After two months filled with battles in the pro leagues and circuit events in nine regions all around the world, the time has come for the Faceit Global Summit. From 16th to 21st April, twenty four teams will compete in London’s ExCeL ICC Auditorium for a share of 400,000 USD prize pool and for the first-ever PUBG Classic championship title.

Tournament Schedule, Format and Prize Pool

16th April, 11:30 BST — Group Stage Day 1 ( Groups A and B, Best of 6 )

17th April, 11:30 BST — Group Stage Day 2 ( Groups B and C, Best of 6 )

18th April, 11:30 BST — Group Stage Day 3 ( Groups A and C, Best of 6 )

19th April, 11:30 BST — Elimination Stage ( Best of 6 )

20th April, 11:30 BST — Grand Finals Day 1 ( Best of 6 )

21th April, 10:00 BST — Grand Finals Day 2 ( Best of 6 ) + Showmatch

Faceit Global Summit will be played over the course of three stages. For the opening Group Stage, all 24 participating teams have been split into 3 groups. These groups will play each other in a single round-robin Best of 6 for a total of 12 games played by each team.

Groups for the FGS Group Stage ( Credit: Faceit )

At the end of Group Stage, the top 8 teams will directly proceed to the Grand Finals, while all the remaining teams will play in the Elimination Stage — a single-day best of 6, after which the top 8 teams, with team’s placements being decided by points from both Group and Elimination Stage.

For the Grand Finals, the top 8 of Group Stage and the top 8 of Elimination Stage will have their points reset and play in a two-day, twelve match series to decide the final standings.

At the end of the Global Summit, the top twelve teams will receive a monetary reward. Additionally, the best three regions, decided by the highest-placed team in the final standings, will each receive an additional slot at the PUBG Global Championship 2019, which will be played in November.

1st Place — 150,000 USD

2nd Place — 65,000 USD

3rd Place — 45,000 USD

4th Place — 30,000 USD

5th Place — 24,000 USD

6th Place — 20,000 USD

7th Place — 16,000 USD

8th Place — 14,000 USD

9th Place — 12,000 USD

10th Place — 10,000 USD

11th Place — 8,000 USD

12th Place — 6,000 USD

FGS On-Air English Talent ( Credit : Faceit )

Europe — PUBG Europe League ( PEL ) Phase 1

ENCE

Roster : Miika “Miikaz” Kinnunen, Aki “TRYFFELI” Minkkinen, Miro “Rustanmar” Ruotsi, Saku “SKUIJKE” Sajakoski

It has been just over a month since ENCE announced their expansion to the PUBG proscene but they’ve quickly made their place at the top by winning the PEL Phase 1 Championship in a decisive fashion.

That comes after a successful combination of high placement finishes ( 23 top 4 finishes, most in PEL ), securing kills no matter the situation ( 5.4 kills per game ) and consistent play throughout the Phase 1 ( not a single day with less than 26 points ). With that and momentum from the last day of PEL on their side ( 2 Chicken Dinners and 52 kills in one day ! ), the team lead by Miika “Miikaz” Kinnunen is heading to London as the main contender to win it all.

Team Liquid

Roster : Jim “Jeemzz” Gunnar Eliassen, Samu “Sambty” Kauppinen, Jord “Ibiza” van Geldere, Jere “Jembty” Kauppinen

After struggling in the first two days of PEL Phase 1, Team Liquid have slowly marched forward towards a 2nd place finish in the Europe League and a ticket to the Global Summit.

While Team Liquid is one of the most successful organisations in PUBG proscene to date, they’re still yet to win a major LAN title after the arrival of Jere “Jembty” Kauppinen in October 2018, and the “European Superteam” goal in London is to break that streak and once again be the best team in the world.

Ninjas in Pyjamas ( NiP )

Roster : Justin “MiracU” McNally, Laurynas “Gaxy” Rudys, Alex “vard” Gouge, Laurynas “Nbs” Kisielius

Just like Team Liquid, Ninjas in Pyjamas had a slow start to the Europe League Phase 1, being in 13th place after first two days, but they’ve found their way towards a podium finish in PEL with a mix of high consistency ( only two Chicken Dinners but 36 placement point finishes in 50 games, including nine top 5 finishes in a row during Week 2 ) and team adapting to a more aggressive, kill-focused playstyle throughout the course of the phase.

