PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 explained

PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024
Game:	PUBG Mobile
Start Date:	19
End Date:	28 July 2024
Administrator:	Level Infinite, Krafton, Esports World Cup
Tournament Format:	Battle Royale
Participants:	28 teams
Purse:	$3,000,000
Website:	https://esportsworldcup.com/en/competition/games-and-tournaments/pmwc
Champion:	Alpha7 Esports
Runner-Up1:	Reject
Runner-Up2:	Tianba
Mvp:	Reiji "Reiji" Maeda (Reject)

The PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 (abbreviated PMWC, formerly known as PUBG Mobile World Invitational) was the official mid-seasonal world tournament for PUBG Mobile (and its variants) organized by Level Infinite & Krafton. It was held from 19 to 28 July 2024, as part of the 2024 Esports World Cup.

Brazil's Alpha7 Esports won the tournament.

Background

In October 2023, it was announced at the New Global Sport Conference that the Gamers8 esports festival, organized by the Saudi Esports Federation, would be "upgraded" to the Esports World Cup, held during the summer of 2024.^[1] In March 2024, it was announced that the PUBG Mobile mid-seasonal tournament, officially known as the PUBG Mobile World Cup would be included in the games line-up,^[2] with the official format revealed in March 2024.^[3]

The PUBG Mobile World Invitational (abbreviated PMWI), which preceded the PUBG Mobile World Cup, was held beginning in 2021, initially for the Saudi Esports Federation's "Gamers Without Borders" series. While the initial tournament was split to East and West divisions, it would become one tournament beginning in 2022, alongside the establishment of Gamers8.

The PMWC 2024 featured 28 teams and a total prize pool of US$3,000,000. The champion would also win an extra slot for their region in the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024 held in the United Kingdom.^[4]

Calendar

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Competitions days

Venue

PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 was announced to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The PUBG Mobile event was held at the BR Arena of Boulevard City, also known as the stc Arena for sponsorship purposes.

Qualified Teams

Group Stage

Region	Event	Qualification Method	Team Name	Group
Southeast Asia			Vampire Esports	Green
	PMSL SEA	PMSL SEA Summer 2024 Champion	BOOM Esports	Yellow
		PMSL SEA Summer 2024 Runner-up	D'Xavier	Red
		PMSL SEA Summer 2024 3rd place	Yoodo Alliance	Red
		PMSL SEA Summer 2024 4th place	Talon Esports	Green
	PMCL SEA	PMCL SEA Summer 2024 Champion	Harame Bro	Green
Europe, Middle East & Africa	PMSL EMEA	PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 Highest-Ranking Saudi Team	POWR Esports	Yellow
		PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 Champion	Brute Force	Red
		PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 Runner-up	IW NRX	Yellow
		PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 3rd place	Beşiktaş Black	Red
		PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 4th place	Money Makers	Yellow
South Asia & Central Asia	PMSL CSA	PMSL CSA Spring 2024 Champion	4Merical Vibes	Red
		PMSL CSA Spring 2024 Runner-up	Falcons Force	Green
		PMSL CSA Spring 2024 3rd place	MadBulls	Green
		PMSL CSA Spring 2024 4th place	Al Ula x IHC Esports	Green
Americas	PMSL Americas	PMSL Americas Spring 2024 Champion	Team Liquid	Green
		PMSL Americas Spring 2024 Runner-up	Alpha7 Esports	Yellow
		PMSL Americas Spring 2024 3rd place	iNCO Gaming	Yellow
China	Peacekeeper Elite League	PEL Spring 2024 Champion	Tianba	Red
		1 PEL 2024 - PMWC Points	TJB Esports	Green
South Korea & Japan	PMGO	PMGO 2024 Champion	Reject	Red
	PMPS Korea	PMPS 2024 S1 Champion	DRX	Yellow
	PMJL	PMJL S4 P1 Champion	CAG OSAKA	Yellow
	Rivals Cup	Rivals Cup Spring 2024 Champion	Dplus KIA	Red

Survival Stage

Region	Event	Qualification Method	Team Name
Southeast Asia	PMSL SEA	PMAL SEA Summer 2024 5th place	Team Pandum
Europe, Middle East & Africa	PMSL EMEA	PMSL EMEA Spring 2024 5th place	Team Spirit
South Asia & Central Asia	PMSL CSA	PMSL CSA Spring 2024 5th place	RUKH eSports
Americas	PMSL Americas	PMSL Americas 2024 4th place	Twisted Minds

