The tournament features a 2,000,000 CNY (~280,000 USD) prize pool, with the distribution as follows:

Champion — 800,000 CNY (~113,700 USD)

2nd Place — 320,000 CNY (~45,100 USD)

3rd Place — 200,000 CNY (~28,200 USD)

4th Place — 120,000 CNY (~17,000 USD)

5th-6th Place — 80,000 CNY each (~11,300 USD)

7th-8th Place — 50,000 CNY each (~7,000 USD)

9th-12th Place — 30,000 CNY each (~4,200 USD)

13th-16th Place — 20,000 CNY each (~2,800 USD)

MVP — 50,000 CNY (~7,000 USD)

Top Fragger — 50,000 CNY (~7,000 USD)

— The top five teams will additionally qualify to the Main Event of the 2020 PUBG Global Series: Berlin. If the directly invited Four Angry Men finishes in the top five, the final PGS spot will be allocated to the sixth-place team.

All tournament matches of the 2020 PUBG Champions League will be broadcasted live on the league’s official streaming partners:

– Douyu

– QQEgame

– Huya

– Huya Map Stream

*English live rebroadcast hasn’t been confirmed at the time of posting.

Team Preview

PCL Spring 2020 roster list, made by Chinese PUBG writer Bigxia .

fot. PUBG Corp

Miramar West Division (aka 4AM vs the world)

Four Angry Men (4AM) — The bronze medalists of 2019 PGC are back to defend the PCL crown, being the only team to play in their regional tournament while being directly invited to PGS: Berlin in the process. To the worry of everyone in their path, their 2020 roster may be even better than before.

Leading the team, both as an in-game captain and team owner, is Wei “GodV/We1less/Minions” Zhen, whose legendary status in Chinese esports and frag grenades mastery needs no introduction. Joining him in the starting roster, there’s the MVP of Global Championship Finals in Wu “Forever” Zheng, and arguably the best frontline in competitive PUBG in Wang “ZGG01” Xin and Wei “XXXLu” Daying. Hell, when your team has the single most-expensive transfer in PUBG history in Long “Long” Zong-Quan, a former PCL champion with VC Gaming, and a talented fragger in Li “Tide” Qingwu, and a man behind the single greatest clutch in professional PUBG history in Sun “Cpt” Yu-Ze as their benched players, you know we’re talking about a one-of-a-kind team.

Still a team to beat (Credit: PUBG Corp)

Triumphant Song Gaming (TSG) — TSG have slowly marked their place as one of the upper-mid tier teams on the CN PUBG scene over the last year, finishing in the top 10 of PCL Spring, Douyu Golden Legends Seasons 7 and 8, WEGL Weibo Cup Summer and 2020 Huya Destiny Cup Winter. In the upcoming PCL season, they’ll definitely look to challenge for a PGS spot, and make yet another step up the competitive ladder.

Team Titan — Taking the PCL spot and core squad (“HongHong”, “Kokor” and “Reve”) of AMY Spacetime, TITAN have marked their place as an outside contender with a Douyu Season 8 championship victory and 7th-place finish in the Huya League/ Destiny Cup Winter.

Dae Gaming (Dae) — They had a pretty fine second half of 2019, finishing 12th in both PCL Summer Playoffs and China Masters, and their core (Timon, m200Yy, Dy577) is still playing for the team, making them a viable contender for a spot in Finals.

Miramar East Division (aka Division of Death)

Infantry Clan (iFTY) — Winners of the 2019 China Masters tournament have retained their core roster from last year, including arguably the best fragger in the world, Deng “LongSkr” Ruilong, and are eager to claim the championship that they think they were denied of last season (Dominated Regular Season, but lost to 4AM in the Playoffs via tiebreaker.

Royal Never Give Up (RNG) — After a…whatever the hell happened in the PCL Spring 2019, where they finished second-to-last in the Miramar Division and were forced to requalify through the PCL Preseason, RNG’s sole FPS division have bounced back, finishing 11th in Summer Playoffs, 5th in China Masters. However, heading into the new year, RNG decided to call for an old friend in order to challenge to the throne.