While the NiP core of MiracU, Gaxy and vard have been playing together for over a year now, dating back to their days in Team Kinguin and WTSG, they are still yet to win a major title — and Faceit Global Summit may be the time and the place for their victory.

Winstrike Team

Roster : Teemu “Teme” Kokko, Joonas “Jorzki” Permanto, Olli “Tiizku” Saarikoski, Joona “NOOKIE” Närvänen

With a outstanding performance in the Week 3 of PEL Phase 1, scoring at least 36 points in each of the four days, Team Winstrike managed to upset the more accomplished teams like G2 Esports, FaZe Clan, Vitality and Team Solomid to grab the final EU spot to the Global Summit.

And while this will be the first international event for the team leaden by Teemu “Teme” Kokko, Winstrike shouldn’t be underlooked as they’re aiming to make yet another major upset on the battlegrounds.

North America — National PUBG League ( NPL )

Tempo Storm ( TS )

Roster : Diondre “YaBoiDre” Bond, Luke “Meluke” Laing, Logan “Zanpah” Heckman, Mike “Sharky” Gariti

The Storm have been rolling through North American proscene so far in 2019 by winning NPL Preseason, NPL Royale, and most importantly by dominating in NPL Phase 1, finishing nearly 70 points ahead of the chasing group.

TS looks like a complete package with a mix of great placement consistency ( 29 out of 40 games with placement point finish for an average placement of 6.1 ), a firepower duo of Logan “Zanpah” Heckman and Mike “Sharky” Gariti combining for an average of 3.1 kill per round and remaining players providing great support ( both YaBoiDre and Meluke have a average of over a kill per round ), making Tempo Storm one of the main favourites coming into Global Summit.

Cloud 9 ( C9 )

Roster : Thierry “Kaymind” Kaltenback, Benjamin “Nerf” Wheeler, Magno “Pr0phie” Ramos, Austin “Lobes” Thomas McWethy

Cloud9 struggled after winning PGL-PUBG Fall Invitational in October 2018, finishing 21st and 10th in GLL Americas Season 3 and NPL Preseason respectively, and decided to replace Mehmood “Moody” Amin Askar for Austin “Lobes” Thomas McWethy just before the start of NPL Phase 1.

That proved out to be a good decision, as Lobes have played well as a support to the star fraggers of Kaymind and Pr0phie in team’s road to the 2nd place finish in NPL Royale and NPL Phase 1. Now C9 is heading to London, aiming to finally to not only beat Tempo Storm but to capture their second ( third if you count Hong Kong ) international title.

Team Envy ( nV )

Roster : Zachary “Venerated” Roach, Patrick “PAT_KAPS” Kaplan, Nick “Interrogate” Raposo, Mehmood “Moody” Askar

Speaking of Moody, he didn’t had to wait long for another chance to play for a top-tier team as he replaced Caden “Cad3n” Brill in Team Envy ahead of NPL Phase 1 Week 4.

While that made a instant impact, as nV started Week 4 with two chicken dinners, including a highest single game total of 22 kills, even though Moody averaged a 1.75 kill per game a weaker Week 5 performance had nV settling in the third place at the end of Phase 1.

Envy’s main weakness is lack of high placement finishes ( 12 in 40 games, average placement — 7.9 ), if they manage to hide that and play to their fragging power they can be in a contention for the championship.

Shoot To Kill ( STK )

Roster : Aaron “aLOW” Lommen, Kurtis “Purdy” Bond, Timothy “Uncivil” Ebarb, Adam “Adam” Didiano

Remember when Dignitas decided to form a all-NA team to participate in NPL, finished good in events preceding to the NPL Preseason then kicked them out to exit the PUBG scene just 48 hours before the start of said Preseason ?

Well, the roster led by their IGL Kurtis “Purdy” Bond have quickly rebranded themselves as Shoot To Kill, narrowly beat other kicked out of the org team in Why Tempt Fate ( previously Optic ) to finish 4th in the NPL Phase 1 and punch themselves a ticket to London. Now, the goal of this all-rounded team is to get a good finish in Global Summit and get rewarded for their hard work by being signed by a organisation.

