The Esports World Cup (EWC) is a major annual international event that brings together the world's best esports clubs and players across multiple competitive games. EWC 2026 is taking place at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is one of the featured games, with 24 top teams competing for the championship.
Two groups compete each day (A vs B, B vs C, A vs C)
6 matches per day
Each team plays 12 matches
Top 16 qualify for the Finals
Bottom 8 are eliminated
Finals:
16 teams
18 matches (6 matches per day)
The Smash Rule applies:
The Match Point threshold is set after Day 2 at the first-place team’s point total plus 10
A team must reach the Match Point threshold and then win a subsequent match to become the EWC 2026 Champions
If no team wins through the SMASH Rule within 18 matches, the champion is determined by the standard overall standings
The tournament features a $2,000,000 USD prize pool, with $228,000 distributed based on Group Stage results and $1,772,000 distributed based on Finals results. An additional $25,000 USD is awarded to the Finals MVP.
EWC 2026 is played on patch 42.1 under v6.0.1 of SUPER.
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i'm sorry but i literally cannot sit there and watch a tpp pro match for more than 20 minutes, trust me i tried. it's just frustrating to see actions and fights that never happen because players choose to just observe and camp everything under cover, i just can't help but imagine how certain fights could've played out if it was FPP, but i know for a fact that it will be more entertaining to watch.
i don't get why they deemed it necessary to move from FPP to TPP format when most of the players still switch to FPP when doing crucial actions such as throwing utilities and firefighting, like it's main use is to literally "scout" for information without any risk of being spotted or killed, which i believe makes the viewing experience significantly more boring.
and also in terms of macro, getting information shouldn't be risk free, information is the main thing in pubg esports so why are you allowed to get it without any risk?
yes, i sound salty, because i am. i used to enjoy watching competitive PUBG, it used to be so exciting to watch and i hate to see great esports be reduced to something like this for some little increase in revenue.
Also so far the whole production seems really good. And man, the absolute talent of Toffess to make analytics desk so interesting. Also want to mention Avnqr casting - I really love that in early games when nothing is happening he is talking about team positions, instead of what he had at breakfast.
I dont mind the UI, but I dont understand why you would strip the team emblems of all their colour.
The emblems are there so you can find the team you are searching for faster and the colour is a big facter, now its just less obvious and imo also looks bad.
With the Esports World Cup 2026 kicking off in Paris, Hardshift is happy to be back with our second Fantasy League for the tournament over at fantasy.hardshift.gg
🏆 The Prize
1st Place: $50 AUD Steam Digital Gift Card
⚙️ How It Works
Squad Setup: Pick 4 Starters + 1 Bench player within a $100,000 salary cap (Bench player max cost: $10,000).
Captain: Designate 1 player as captain for a 1.5× point multiplier.
Player Pricing: Player values range from $8k to $38k, adapted from performance rankings.
📊 Scoring System
+2 pts per kill
+1 pt per 100 damage
+5 pts for surviving to the end of a match
−3 pts for dying before the 10-minute mark
📅 Tournament StructureGroup Stage (July 21–23): Each day is its own individual fantasy session. You’ll build your squad using only the players active on that day:
Day 1: Group A × B
Day 2: Group A × C
Day 3: Group B × C
Note: Rosters lock 5 minutes after Game 1 begins each day. Player salaries may adjust based on performance between days, but if you hold a player, you keep the original price you paid.
Grand Finals: The top 16 qualifying teams will form the player pool. You’ll rebuild your squad for the Finals with the same format (6 games/day).
📈 Leaderboard Points accumulate across both the Group Stage and Grand Finals to determine the overall top manager.
Please note, this is our second Fantasy League—we are treating this as a wider pilot and plan to run these for major events going forward.
We also have Leaderboards, Map POI Viewers, and Streamer Reactions (in Beta) over at www.hardshift.gg and are always open to community feedback!
After two circuits in Seoul, the PUBG Global Series is moving to Shanghai, China. PGS Circuit 3, featuring PGS 7, PGS 8, and PGS 9, will take place across three weeks from August 5 to 23.
