PUBG joins Esports Nations Cup line-up

Battle royale title PUBG: Battlegrounds has turn into the most recent title introduced for the inaugural Esports Nations Cup (ENC).

Going down from November eleventh to fifteenth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 24 nationwide groups drop into the motion for an opportunity to be topped ENC champion.

The Group Stage sees the 24 groups break up into three teams of eight, with 5 matches going down throughout every group. The highest 16 groups from the Group Stage guide a spot within the Finals, the place the remaining 16 groups compete for outright victory.

The Finals use the Smash Rule format, the place groups should attain a particular factors threshold. As soon as the brink is reached, groups should win a match to assert the championship.

Of the 24 groups competing in PUBG, 12 are invited utilizing KRAFTON’s PUBG Rating. Organisations competing in tournaments earn factors shared equally throughout all the gamers competing. The nationwide rating accumulates the factors of the highest 4 gamers on a nationwide roster to find out their rank.

Just like different titles introduced for the Esports Nations Cup, on-line qualifiers will determine one other ten groups competing within the PUBG match.

Going down from July tenth to twelfth, two slots are awarded to the Americas, Asia, and Southeast Asia and Oceania. For Europe, the Center East and Africa, 4 slots for the primary occasion are up for grabs. The 2 remaining slots are Wildcards.

PUBG turns into the tenth title introduced for the Esports Nations Cup. To date, Cell Legends: Bang Bang, Trackmania, and Counter-Strike 2 are among the many confirmed titles.

PUBG’s inclusion on the Esports Nations Cup comes after KRAFTON grew to become a publishing accomplice of the multi-title occasion in November 2025. It joins the likes of Ubisoft, MOONTON Video games, and Digital Arts (EA) on its partnership roster to develop qualification paths and codecs for the primary occasion.

Regardless of the addition of PUBG and different high-profile esports titles becoming a member of the Esports Nations Cup, organised by the Esports World Cup Basis, followers proceed to share considerations surrounding Saudi Arabia’s funding in esports.

Members of the esports group have described assist and funding from the likes of the federal government’s Public Funding Fund and Savvy Video games Group as sportswashing to distract from the Kingdom’s human rights file.