Latin America — LATAM PUBG Pro Series ( ESL LA League Season 2 )

Brazilian Crusaders ( BRC )

Roster : Victor “Raspu” Oliveira, Andrey “and1FPS” Henrique, Igor “rogiwOw” Oliveira, Alan “rustyzera” Alves

After fine-tuning their roster in the months preceding the start of 2019 season, picking up Igor “rogiwOw” Oliveira and Alan “rustyzera” Alves, BRC have dominated in the ESL LA League with fourteen Top 4 finishes and 199 kills in 24 games to book their spot in the Global Summit. Now they’re facing their first international tournament, as their goal is to not repeat the constant last-place finishes of Team Secret on the global stage and proudly represent their LATAM region.

Oceania — ESL AU & NZ Championship 2019 Phase 1

Team Incognito

Roster : Jordan “Jordy” Dejoux, Jesse “Insight” Spencer, Matt “Ronon” Lee, Nathan “Ykikamucow” Lynham

Roster previously known as Team Order is coming off a close battle against Athletico Esports — a battle that consisted of them dominating everyone else in the region, Incognito coming back from nearly 50-point deficit after Week 1 and two (!) games ending at the infamous Miramar Islands — to clinch the championship and most importantly the right to represent OCE in London. It won’t be a easy path for them, but Incognito have a support of their fans on their backs ( literally ) and will try to please them with the best possible play.

South Korea — PUBG Korea League 2019 Phase 1

OP Gaming Rangers ( OPGR )

Roster : Im “Menteul” Yeong-su, Choi “BBABBO” Seong-cheol, Dae “DG98” Kwon Hwang, Lee “Temeria” Gil-do

Coming as the reigning kings of Korea, OP Gaming Rangers had a monstrous season of PKL, scoring a top 4 finish in 23 out of 48 games for a average of 3.31 placement points per round, backed up by 1.69 kill per round rating by PKL Phase 1 MVP, Im “Menteul” Yeong-su. Because of that play, Rangers are heading to the Global Summit as a championship contending team.

Afreeca Freecs Fatal ( AFF )

Roster : Oh “Style” Gyeong-cheol, Han “NN” Min-Gyu, Lee “Shad0w” Seung-sun, Chan “Lambu” Hyuk Park

After a underwhelming 10th place finish at PAI ( Asia Invitational ) in early January, AF Fatal have went through a roster shakeup with only their captain and shotcaller, Oh “Style” Gyeong-cheol, remaining from the team that have won 2018 PKL Season 2 league championship. Fatal have since rebounded with a consistent scoring and a fragging duo of Han “NN” Min-Gyu and Lee “Shad0w” Seung-sun averaging a near 3 kill per round to win in APAC Predator League and finish 2nd in PKL Phase 1. While Fatal is known for being a more consistent-point team, and the short length of the FGS may negate that strength, they shouldn’t be underestimated.

Team VSG

Roster : Jang “Hwan2da” Hwan, Chung “Hulk” Rak-gwon, Kim “Daengchae” Do-Hyun, Lee “Starlord” Jong-ho

Coming into first phase of 2019 PKL season, the team previously known as Actoz Stars Red was coming off a championship win in both PKL Season 2 Finals and PAI 2019. And while they proved that they’re a best fragging team in Korea with a 4,9 kill per round average in Phase 1 (highest in PKL ), finishing not even a half of their games with placement points forced VSG to settle with only a third-place finish. With PKL behind them though, VSG is now heading to FGS, where their playstyle can either make them rise and contend for their back-to-back international title or lead to their downfall.

OGN Entus Force ( OGNF )

Roster : Seong “Seongjang” Jang-hwan, Seol “indigo” Do-hoon, Jeong “kAyle” Su-yong, Kim “YaKK” Bo-hyeon

Ever since CS:GO MVP Project KR player turned PUBG prodigy, Jeong “kAyle” Su-yong replaced one of original Korean streamers and fan-favourite Kim “JuanK” Bong-Sang in June of 2018, OGN Entus Force have made a claim to be considered as a Korean FaZe Clan, finishing top 5 in every LAN they appeared since — no matter if it’s a one-day series like Afreeca Season 2 Finals, a weekend-long tourney like PAI or OGN Supermatch, a long league like PKL or combining with their sister team, OGN Ace to form a ‘hybrid’ team for Starladder PUBG Season 2. Now, heading to their biggest challenge yet, OGN Force is aiming not only to continue their run but to prove their place as one of the best teams in the world.

