PMGO 2026 Season 1: Full Team List, Format And Schedule 

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PUBG Mobile Global Open 2026 (PMGO) season 1 is ready to start in Jakarta, Indonesia. In that event, there are 32 teams participating. The event will be held from June 2nd to June 6th at the Indoor Stadium Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia. In this event, teams from all over the world will compete with each other for the prize pool of $500.000. 

Some of the best PUBG Mobile organisations have secured their places in the competition thanks to their performances in regional events earlier this year and the level of competition is expected to be high.

PMGO 2026 to Feature Two Seasons 

The PMGO format is to be bigger in 2026 as PUBG Mobile esports gears up.

Also, this tournament will have two seasons this year both seasons have a prize pool of $500,000. After this season, the second season will be held in Pakistan later this year. Another big update is that countries like India, China, Japan and South Korea are likely to join PMGO season 2. In season 1 these counties are not participating. This could make season two much better than season one. 

List of PMGO 2026 Season 1 Teams

All the teams qualified for the next event:

  • 4Thrives Esports
  • 721 Esports
  • Alpha7 Esports
  • AlUla Club
  • Aurora Gaming
  • Boars Gaming
  • EArena
  • ETSH Esports
  • FURIA Esports
  • GOAT Team
  • Horaa Esports
  • IDA Esports
  • S2G Esports
  • Team Flash
  • Pandum
  • VOIN Esports
  • Bigetron
  • FUT Esports
  • Gaming Stars Esports
  • Geekay Esports
  • Hatyara Crew
  • Loops
  • Nigma Galaxy
  • R8 Esports
  • RRQ RYU
  • The Vicious
  • Trained to Kill
  • TT Project
  • ULF Esports
  • Wolves
  • XForce Rejects
  • BOOM Esports

With many of these teams having international exposure, this tournament is going to be even more exciting for PUBG Mobile’s fans.

PMGO 2026 Format

The event will be contested in three different phases.

  • Group Stage

The group stage will be played between june 2 to june 3. All 32 teams will be split into two groups. The teams will fight it out to qualify directly for the Grand Finals. The top six teams in each group will go direct to the last stage. 

Teams ranked between seventh and fourteenth will go to the survival stage. Also, the bottom two teams will be directly eliminated from the tournament. 

Survival Stage Is Going To Be Very Important

Survival Stage is scheduled for June 4.

16 teams total will compete for the final four spots in the Grand Finals. This stage must be very intense, because there will be only four teams left.

The other 12 teams will be eliminated from the competition.

This format makes every single game count as one bad game can change the whole standings.

Grand Finals to Take Place on June 5 and 6

The PMGO Season 1 Grand Finals will take place for two days. In this event, there are only 16 teams that will go for a final stage: 

  • 12 teams from the Group Stage
  • 4 teams from the Survival Stage
  • The tournament winner will be decided after a maximum of 12 matches.

“Consistency is going to be huge because teams have to be good on multiple maps and situations.

Defending Champions not qualify

Last year’s winners Regnum Carya will not be joining this season 1 of PMGO. The turkish squad will be playing phenomenally in last season. But the defending champions failed to qualify this time after a poor display at the finals. 

PMGO 2026 Season 1 will definitely have a new champion.

PMGO Last Winners

The first PMGO tournament took place in Brazil in 2024

  • Winner: Reject (Japan)
  • Runner-up: Alpha7 Esports (Brazil)
  • Second RunnerUp: Vampire Esports (Singapore)

The second PMGO tournament take place in Uzbekistan in 2025

  • Winner: Regnum Carya
  • Runner-up: Nigma Galaxy
  • Second Runner-up: THE721 AGGRESSOR

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Sumit Kushwaha, is an Assistant Editor specialising in coverage of eSports and gaming. He tracks the latest developments by reporting around global events from the segment covering key individuals, breakthrough technologies and news shaping the future of industry. With a keen interest in gaming, he regularly reviews the latest game launches highlighting the pros and cons helping users with key inputs.