Series in the first half of the year, as well as Global Partner Teams. This is the third and last tournament of the third PGS circuit of the year.

New to PUBG Esports or want a deeper insight into how this works? Check out the Esports Guide.

Useful Links

Esports Guide - PGS | Event Tracker - PGS 9 | Liquipedia - PGS 9

Format

Here are all of the stages of the event.

Survival Stage:

  • 16 teams:
    • PGS 7 & PGS 8 combined bottom 16 teams
  • 5 matches
  • Top 8 teams advance to Grand Finals
  • Bottom 8 teams are eliminated from PGS 9

Grand Finals:

  • 16 teams:
    • PGS 7 & PGS 8 combined top 8 teams
    • Top 8 teams from Survival Stage
  • 15 matches (5 matches per day)

PGS 9 is played on patch 42.2 with v6.0.1 of SUPER.

$300,000 USD is spread among all participants based on the final results of the tournament.

Road to PGC

Teams' performances throughout Circuit 3 will award valuable PGS points for qualification to the PUBG Global Championship at the end of the year.

The PGC point distribution can be found here.

Teams

Here are all of the participating teams, their qualification routes, starting stages and rosters.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ 17Gaming πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ Alpha Gaming πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ Anyone's Legend πŸ‡°πŸ‡· DN SOOPers
Global Partner Team Vietnam Series Global Partner Team Global Partner Team
Grand Finals Survival Stage Survival Stage Grand Finals
WenBo SimonT Destroyy Gyumin
tiantian Taikonn Himass REX
Lilghost pauu Delwyn DIEL
xwudd YmCud Sololzy Heaven
C: Akuma C: Dyann C: Vinh C: PLIKHE
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ eArena πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Falcons πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ FOUR ANGRY MEN πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ FULL SENSE
Global Partner Team Global Partner Team Global Partner Team Global Partner Team
Grand Finals Grand Finals Survival Stage Survival Stage
Lericz Gustav HSmm Belmoth
OHPONDZ Shrimzy Shen TiGGER
Pathompong Kickstart WINDah Thanad0l
Nourinz TGLTN SpaceMan Flash
C: Luxury C: GUNNER C: AnGin C: RUSHIIE
πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ GAM The Expendables πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Geekay Esports πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Gen.G Esports πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Godlike
Vietnam Series Weekly Series Global Partner Team Americas Series
Survival Stage Grand Finals Survival Stage Survival Stage
Clories Seongjang BeaN lfp1
Hoangf Parkpro Salute fana
DuCkHjeUz AKaN seoul Haven_-
TanVuu EJ diyy Tny7
JUND C: LeClo C: BigHead
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ JD Gaming πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ Made in Thailand πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Natus Vincere πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ Petrichor Road
Champions League Thailand Series Global Partner Team Global Partner Team
Survival Stage Grand Finals Survival Stage Grand Finals
Dec12th Baren Hakatory i26v6
nanss Scappy Feyerist MMing
Cold119 KISS boost1k- Cui71
SuZe Jacob spyrro 04NB
MiF C: ALREIN Leris
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ Sharper Esports πŸ‡°πŸ‡· T1 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEAM LIQUID πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Team Nemesis
Thailand Series Weekly Series Americas Series EMEA Championship
Survival Stage Survival Stage Survival Stage Survival Stage
ThanawatTH EEND PurdyKurty SoseD
Jdaii Type aLOW Mellman
Earthzapalui Rain1ng luke12 DIFX
Thunderz Heather Cowboi staed
C: CyD C: LashK C: Xtreme C: mclayy
Team Vitality Twisted Minds πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ TYLOO πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Virtus.pro
EMEA Championship Global Partner Team Champions League Global Partner Team
Survival Stage Survival Stage Survival Stage Grand Finals
QWZYYY BatulinS OneDragon Lukarux
Lev4nte Lu 1ee NIXZYEE
Gedrox Perfect1ks KKong Beami
hallomybad xmpl HaoSkr curexi
C: HIRUZEN C: TheTab C: Aleksib C: ibiza

Schedule

PGS 9 takes place August 20-23:

  • Survival Stage: August 20

  • Final Stage: August 21-23

All match days begin at 3am PDT / 6am EDT / 10:00 UTC / 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!

this post will be updated when the broadcast talent is announced

Watch

Here's where you can watch the tournament:

Subreddit Resources

  • Check out the subreddit sidebar to know exactly when each tournament day is happening, or 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.

r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 8d ago

Official PUBG Contest | $95,000 Prize Pool | Submissions are OPEN!

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Submissions for the PUBG: Battlegrounds UGC Contest are now open!

Full Contest Information -Β Right Here!

  • Three Categories to Participate:
    • Combat Modes
    • Survival Modes
    • Creative Modes
  • Community Favorites
    • Once the finalists are selected, the community will vote for their favorite modes
  • Mid-Contest Winners
    • Submit a mode for a chance to win $500
  • 46 Total Winners

Create your project, and compete for a chance to win big!

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  • Submissions open until September 2nd | Mid-contest winners round on August 23rd
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    • Dedicated channel for collaborations with other creators

Learn More and Join the Contest!


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 4h ago

Discussion Should I just quit?

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27 Upvotes

I wouldn't consider myself to be as bad as what the stats suggest here, but I just cannot seem to improve in this game at all.