Qualified Roster

Group Stage

Team Name	Short Name	Region	Players					Coach
Vampire Esports	VPE	SEA	TonyK(Nattawut Muensa)	Stoned (Purin Rongkhankaew)	SchwepXz (Supachai Singkaew)	nOOzy (Sikarin Nopparat)	Fluketh (Natchaphon Somtus)	SIRTANNY(Chanatip Rinla)
BOOM Esports	BOOM		Reizy (Rendy Dwi Krisna Putra)	Ponbit (Teuku Muhammad Kausar)	Yummy (Fazriel Haikal Aditya)	Frentzy (Excel Tio Ananta)	Flyboy (Dhika Fadiano)	-
D'Xavier	DX		Lamborghini (Vũ Hoàng Hưng)	ParaJin (Nguyễn Đình Chiến)	ShaDows (Phan Văn Đông)	NadeTii (Phạm Phước Trường)	ChuaCoong (Ngô Đình Quang Anh)	-
Yoodo Alliance	YALL		kLuq (Luqman Hakim Hasan)	Jimmy (Muhd Hazim Irfan Kamarudin)	Oliyo (Mohamad Azli Amran)	Flax (Muhammad Farish Husaini)	LeonDZ (Leon Dzuliansyah)	-
Talon Esports	TLN		Misery (Alvin Sahri Ramadhan)	RedFace (Eksa Rachman Jayanto)	Linixx (Marchellino Rivael Rarobong)	Axel (Nicholas Axel Teja)	Yoru (Gilang Muhamad)	-
Harame Bro	BRO		Range (Francis Carl Fusingan)	Federales (Francis Carl Fusingan)	Emas (Francis Carl Fusingan)	Jappy	Phew (Francis Carl Fusingan)	-
POWR Esports	POWR	EMEA	ALHAJE (Ahmed Mohamed Al Hasnawi)	EASY (Bander Alqahtani)	Kante (Mayzad Alhumaidi Almutairi)	Fhidan (Fahad Zarraq Almutairi)	SaTaN (Hamza Alzoubi)	Joyboy(Issam Fadili)
Brute Force	BF		PREPOD (Andrey Lagunov)	NEOZ (Daniil Kolbyshev)	4YDO (Andrey Ilin)	FR1Z3R (Ruslan Gasanov)	NALSON (Roman Miasnikov)	HixYE(Maad Ali Ashkar)
IW NRX	IWNRX		Swain (Fehmi Seniçeli)	Zwolf (Ali Berkan Alkılınç)	FrozeNNX (Ahmet Erdem Erdoğdu)	Kein (Burak Çoruk)	ASG (Askeri Gökçe)	Bluffist(Aral Karaoğlanyan)
Beşiktaş Black	BJK		Tospik (Okan Gökgöz)	Lewis (Eser Çalışkan)	Poser (Anıl Yılmaz)	Kircali (Kadir Kırcalı)	7Jusuf (Yusuf Karahasan)
Money Makers	MM		OldBoy (Dmytro Bui)	ICY (Daniel Nikolaev Ninov)	Coa77 (Aleksandar Cvijanović)	BISKE (Vladimir Biševac)	Havlik (Denys Havlicek)	Bamb1ni(Dima Kuzmenko)
4Merical Vibes	4MV	CSA	DOK (Uuganbayar Dulguun)	APEX (Bat-erdene Orgil-erdene)	BARON (Davaajargal Naranbaatar)	REFUS (Amgalan Ankhbileg)	AERO (Bayart Bolormaa)	Archer(Red Lmnto)
Falcons Force	FLCN		TOP (Burenbayar Altangerel)	Action (Suhbat Galtsalam)	N1RZED (Nur Zed)	ICY (Tengis Batnasan)	EAST (Batmunkh Munkhbold)	Senator(Batkhurel Jargalsaihan)
MadBulls	MAD		TUL1KA (Andriy Tulika)	ZERYCH (Baitur Kurmanbekov)	FLYQE (Diyar Osmonov)	INGUSH (Dzhambulat Ozdoev)	GIRYA (Dmitriy Pismenskiy)
Al Ula x IHC Esports	ULA		Zyol (Zolboot Bayartsengel)	Godless (Bilguun Baatarkhuu)	ROGUE	DEMO (Batbagana Batkhuyag)	Alex (Khuselbaatar Khatanbaatar)	Abely(Dulaanjargal Nyamlkhagva)
Team Liquid	TL	AM	Cardozin(Davi Filipe Dórea Cardoso)	Mythic(Matheus Moitinho Arantes)	Ayala (Gonzalo Ayala)	Chieff (Anderson Rocha Nunes)	NighTT (Otávio Melo)
Alpha7 Esports	A7		Carrilho (Lucas Miguel da Silva Carrilho)	Revo (Roan Henrique Aléssio)	Mafioso (Daniel Henrique vaz)	Magrelin (Jean Carlos Gomes Filho)	Coruja (Erick de Alcantara)
iNCO Gaming	iNCO		NENEBETE (Derci Júnior de Cristo)	Vitali (João Felipe)	Nunes (José Leandro Bezerra de Melo)	Sev7n (Flavio Brito)	Garryx (Matheus Ribeiro Oliveira)	Fusi(Wagner Sousa)
Tianba	Tian	China	Lyu (Liu Jinshan)	Qzz (Zhang Qingbo)	GGBond (Zeng Jinxiang)	Long	Tianyu (Zhang Tianyu)	-
TJB Esports	TJB		Loongz (Xiao Haitao)	FlowerH (Chen Yumeng)	OnlyS (Liu Yang)	GK1st (Wei Jiawang)	SSS (Wu Changtao)	-
Reject	RC	KRJP	SaRa (Kento Suzuki)	Reiji (Reiji Maeda)	Duelo (Yuya Nishikawa)	Devine (Kouki Sekigawa)	-	MimoriN(Taiki Mochizuki)
DRX	DRX		Qx (Lee Kyung-seok)	Cyxae (Choi Young-jae)	SOEZ (Song Ho-jin)	HYUNBIN (Jeon Hyun-bin)	MMING (Kim Sang-min)
CAG OSAKA	CAG		Apollo (Daisuke Ohashi)	Garnet (Eigo Tagashira)	Mattun (Riku Matsumoto)	Naoto	-	-
Dplus KIA	DK		OSAL (Go Han-bin)	Nolbu (Song Soo-an)	Kay (Lee Seul-woo)	chpz (Jung Yoo-chan)	Porico (Kim Si-hyun)	LLLL (Jung Eun-ho)
								FAVIAN (Park Sang-cheol)

