PUBG Champions League Spring 2019 starts tommorow, with 48 teams divided into three divisions competing in Shanghai’s VSPN Center over a six-week period, for the championship title and a spot in both Asia PUBG Classic at the end of Phase 2 and season-ending Global Championship.

Tournament Format

48 teams have been split into three divisions ( Erangel, Miramar and Vikendi )

In each week, division will play a single-day Best of 6 to decide top five/six * teams that will qualify to Week Finals ( Division matchdays are every Monday,Tuesday and Thursday )

In Week Finals, teams play in a Best of 8 series ( 4 games on Saturday and 4 games on Sunday )- the top 12 teams will receive PCL Points, that’ll determine the season’s standings, and the winning team’s division will also recieve a sixth spot into following Week Finals *.

* In the first week of the season, Miramar Division will have a sixth Finals spot, due to 4AM being the highest-ranked Chinese team at the end of Faceit Global Summit.

At the end of season, teams will be ranked based on their PCL Points - the best 3 teams will not only represent China at the Asia PUBG Classic ( final number of China spots is TBD ), but also will be directly invited to the Finals of PUBG China Master in early October, while PCL Spring Champions will also guarantee their spot in the Global Championship.

Teams ranked 4th through 12th will be invited to China Master’s Qualifier Round, while the bottom six teams will have to play in PCL Summer Preseason to retain their spot in the league.

Erangel Division - Oh My God, it’s 17 and SSS

Promotional poster for Erangel Division ( Copyright : Douyu )

Opening the team list for Erangel Division we have the champions and runner-ups of the China’s previous major event — Douyu Gold Legends 2019 /Season 6 — in OMG and 17Gaming. No matter how, these two teams are usually compared to each other - the most successful teams in Chinese proscene to date, both lead by their ace fraggers - Lionkk and Shou - that have a backup in their long-time partners ( SilentBT and Xiaohai for OMG and Shox for 17 ), both made a roster change heading into 2019 season( Clouds joining OMG, xxyovo and Monkeyking joining 17 ). And in PCL, both teams want to redeem themselves from their Faceit Global Summit results by claiming the championship and head to the global stage once again.

Trying to stop them there’ll be SSS - Super Survivor Squad, with team’s heart and soul as their leader - Zhou “NB211” Lin-Li. He’s one of the most experienced players on the scene, as one of the original members of 4AM, playing for them in Asia Invitational 2017, and the founder of SSS after his split from Kingzone post- PCPI 2018 Season 1. Since then, SSS have made their spot as one of the best teams in the region with 2nd place in PCPI Season 2, 3rd in NEST 2018, 4th in Douyu Season 5 and 5th in Douyu Season 6. Even with that, NB211 has always ended up short of the championship trophy that he desires - and his and his teammates goal for this season is to finally win one.

But the Erangel Division is stacked with many other teams aiming to the top :

KG ( Keen Gaming ) have won two trophies in the winter NEST 2018 and Douyu Super League but they are yet to prove their strength after their star player in ZGG01 have signed with 4AM.

Vici Gaming ( VG ) have been disqualified from PCPI Season 2 due to underaged player in their roster and have a new roster right now, but they ahve rolled through the PCL Preseason and they will try to prove themselves in the main league.

Lingan Esports ( LGE ) had a disappointing run in Douyu Season 6 ( 27th place ), but nonetheless they kept the 3/4rds of the roster that finished 3rd in PCPI Season 2 and 6th in PAI 2019 and they shouldn’t be underestimated.

And lastly, there’s a few up-and-coming teams in Erangel Divison, in VC Gaming ( 2nd in PCL Preseason, 9th in WEGL Weibo Cup, 13th in NEST 2018 - not bad for a team formed in October ), FPX ( FunPlus Phoenix 8th in WEGL Weibo, 9th in PCPI S2, 11th in NEST 2018 ) and JTG ( 8th in Douyu S5, 10th in PCPI S2 ).

PCL Spring 2019 will play every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from April 29 to June 9 - Tune in to the official streams on Douyu, Huya and QQEGame, and financially support PCL by buying the league’s official set in the PUBG in-game store.