Circuit 3 also marks the beginning of the second half of the 2026 PGS season—and from this point forward, the numbers change. Every series in Circuits 3 and 4 will award twice as many PGS Points as the first half of the season. With the race to PGC 2026 entering a decisive phase, here is everything you need to know about the next three weeks in Shanghai.
Circuit 3 Overview
Dates: August 5–23, 2026
Location: Shanghai, China
Participating Teams: 24
12 Global Partner Teams
12 Regional Qualifiers
Total Prize Pool: $500,000
PGS 7: $100,000
PGS 8: $100,000
PGS 9: $300,000
Match Start Time: 10:00 UTC daily
PGS 7 Group Stage on August 5 begins at 05:00 UTC
All matches except the PGS 7 Group Stage begin at 10:00 UTC (12:00 CEST / 17:00 ICT / 03:00 PDT).
The PGS 7 Group Stage begins at 05:00 UTC on August 5 (07:00 CEST / 12:00 ICT / 22:00 PDT on August 4).
Tournament Schedule
Series
Date
Stage
Start Time
PGS 7
August 5
Group Stage
05:00 UTC
August 6
Winners Stage
10:00 UTC
August 7
Survival Stage
10:00 UTC
August 8–9
Final Stage
10:00 UTC
PGS 8
August 13
Winners Stage
10:00 UTC
August 14
Survival Stage
10:00 UTC
August 15–16
Final Stage
10:00 UTC
PGS 9
August 20
Survival Stage
10:00 UTC
August 21–23
Grand Finals
10:00 UTC
Tournament Format
Circuit 3 follows a progressive stage system, with the results of each series determining how teams enter the next.
PGS 7 — August 5–9
Group Stage: All 24 teams are divided into Groups A, B, and C. Nine matches will be played, with each team competing in six.
Top 16 → Winners Stage
Bottom 8 → Survival Stage
Winners Stage: 16 teams compete in five matches.
Top 8 → Advance directly to the Final Stage and receive Advantage Points
Bottom 8 → Survival Stage
Survival Stage: 16 teams compete in five matches.
Top 8 → Final Stage
Bottom 8 → Eliminated
Final Stage: 16 teams compete across 10 matches over two days to determine the final PGS 7 standings.
PGS 8 — August 13–16
PGS 8 does not include a Group Stage. Teams are seeded directly according to their final PGS 7 standings.
PGS 7 Top 16 → Winners Stage
PGS 7 Bottom 8 → Survival Stage
Following the Winners and Survival Stages, 16 teams advance to the 10-match Final Stage across two days.
PGS 9 — Circuit Final, August 20–23
Seeding for PGS 9 is determined by the PGS Points earned within Circuit 3 across PGS 7 and PGS 8.
Top 8 in cumulative Circuit 3 PGS Points → Advance directly to the Grand Finals
Remaining 16 teams → Survival Stage
Survival Stage Top 8 → Grand Finals
Grand Finals: 16 teams compete across 15 matches over three days to crown the Circuit 3 champion.
Advantage Points
The top eight teams in the PGS 7 and PGS 8 Winners Stages receive Advantage Points, which are added to their standings at the start of the respective Final Stage.
Winners Stage Placement
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Advantage Points
10
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
Participating Teams
Circuit 3 brings together 12 Global Partner Teams and 12 teams that qualified through their regional leagues.
The Group Stage will be played in the order of A&B, B&C, and A&C. Each group matchup features one match on Erangel, Miramar, and Taego, with every team competing in six of the nine total matches.
PGS Points — Double Points in the Second Half
Circuits 3 and 4 award twice as many PGS Points as the first half of the season. The champions of PGS 7 and PGS 8 will earn 60 points each, while the PGS 9 champion will earn 120 points.