Survival Stage

Team Name	Short Name	Region	Players					Coach
Team Pandum	PNDM	SEA	Bilbot (Habibi Rizki Widodo)	Acull (Sanju Yosua Sitinjak)	Dimzy	JooBrenky (Joshua Sepro)	Tenn (Justen Kennith Filbert Setiawan)	Dyns(Putra Anandyan)
Team Spirit	TS	EMEA	KITSUNÉ (Sergey Pomerantsev)	KnowMe (Bulat Sharafutdinov)	NAOMI (Anatoliy Ivanov)	EFFECT (Bekniyaz Rysaliev)	-	-
RUKH eSports	RUKH	CSA	KippaBoss (George Kipper)	YANKI (Kirill Pishchukhin)	Slonik (Olexiy Totskiy)	V1C (Ilya Artemyev)	-	-
Twisted Minds	TWIS	AM	Higor (Higor Melo Germendorff)	Obscure (Lucas Almeida Luis)	Ratoboy (Gabriel Almeida da Silva)	Guizão (Guilherme Costa Alves)	Trash (Caio Henrique Assunção)	Dadinho(Michael Barboza De Queiroz Francisco)
								Lendinha

Format

In the group stage, the three groups, consisting of eight teams each (a total of 24 teams), will compete against each other. The top 12 teams from the group stage will advance to the main tournament. The remaining 12 teams will advance to the survival stage. In the survival stage, the bottom 12 teams from Group Stage, along with 4 wildcard teams (a total of 16 teams), will compete against each other. The top four teams from the survival stage will advance to the main tournament. The top 12 teams from the group stage, along with the top 4 teams from the survival stage (a total of 16 teams), will compete in the main tournament.

Schedule

Round	Date	Teams
Group Stage	19 July 2024	Group Red vs Yellow
	20 July 2024	Group Red vs Green
	21 July 2024	Group Green vs Yellow
Survival Stage	23 July 2024	Bottom 12 teams from Group Stage + 4 wildcard teams
	24 July 2024
Main Tournament	26 July 2024	Top 12 teams from Group Stage + Top 4 teams from Survival Stage
	27 July 2024
	28 July 2024