“XDD”, the CN PUBG’s prodigy, has been finally released from the underaged jail, and has returned to help his old team. It looks like he hasn’t lost a beat throughout a year-long hiatus, helping RNG in their 2019 WEGL Weibo Cup Winter victory, while receiving the event’s MVP award,

Black Ananas (BA) — Considering that BA finished 2nd in the PCL Spring 2019 and 6th in MET Asia Series, finishing just 15th in both Summer and PCM seasons could be considered as a disappointment. The team kept their core, including their star sniper Wang Wei (formerly Dec_12th, now Magician12), while adding a promising young prospect in “Ming” (1.15 KD rating in the offseason) as their new fourth player.

1246 — One of the best FPS-focused orgs in China is still here, and with an player core of fraggers XingYu and TAT, and an IGL in Giao (formerly QAQ), they’re looking to finally make it to the top-third of the standings after finishing 21st in Spring and 19th in Summer Season.

All Gamers (AG) — AG looked like they could become a contender in the first half of 2019, during which they finished 9th in PCL Spring and 4th in WEGL Weibo Summer, but failed hard in the Summer Season (28th) and China Masters (24th out of 24 teams). They kept their core roster (Libro, HongA, NGK) though, and it would be stupid to count a big team like AG out of contention.

Vikendi East Division (aka QM - KX show)

QM Electronic Athletic Club (QM) — QM had a very good run in the Autumn, during which they qualified to PGC as the runners-up of China Masters, finishing 13th overall there, and racked up a top 3 finish in the WEGL Weibo 2019 Winter. While QM had a weaker rest of the offseason, they managed to keep their PGC roster (WuFeng, L1gEEE, Yizz, JiYy) intact, and are considered as one of the challengers for the victory.

KX Gaming (KX) — In what was arguably the biggest change of China’s offseason, KX have first acquired the PCL spot of JTG, with their star player and former global champion in Liao “xiaorong” Liangguang as a bonus, and then picked up the roster of Ark Game Team (Cobra, Yuren, Manguo, By). When we take into consideration that Ark roster ended their run already near the top of CN PUBG (5th in PCL Summer, 6th in PCM, 5th in WEGL Weibo Winter, 2nd in Douyu Season 8 and 6th in Huya 2019 Winter), and that they have continued to look strong in the recent scrims, anything but a PGS spot would be considered a failure for the team.

Edward Gaming (EDG) — …While EDG did qualified to the Final Stages of all three big offseason events (Douyu S8, Huya Winter, WEGL Winter), they didn’t finished in the top 10 of any of them, however that’s still better than the remaining teams in this division. Fortunately for them, all the remaining top teams are either in the Vikendi West or signed with Huya or Douyu, which gives them an easier group and a road to the Playoffs.

Vikendi West Division (aka balance Vikendi Division pls)

Tianba — The most successful team in the CN PUBG history (counting their days under the SnakeTC banner) is heading to PCL Spring as strong as ever, aiming to claim the PUBG Corp. official championship that has always eluded them so far. Their WEGL Weibo Summer and Huya Destiny Cup Winter winning core of “LinShu”, “Tiantian” and “LuRen” remained in the team, and are now being backed up by “m200”, who joined Tianba from Dae.

D7G Esports Club (D7G) — Guangzhou-based organisation have been on a rise in the second half of 2019, finishing 7th in PCL Summer Playoffs, and just a point short from the 2nd place in the China Masters, which would’ve qualified them for the Global Championship. Heading into the Spring 2020, D7G have retained their main roster from last season (9FF, GongMian, King and Tys), while adding “RyaNNNNN” from Super Survivor Squad and “Shmily” from OMG.

Ark Game Team (Ark) — After selling off their 2019 roster to KX Gaming, Ark looks to make it back to the Finals with a entirely new squad, highlighted by a former JTG core in “Freedom”, “Roar” and “YLLL” and a former sub for 4AM and VC in “2xing”.

Erangel East Division (aka Old guard Division)

VC Gaming (VC) — The first-ever PCL champions have been looking pretty strong after finishing 5th in the PGC, especially during the most recent scrim events. Their roster went through some changes compared to what we’ve seen in Oakland, as Li “Tide” Qingwu was signed by VC’s older brother team in 4AM. In his place, VC have transferred Wu “5v” Wei from 4AM (for the same fee that Tide has been signed — 250,000 CNY) and their former divisional rival from 17Gaming/SMG in Wang “Monkeyking” Zi-Xu.