Final Placement
PGS 7
PGS 8
PGS 9
1st
60
60
120
2nd
48
48
96
3rd
40
40
80
4th
34
34
68
5th
30
30
60
6th
26
26
52
7th
22
22
44
8th
18
18
36
9th
14
14
28
10th
10
10
20
11th
8
8
16
12th
6
6
12
13th
4
4
8
14th–16th
2
2
4
17th–24th
0
0
0
PGS Points are awarded only to the top 16 teams in each series. At the end of PGS 12, the top eight teams in the annual PGS Points standings will qualify directly for PGC 2026.
For the teams that built an advantage in the first half, Shanghai is where they must defend it. For those chasing from behind, the doubled points create an opportunity to turn the standings around. One strong circuit could reshape the entire PGC race.
Map Pool and Order
Circuit 3 will be played across Erangel, Miramar, Taego, and Rondo.
Stage
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Match 5
Group Stage
Erangel
Miramar
Taego
—
—
Winners / Survival / Final Day 1 / Grand Finals Days 1 & 3
Erangel
Miramar
Taego
Rondo
Erangel
Final Day 2 / Grand Finals Day 2
Taego
Erangel
Rondo
Miramar
Taego
The Group Stage repeats the same Erangel → Miramar → Taego order across all three group matchups for Matches 1 through 9.
Prize Pool
The total prize pool for Circuit 3 is $500,000, distributed across the three series.
PGS 7: $100,000 — $30,000 for the champion
PGS 8: $100,000 — $30,000 for the champion
PGS 9: $300,000 — $100,000 for the champion
Placement prizes will be awarded to the top eight teams in PGS 7 and PGS 8, and to all 16 Grand Finalists in PGS 9. Each series also features separate match-win and MVP prizes.
Across four circuits and 12 series, the total prize pool for the 2026 PGS season is $2,000,000.
How to Watch
All PGS 7–9 matches will be broadcast live on official PUBG Esports channels.
Matches begin at 10:00 UTC daily, except for the PGS 7 Group Stage on August 5, which begins at 05:00 UTC.
Detailed broadcast channels and viewing links will be announced separately.
A new city, double the points, and 24 teams fighting for their place at PGC 2026. Circuit 3 will set the direction for the second half of the 2026 season.
Posting here and not in main pubg subreddit because I figured I'll get more educated answers.
I started playing in 2017/18, when I saw a coworker watch Shroud play. I was instantly hooked by the concept, genre, gun mechanics, learning curve... etc. I left the game in 2022 having played T3/T2 tournies in OCE. By then OCE servers were dead, I had to exitlag to SEA for ranked and give up 80-100 ping.
After many 0 kill games, I finally got my first chicken dinner, I can honestly say, with the exception of Rust, no other games gave me the highs I got from PUBG. I loved this game so much, I would fish for secret mechanics, optimal loadouts, learn weapon damage, study zones, learn spray paterns, dmr tempos, bullet drop from different altitudes. I would watch wackyjacky and others to pickup on micro details... list goes on.
Right click the first item then drag the rest for picking up items faster, crouch then prone to get to prone faster, korean peeks, peeker advatnage... heaps of other forgotten stuff. The point is, this game was so impressive and worthwhile for me that I spent over 8k hours in it, and dedicated my self getting better day by day.
Now in hindsight, when I try to pick out what made people hate on it and leave it, I can't think of much, granted I've been out of the scene for a good 4 years. I know we had bugs, server issues sometimes, cheaters. Perhaps skill gap was the biggest. But I don't remember these issues being so egregious.
Do you still play? and what do you attribute the downfall of the game to?
The wait is over. Registration is now open for PEC: Fall and PAS2!
Gather your squad, lock in your roster, and get ready to compete against teams from across EMEA and the Americas. Your journey begins in the weekly Scrims and Cups, and if you continue to perform, you will earn the opportunity to face some of the regions best teams in the Playoffs and Finals.
There, you will compete for prize money, valuable PGC Points, and the chance to strengthen your position in the race toward the PUBG Global Championship 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Now is the time to sign up and prepare for another exciting season of West Esports.
PEC: Fall and PAS2 will once again follow the familiar tournament structure used earlier this year, featuring five weeks of Scrims and Cups before the competition concludes with two sets of Playoffs and Finals. Check out the full schedule below and make sure to mark the key dates in your calendar.