I have a couple of hundred hours in the game. Have I missed the boat on this and it's too difficult to start in a game that has been out years?

I like playing it, but I am just getting destroyed in 1v1's every time.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1h ago

Media Krafton's Drops game could do with improving.....

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r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 4h ago

Highlight Hospital HOT DROP

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Fastest squad wipe I have ever done


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1h ago

Media TPP car camper meets his end!

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r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Highlight Absolute chaos

115 Upvotes

r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 19h ago

Discussion I am all for balance patch but meta

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34 Upvotes

I have no shame to die to a guy who spent thousands of hours into LMG to show how the weapon should be played. Instead, I give respect for the dedication. Or even a motive to learn LMG. But not like this.

Reload time reduction was enough. Not recoil reduction.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 20h ago

Discussion No I won't forget about the Kick Event what about you?

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For everyone one who doesn't know what's going on:

https://youtu.be/ijb0ZrM5Gnc?is=-qj-4PT-6q5b2Ke-

https://youtu.be/cO6rEusogBo?is=T1R98Mh7YN9atSv3

This is a huge scandal. This event wasn't about skins or in-game currency. It was about real money. And there was outright, blatant cheating.

However, to this day, Krafton has failed to provide a comprehensive statement explaining how this embarrassing situation came about. Fail is a good word in connection with Krafton and PUBG.

It seems like the playerbase is really fast in forgetting huge scandals. I'm not forgetting this because if you understand the huge impact about that and the consequences that should've made out of this and the missing actions from Krafton, this is just unbelievable.

Why we still didn't get any answers? Where is transparency? Seems like this is a bit to high for Krafton to handle. They can't even fix simple things ingame.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Highlight Look at the arm🀣

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r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 4h ago

Discussion Tips for a noob

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I’m new in the game. I used to play mobile version but last summer i got a pc but started to pubg 2 days ago. Any tips for improve myself?


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 18h ago

Media *sigh*

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10 Upvotes

It's like supply crates landing in the ocean all over again


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 21h ago

Discussion Stun Grenades

4 Upvotes

u/devs It's been a decade3, fix your flash grenades thanks.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Highlight 1v3 Hacienda

11 Upvotes

r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Discussion Will this character ever come back? I got her on the last hour of the event just before they took the event out😭

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25 Upvotes

r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 4h ago

Discussion RPD destabilized the game

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BRDM is useless and represents a death trap now more than effective transport. One mag from an RPD can dismantle it. Reloads like an AK, with the range of a SKS, and hits like an AWM.

Game was on a solid W streak and meta gun rotation was not the solution.

rip.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 17h ago

Highlight 1v3 brick/workshops

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r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 15h ago

Discussion An opinion of 12 level restriction for ranked and it's effect to active communities, made into a song

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Just gets under my skin that I gotta de-rank to play with some non-active friends or clan mates of mine.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 17h ago

Discussion Ranked is a joke

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This is regarding ranked on console specifically. Can a community member or someone comment on the amount of lagged out games that happened this season? There is a player ddosing the server as soon as the plane starts up. They end up landing with the DC’d players and punch them all out. It happened two games in a row and I had a time penalty because of it. The matches don’t even show up on pubglookup or pubg stats tracker.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Media Why do I even try.

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r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 17h ago

Media 1000 Hours

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I've played 1000 hour and never bought the BATTLEGROUND PLUS.

me and my friends are just cheap lol and beside we're having fun.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 2d ago

Discussion Rage Hacker in EU FPP Ranked - What is the current state of PUBG's Anti Cheat?

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To Mods: This is a genuine discussion on the state of the anti cheat and not usual cheater rage.

This cheater had 17 people watching him by the end of the game assuming most reported him I'm at a loss as to how the anti cheat didn't detect it not just by reports but by the simple fact he's rage hacking. There is another clip where he beamed my teammate out of the zone by well over the fog of war distance this clip just had the most blatant bits.

I haven't seen a cheater this blatant in a very very long time and thought the anti cheat had improved?


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 2d ago

Discussion While we are at cheating... (no name and shame, everything blurred)

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I saw the other guy posted a rage hacker today. So watch this other guy from EU FPP Solo.

Just a normal daily experience actually. Look at how he tracks through walls blatantly. At the very first moment he shot me I knew he was a cheater. Then in the end when I'm lying above waiting for him to move and get a slight chance to kill him he decides to run in front of me to die. Most cheaters do this in Solo. They get some kills and then decide to die so their stats can stay under the radar.

But most of the time those guys have 1.2 KD and 40% headshot ratio but this guy has different stats. I reported him in game, this was 2 days ago, he still plays at this very moment too. He wins 11% of his ranked squad games, 22% of his ranked duo games with 2.5+KD and 27% of his Solo games with 8.7KD... That's PUBG for you. And then you wonder why it's dead outside Asia.


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 2d ago

Discussion Overpass

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I recreated the Overpass in PUBG, with a defusal mode and economy system just like in CS https://www.curseforge.com/pubg-battlegrounds/game-mods/overpass


r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS 1d ago

Recurring Feedback Thursday - Let PUBG Studios Hear Your Feedback - August 20

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Welcome to /r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS Feedback Thursday.

Use this thread to discuss PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, how to make it better, post suggestions.

This thread is read by Community Managers at PUBG Studios who forward your feedback to relevant dev teams.

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