Group Stage

Group Stage Standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total Points	Qualification
1	Yoodo Alliance	3	43	79	122	Advance to the Main Tournament
2	Tianba	0	29	77	106
3	4Merical Vibes	2	29	65	94
4	Team Liquid	2	37	54	91
5	Alpha7 Esports	1	34	57	91
6	Al Ula x IHC Esports	1	30	54	84
7	D'Xavier	1	39	43	82
8	Talon Esports	0	21	59	80
9	POWR Esports	2	33	46	79
10	BOOM Esports	1	25	51	76
11	Vampire Esports	0	28	42	70
12	Reject	0	20	49	69
13	iNCO Gaming	1	28	38	66	Advance to the Survival Stage
14	Dplus KIA	1	14	49	63
15	MadBulls	0	22	38	60
16	Falcons Force	0	15	45	60
17	TJB Esports	1	24	32	56
18	Beşiktaş Black	1	25	30	55
19	Brute Force	0	21	32	53
20	Money Makers	1	14	37	51
21	Harame Bro	0	13	29	42
22	IW NRX	0	13	29	42
23	CAG OSAKA	0	12	19	31
24	DRX	0	5	18	23

Survival Stage

Survival Stage Standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total Points	Qualification
1	IW NRX	2	48	74	122	Advance to the Main Tournament
2	DRX	3	41	52	93
3	TJB Esports	1	33	48	81
4	Twisted Minds	1	32	48	80
5	Falcons Force	1	21	56	77	Eliminated from the tournament
6	Dplus KIA	0	21	55	76
7	Brute Force	0	26	48	74
8	Money Makers	0	22	51	73
9	Team Pandum	1	19	53	72
10	CAG OSAKA	2	28	43	71
11	MadBulls	0	17	50	67
12	Harame Bro	1	20	29	49
13	Beşiktaş Black	0	20	25	45
14	RUKH eSports	0	9	33	42
15	Team Spirit	0	12	27	39
16	iNCO Gaming	0	15	23	38

Main Tournament

Main Tournament Standings

Rank	Team	WWCD	Placement	Elims	Total Points
1	Alpha7 Esports	5	71	82	153
2	Reject	2	40	84	124
3	Tianba	0	27	97	124
4	DRX	1	48	63	111
5	BOOM Esports	2	38	70	108
6	Talon Esports	1	33	73	106
7	Vampire Esports	1	45	59	104
8	Team Liquid	1	35	66	101
9	D'Xavier	1	38	59	97
10	TJB Esports	1	41	53	94
11	Al Ula x IHC Esports	1	35	58	93
12	4Merical Vibes	0	27	63	90
13	Twisted Minds	1	28	60	88
14	IW NRX	0	20	65	85
15	Yoodo Alliance	1	32	50	82
16	POWR Esports	0	18	47	65

Final Standings

Like with the PUBG Mobile World Invitational at Gamers8, the PUBG Mobile World Cup's $3,000,000 USD prizepool (tied with Honor of Kings and MLBB Men) is divided into separate categories. Each team will earn prizemoney based on how well they did in the Group Stage, Survival Stage and Main Tournament. The tournament's MVP earns $50,000 USD. Additionally, all teams and players can earn an additional $120,000 USD via the Record-Breaker Awards if they break a previous PUBG Mobile World Invitational record at the tournament; if these records are not broken, the prize money is split evenly between the 16 teams in the Main Tournament. The maximum amount of money a team may earn is $550,000 USD (if they finish first in the Group Stage, win the Main Tournament and break all team records), while the maximum an individual player may earn is $90,000 USD (if they win MVP and break all player records).

Final standings, EWC Club Championship points distribution, and prizepool of $3,000,000 USD distribution are as seen as below:

Final Placement	Team Name	Short Name	Total Prize Pool	EWC Club Points	Group Stage		Survival Stage		Main Tournament
					Placement	Prize Pool	Placement	Prize Pool	Placement	Prize Pool
	Alpha7 Esports	A7	$492,312.50	1,000		$62,500	-	-		$400,000
	Reject	RC	$259,312.50	600		$54,000	-	-		$200,000
	Tianba	Tian	$212,312.50	350		$67,000	-	-		$140,000
	DRX	DRX	$162,312.50	200		$20,000		$27,000		$110,000
	BOOM Esports	BOOM	$151,312.50	110		$56,000	-	-		$90,000
	Talon Esports	TLN	$143,312.50	70		$58,000	-	-		$80,000
	Vampire Esports	VPE	$151,312.50	40		$55,000	-	-		$75,000
	Team Liquid	TL	$143,312.50	20		$63,500	-	-		$65,000
	D'Xavier	DX	$124,312.50	-		$59,000	-	-		$60,000
	TJB Esports	TJB	$110,312.50	-		$23,500		$26,500		$55,000
	Al Ula x IHC Esports	ULA	$115,812.50	-		$60,500	-	-		$50,000
	4Merical Vibes	4MV	$115,312.50	-		$65,000	-	-		$45,000
	Twisted Minds	TWIS	$71,312.50	-	-	-		$26,000		$40,000
	IW NRX	IWNRX	$88,812.50	-		$21,000		$27,500		$35,000
	Yoodo Alliance	YALL	$105,312.50	-		$70,000	-	-		$30,000
	POWR Esports	POWR	$87,312.50	-		$57,000	-	-		$25,000
	Falcons Force	FLCN	$49,500	-		$24,000		$25,500	-	-
	Dplus KIA	DK	$50,000	-		$25,000		$25,000	-	-
	Brute Force	BF	$47,000	-		$22,500		$24,500	-	-
	Money Makers	MM	$46,000	-		$22,000		$24,000	-	-
	Team Pandum	PNDM	$23,500	-	-	-		$23,500	-	-
	CAG OSAKA	CAG	$43,500	-		$20,500		$23,000	-	-
	MadBulls	MAD	$47,000	-		$24,500		$22,500	-	-
	Harame Bro	BRO	$43,500	-		$21,500		$22,000	-	-
	Beşiktaş Black	BJK	$44,500	-		$23,000		$21,500	-	-
	RUKH eSports	RUKH	$21,500	-	-	-		$21,000	-	-
	Team Spirit	TS	$20,500	-	-	-		$20,500	-	-
	iNCO Gaming	iNCO	$45,500	-		$25,000		$20,000	-	-

Base Prize Distribution

Group Stage Total: $1,000,000 USD
Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
	$70,000		$57,000		$23,500
	$67,000		$56,000		$23,000
	$65,000		$55,000		$22,500
	$63,500		$54,000		$22,000
	$62,500		$25,500		$21,500
	$60,500		$25,000		$21,000
	$59,000		$24,500		$20,500
	$58,000		$24,000		$20,000

Survival Stage Total: $380,000 USD
Place	Prize	Place	Prize
	$27,500		$23,500
	$27,000		$23,000
	$26,500		$22,500
	$26,000		$22,000
	$25,500		$21,500
	$25,000		$21,000
	$24,500		$20,500
	$24,000		$20,000

Main Tournament Total: $1,500,000 USD
Place	Prize	Place	Prize
	$400,000		$60,000
	$200,000		$55,000
	$140,000		$50,000
	$110,000		$45,000
	$90,000		$40,000
	$80,000		$35,000
	$75,000		$30,000
	$65,000		$25,000

Awards

Award Name	Prize	Participant
MVP	$50,000	Reiji (RC)
Gunslinger	-	Mafioso (A7)
Grenade Master	-	Revo (A7)
Field Medic	-	Frentzy (BOOM)

Award Name	Participant
Infinix Dream Squad	Reiji (RC)
	Qzz (Tian)
	Mafioso (A7)
	Revo (A7)

Record-Breaker Awards
Award Name	Prize	Previous Record Holder		2024 Record Breaker
(Team) Total WWCDs	$25,000	Vampire Esports (2023)	4	Alpha7 Esports	5
(Team) Most WWCDs in a Day	$25,000	Vampire Esports (2022, 2023) Tianba (2023) Regans Gaming (2022)	2	Not broken. $1,562.50 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Team) Most Top 3 Finishes	$15,000	Vampire Esports (2023)	10	Not broken. $937.50 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Team) Most Match Eliminations	$15,000	Vampire Esports (2022)	24	Not broken. $937.50 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Player) Most Match Eliminations	$10,000	YuYang (SZ STE, 2023)	9	Not broken. $625 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Player) Total Eliminations	$10,000	TonyK (VPE, 2023)	53	Not broken. $625 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Player) Total Rescues	$10,000	SchwepXz (VPE, 2023)	18	Not broken. $625 are awarded to each Main Tournament team.
(Player) Longest Distance Elimination	$10,000	TDuc (BOX, 2023)	398m	REFUS (4MV)	420m

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saudi Arabia launches Esports World Cup - statement. 2023-10-23. Aziz El Yaakoubi. Reuters.
2. Web site: We're dropping in Riyadh!. 2024-02-28. Esports World Cup.
3. Web site: Get ready for the PUBG MOBILE World Cup! . 2024-03-07. PUBG Mobile Esports.
4. Web site: Big News! The 2024 PUBG MOBILE ESPORTS Roadmap is here! . 2024-04-08 . PUBG Mobile Esports.