China — Douyu Golden Legends Season 6

Oh My God ( OMG )

Roster : Yao “Lionkk” Hao, Zhang “xiaohai” Jinhai, Wang “silentBT” Yan, Chen “Clouds” Haoran

After winning the PGI FPP World Championship in July of 2018, OMG have disappointed through post-PGI season, which culmination was them not qualifying to PCPI ( China Pro Invitational ) Season 2 Finals. That result, and introduction of new roster regulations ( forcing any organisation in China to own only a single team in order to participate in 2019 League System ), have forced a roster change in OMG — Xiaohai decided to leave the team alongside most of ‘B’ roster to form his own team, while OMG have promoted Clouds in his place.

After the roster change OMG have returned to their top form and finished in top three in every tournament they’ve played since, including WEGL Weibo Cup and Douyu Season 6 titles under their belt. And while OMG have looked a bit shaky recently with their Erangel play, they will be coming to the Global Summit as a championship contender.

17Gaming

Roster : Wang “Shou” Kang, Chen “Shox” Jiang-Hua, Huang “yyxovo” Sheng-Yuan, Wang “Monkeyking” Zi-Xu

At the same time as OMG went through their slump, 17Gaming was going through a rollercoaster of roster changes — their core players in 47gamer and F0restWen have both decided to retire from the proscene, team have decided to first loan 067 and Libro as a stand-ins for PCPI Season 2 and PAI ( Asia Invitational ), then to sign MonkeyKing and yyxovo to their 2019 roster.

Oh, and at the same time 17 have won PCPI Season 2 and finished 3rd at PAI, both with stand-ins players in “067” and “Libro”, and racked up 5th place finish in WEGL Weibo between these events, playing with now-current roster.

But with all of these happening, 17Gaming could always count on two players that have been under their banner since even they formed — the ace rifler, Kang “Shou” Wang, and team leading shot caller, Chen “Shox” Jiang-Hua. And with Monkeyking forming a monster rifler duo with Shou, yyxovo proving to be a great support player to the rest of the squad, “Zoo Squad” may have what it takes to win on the global stage.

Crystal Luster

Roster : Yang “Aixiao” Can-Chang, Fu “TGtangguo” Bai-Quan, Han “XLong” Xiao-Long, Gu “WeiSi” Wei-Zhou

While other Chinese representatives in London are a household names on the proscene, Crystal Luster is a last-second surprise of Douyu Season 6 — team that was formed just two months ago with a roster of relatively unknown players finished 3rd in their first tournament. While they didn’t look as consistent as other teams throughout the tournament and their firepower looks lacking compared to many top teams, they proved that they have a really good positioning and rotations and they can shock the PUBG proscene once again.

Four Angry Men ( 4AM )

Roster : Wei “GodV’ Zhen, Sun “Cpt” Yu-Ze, Wu “Forever” Zheng, Wang “ZGG01” Xin

After a lack-luster finish at PGI, the team led by former LoL pro, Wei “GodV” Zhen, had a consistent post-PGI season with a top 6 finish in every event between August and October ( with exception being PGL PUBG Fall Invitational, for which 4AM have sent their B roster ), but a lack of championship trophies and failing to qualify to PCPI Season 2 Finals lead to a disappointment of their fans. Even with that 4AM decided to make only one roster change by picking up a star player of KG, Wang “ZGG01” Xin, for 750 000 CNY ( around 110 000 USD ) and bounced back with a 4th place finish at Douyu Season 6 and a ticket to London. And while they’ve been always known as inconsistent squad, every player in their roster is capable to carry their team and if stars align in their favor 4AM can finally pickup the championship trophy that was escaping them for a while.

Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau — PUBG Master League Phase 1

Ahq Esports

Roster : Lee “K3” Guan-Sian, Tsai “W1nner” Hong-Wei, Hsu “Cc” Che-Jui, Tsai “SR” Hung-Wei

Even though Ahq Esports have won their third consecutive regional championship, it looks like the dark clouds are gathering over the team leaden by Lee “K3” Guan-Sian- while they’ve dominated everyone in the regular season of PML, during Finals they’ve been unpredictable with their Erangel landing spots, had a few unnecessary decisions to split into two 2-man groups or have all four players splitting from each other in mid-game and had a very inconsistent placements throughout a three-day event. Ahq have never performed well on the international scene ( 12th at PGI TPP, 17th in PGI FPP, 12th in PAI ) but they’ll head to London trying to end their struggle and at least make it to the Final Stage.

MP5 Esports

Roster : Liang “Fong” Jianfeng, Lai “Missyou” Hongru, Peng “Spartan” Yuzhi, Zhang “Leo” Mingxin

Macau-based MP5 have went through a hell of a ride in order to make it to FGS — After finishing 14th in APAC Predator League, 18th in Metalhogs Season 2 ( predecessor to Master League ) and just barely receiving a invite to PML, team have decided to rebuild their roster around the arriving Zhang “Leo” Mingxin, which have brought the much needed firepower to the team ( 89 kills, the highest amount in the PML ). With that and more aggressive playstyle MP5 will be a interesting newcomer and will be trying to shock some of the established teams and qualify to the Final Stage.

Japan — PUBG Japan Series Season 2

BLUE BEES ESC.

Roster : Kotuma “ssaat0” Takumi, Kondo “kr10” Kazuya, Fujio “Liavely” Masaki, Nakaoka “Brazilian” Daiki

Blue Bees have completed their rise from debuting in PJS top division, Grade 1, in October 2018 to the top of Japanese proscene with their consistent point scoring throughout the six-week season, mostly due to the performance of their star player in “Liavely” and the best average placement amongst the best teams in the league ( 6.6 ).

Now Blue Bees is heading to London as Japan’s representative on the global scene — they’re considered as one of the FGS underdogs but if everything clicks they can contend for a spot in the Final Stage.

Southeast Asia — PUBG SEA Championship ( SEAC ) Season 1

Armory Gaming ( AG )

Roster : Thanakorn “General_Gaming” Pechthong, Supakorn “dmggg” Korsermsuk, Katanyu “DUCKMANZ” Chinsorranan, Rungrattanachai “HoN_BoYa” Sungsuk

Armory Gaming is a Thailand-based team that performed consistently during SEAC and finished in 2nd place even with Rungrattanachai “HoN_BoYa” Sungsuk playing as a stand-in due to passport issues of Woranet “Lionarz” Kultawongwattana. Coming to FGS, AG goal will be to upset some of the bigger teams and qualify to the Final Stage.

Aerowolf Team Seven ( AW7 )

Roster : M. “Avocrn” Salman Alfarizi, Naufal “Godly” Nashrullah, Alex “Entruv” Prawira, Russel “Datmosh” Gaos Junior

Aerowolf Team One ( AW1 )

Roster : Ridho “RDK” Dwiki Sena, M. “Katou” Rizqie Habibullah, Cahya “Exagon” Ragil, Rizki “Iky” Andikarama

Well, in this place there should be a team info for the first and third-placed teams of the SEA Championship — Vietnamese Divine Esports and Gamehome Esports.

Unfortunately they have been denied of their visas. On top of what can be the end of competitive PUBG scene in Vietnam.

Because of that, playing as their replacements we have two Indonesian teams, both being part of the Aerowolf organisation — Team Seven ( 4th in SEAC ) and Team One ( 6th in SEAC, coming due to 5th place Arkangel also missing out on the visas ). While Aerowolf teams are heading to the Global Summit on a short notice with minimal preparation, they shouldn’t be taken lightly, as Team 7 finished 9th at Asia Invitational in January, beating teams like Afreeca Fatal, Ahq and Armory Gaming, and will be trying to repeat that result on a bigger stage.

You can catch all the action by watching the event online on the official TwitchTV stream, or live at ExCeL Auditorium in London ( tickets are still on sale here) and financially support the competing teams by purchase the tournament-themed skins in the PUBG in-game store , as 25% of the proceeds will be equally split between the participating teams.