Tournament Format
Scrims & Cups
PEC: Fall/PAS2 begins with five weeks of Scrims and Cups. Each week starts with three days of elimination-style Scrims, where teams battle to secure one of 16 places in the weekly Cup.
Every Saturday, those 16 teams compete in a best-of-five Cup, earning valuable points on the overall leaderboard. At the end of the five-week circuit, the top 18 teams on the overall Cups leaderboard advance to the Playoffs. In addition, the winners of Cup 4 and Cup 5 automatically qualify for the Playoffs.
Playoffs
The Playoffs feature 16 teams per day and bring together the top teams from the Cups with eight invited partner teams. Teams are seeded into different Playoff days based on their overall Cups leaderboard position.
On Day 1, the top eight teams advance directly to the Finals. The remaining teams carry over to Day 2, where they're joined by the next eight teams from the Cups leaderboard. Five more teams qualify for the Finals before the remaining teams advance to Day 3, where the final three Finals spots are decided.
Finals
Just like PEC: Spring/PAS1, Playoffs and Finals will take place twice. Following the first Finals weekend, the same teams will return for a second Playoffs stage and another opportunity to qualify for the Finals.
Across both Finals weekends, teams will battle for regional glory, and valuable PGC Points in the race toward the PUBG Global Championship 2026.
PGC Points Table
The regional series offers teams the opportunity to earn PGC Points, bringing them one step closer to qualifying for the PUBG Global Championship 2026. Below you will find how the race currently stands in EMEA and the Americas.
Take a look at the PGC Points up for grabs during PEC: Fall and PAS2 below.
Stay connected
Follow PUBG Esports on social media to stay up to date with tournament news, schedules, broadcast announcements, and everything you need to know throughout the season.
I posted previously about the organizer app I created for Discord and now alongside that created a player / coach tool that runs inside of the bot that is similar to pubg.sh and other 2D Telemetry apps online. The primary difference between those tools and this here is that it runs entirely through Discord's Activity Center. You are able to view both Live Server and Esports Server matches as soon as those games are over. You can host it and your friends/team can join and view the matches you are looking at while also being able to draw on the replay you are viewing. It comes with drawing tools, player stats for the match, a full kill-feed, a ruler, rotation lines, and a full legend key-guide. It has support for Vehicle Types, Blue Chip Revives, Redzones, Recall Planes, and so on
If you have any issues, please feel free to message me on Discord or use the bug report icon in the top right next to the client selector.
7k hours, watched every ESport event and many pros stream on a regular basis. Once the change to TPP happened I just didn't want to play anymore. I think I saw it as an indication of the start of completely phasing out FPP from the game and didn't want to stick around to see it happen.
PEC: Fall and PAS2 returns to give teams from across EMEA and Americas the opportunity to prove themselves and compete for a chance to earn PGC Points to qualify for the PUBG Global Championship 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye. With so much on the line, we hope you are as excited as we are for the tournament to kick off.
Whether you are an established roster or an up-and-coming squad looking to make your mark, this is your chance to compete against the region's best and begin or continue your journey to PGC.
Get ready to register
Registration for PEC: Fall and PAS2 opens on July 13th.
Be sure to mark your calendar and get your squad ready to compete. With valuable PGC Points on the line and a chance to prove yourselves against the best teams in EMEA and Americas, you won't want to miss your opportunity to enter.
Tournament Schedule
Just like in the previous regional series, PEC: Fall and PAS2 will follow the same tournament structure, beginning with open registration before five weeks of Scrims and Open Cups lead into the Playoffs and Finals. Check out the full schedule below and make sure to mark the key dates in your calendar.
What the hell is Day 1 and 2 for then? This format is so trash. How would a team make Match Point in one day, Match point is based on the highest score of 2 days plus 10 points. WTF??? Why cant they be just normal like every other eSports?? They're so dumb bruh.
We are looking to bring a visit to the EWC in Paris. We are wondering at what time the event starts and ends? Does anyone have a time table or something?