Team Still Moving Under Gunfire (SMG) — Former 17Gaming was looking like a shadow of the top team that they’ve been throughout the 2018 and first half of 2019, finishing 31st (!) in the PCL Summer and 14th in the China Masters. While SMG added two new players to their roster, specifically “Sixgod” from CBT and “Smallcc” from Dae, their success will depend once again on their core players — Peng “Lanren” Xiao-tian, Pan “Baolei” Xin-hao, Chen “shox” Jiang-Hua, and especially on one of the best fraggers on the proscene in Wang “Shou” Kang.

Shou: …I’ll end up carrying this team once again, won’t I? (Credit: Shou’s Weibo)

Oh My God (OMG) — The former Global Champions are still trying their hardest to reclaim their throne with three out of four players from their PGI Berlin run — Zhang “Xiaohai” Jinhai, Wang “silentBT” Yan and Yao “Lionkk” Hao — still in the team. Helping them in their 2020 run will be Chen “Clouds” / “Shark” / “Trick” Haoran, former member of FunPlus Phoenix in “MinMie”, and two new prospects in “WenN” and “Txhss”.

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Luminous Stars (LStars) — LStars have been performing pretty well in the offseason, finishing 4th in the WGL Weibo Winter 2019 and 7th in the Douyu Season 8, but they’re yet to perform as well in the Chinese’s premier league (14th in Summer Playoff, 35th in Spring).

Keen Gaming (KG) — KG features quite an experienced roster, lead by “Myl”, “r29” and “yyangkkk”, but outside of their Douyu Season 7 championship win last summer, they’re yet to return to their old glory of 2018, as they have been lacking a much needed firepower ever since “ZGG01” was transferred to 4AM.

Erangel West Division (aka Pretenders Division)

Team Weibo — The organisation owned and sponsored by one of the biggest social media platforms in China spent a ton of money to build a roster with experienced talents in Cai “Running” Cheng, Li “Little1ee” Wenqi and Yang “067” Yifan, but aside from a 5th-place finish in the PCL Spring, and 3rd place in the MET Asia Series they haven’t found desired success throughout 2019. To help the “200k USD core” in bringing the team over the line, Weibo have contracted “Sugary” and “BeiChen” from AMY Spacetime, and “Mingz1” from FunPlus Phoenix.

Typical Running’s screenshot #2109577 (Credit: Douyu)

LinGan Esports (LGE) — The Nanchang-based team had a up-and-down 2019, starting the year with an 6th-place finish at the Asia Invitational, then finishing 45th in PCL Spring (yet avoiding the relegation tournament due to divisional rule), before bouncing back with a 4th place in Summer Playoffs and a 7th place in the China Masters. More importantly, LGE kept their roster from their near-PGC run intact, and will be a threat to look for in the Spring Season.

Vici Gaming (VG) — While VG did qualified to the MET Asia Series after finishing 4th in the Spring Season, a weaker second half of the season (9th in Summer Playoffs, 21th in the China Masters) kept them out of PGC contention. In order to challenge for the Global Series spot, VG have contracted “Cold” from Elephant and “Ice” to provide additional firepower to the team’s core of “77”, “QFFFF” and “Vama”.

Super Survivor Squad (SSS) — Zhou “NB311” (not NB211 anymore) Lin-Li is still looking to lead the team he formed after PCPI 2018 to a desired championship win. Last season wasn’t the best for him and his teammates — “Mamu”, “Q77” and “Xbei” (24th in the PCL Summer, 16th in the China Masters), but they’re looked decent in recent weeks, and they seem to have risen like a phoenix.

Wolverhampton Esports (Wolves) — You read that correctly, an English Premier League team is entering the Chinese’s PUBG league after acquiring the PCL’s Erangel Division spot vacated by LGD Gaming (not Funplus Phoenix as previously thought). Wolves didn’t waste any money to sign a strong roster, which consists of former 17Gaming members in “yyxovo” and “qmcc”, FPX’s “Mercy”, All Gamers’s “NuBi”, “SfzXD” from Team Weibo and KX’s “Arya”.