PMGC 2025 Group Stage: Groups and dates announced 

The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2025 will be hosted from November 24 to December 14, 2025. The international event features a total of 40 teams from across the world. The total prize pool is $3 million, the same as its previous two editions.

The tournament will be conducted in four stages. The Gauntlet Stage of the Global Championship 2025 will be played between 16 teams from November 24 to 26, and the top seven will advance to the Grand Finals. The Group Stage will run from November 28 to December 4. It will feature 32 teams, including 23 from the regional qualifiers and the bottom nine from the Gauntlet Stage.

These 32 teams, divided into two groups, will play in the PMGC Group Stage. The top three from each group, i.e., a total of six teams, will move to the Grand Finals.The 4th to 11th placed teams from each group will play in the Last Chance Qualifier on December 6 and 7, where the top two will qualify for the Grand Finals. Vampire Esports from Thailand received a direct spot in the Grand Finals.

PMGC 2025 Group Stage groups

A total of 32 teams will participate in PMGC 2025 Group Stage. There will be two groups each with 16 teams each. Here are the two groups:

Group Green - November 28 to 30

1. Alter Ego
2. Team Secret
3. Inner Circle
4. Team GOAT
5. Team Falcons
6. Papara Supermassive
7. Tianba
8. GS Team
9. Loops Esports
10. 9Z Team
11. Dplus KIA
12. Reject
13. Gauntlet #9
14. Gauntlet #11
15. Gauntlet #13
16. Gauntlet #15

Group Red - December 2 to 4

1. CelcomDigi Alliance
2. Burmese Ghouls
3. Team Flash
4. ARCRED
5. Boars Gaming
6. Twisted Minds
7. Nuclear Zone
8. Influence Rage
9. ETSH Esports
10. True Rippers
11. Weibo Gaming
12. Gauntlet #8
13. Gauntlet #10
14. Gauntlet #12
15. Gauntlet #14
16. Gauntlet #16

A total of 16 teams have directly been chosen for the Gauntlet Stage from the regional tournaments. These clubs will fight for the seven spots of the PMGC Grand Finals. The 8th to 16th placed teams will move to the Group Stage. Based on their ranking, they will be seeded into two groups of the Group Stage.

Here are the names of the 16 participating teams in the Gauntlet Stage:

1. Alpha Gaming
2. Alpha7 Esports
3. D'Xavier
4. DRX
5. eArena
6. Geekay Esports
7. Gen.G MENA
8. Kara Esports
9. MadBulls
10. Orangutan
11. R8 Esports
12. Regnum Carya
13. ThunderTalk Gaming
14. ULF Esports
15. Virtus.pro
16. Wolves Esports

Many well-known clubs like Dplus, Alpha7, Regnum, Tianba, and Falcons have made it to the PMGC 2025. Defending champion Dplus from South Korea will look to win another Global Championship title. Two Indian clubs, Orangutan and True Rippers, will be seen playing in the event.

Edited by Abu Amjad Khan