We’re still over three weeks from the start of the Global Championship, but things continue to unfold ahead of the biggest PUBG tournament of the year — All of the regions have either decided their representatives or are at the final moments of their regional tournaments, and we know that the defending World Champions in OMG won’t be able to defend their title in Los Angeles and Oakland. With that being said, let’s see what happened in each competitive region, and what is still left to be decided.

If you missed the previous editions of The Road to PGC, you can check them out in links below :

- Road to PGC ( mid-September )

- Road to PGC ( post-September )

Europe ( & Middle East & Africa ) — PUBG Europe League ( PEL )

PGC Slots: 6

Qualified Teams : FaZe Clan, Team Liquid, TSM, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, CrowCrowd

In Europe, both the championship and a sixth, last available spot for EMEA region at the Global Championship was up for grabs in the final week of PEL Phase 3. As for the first, FaZe Clan have managed to defend the late-season attack coming from Team Liquid to secure their third championship in a row, after winning the Europe League title and GLL Grand Slam throughout Phase 2.

After missing the PGI and Faceit Global Summit, FaZe will finally challenge for the Global Title at the PGC ( Photo source : Pro League Hub )

As for the sixth EMEA seed at the PGC, it was the only undecided spot left as Faze, Liquid, TSM, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere have been all sitting comfortably at the top of PEL Performance Ranking. And while it looked like a potential five-horse battle before the start of a deciding Superweek, the all-Finnish team of CrowCrowd have cut any chance at a contention by scoring a week’s high 183 points in Week 6 ( with FaZe have managed to tie that result ) and securing their second global event appearance in 2019 after Faceit Global Summit ( back under Winstrike banner ).

South Korea — PUBG Korea League ( PKL )

Remaining Playdays: October 19 3pm KST ( PGC Korea Qualifier )

PGC Slots: 6 ( OGN Entus Force, SK Telecom T1, Gen.G, DeToNator, Afreeca Freecs Fatal + PGC Korea Qualifier Winner )

Stream : https://twitch.tv/paperthinhere ; https://twitch.tv/pubgkorea ; https://twitch.tv/pubgkr_map

Remember when I said two weeks ago that SK Telecom T1 have been tearing up through everything on their path to a PKL title ? Well, OGN Entus Force have managed to stop their run, overtaking SKT in Week 5 after SKT scored only 36 points, opposed to Force’s 99 ( second biggest point scoring under 8-game week system of PKL, after Quadro’s 101pts in Week 2 of Phase 3 ) and controlling the distance in final week to secure their first championship title since June 2018 ( Afreeca PUBG League Season 2 ).

Fortunately for them, as OGN Force have finished 1st in the PKL Championship Point Ranking, SKT have qualified to PGC as the highest team outside of the Top 4 of Championship Point Ranking. Speaking of that Ranking, while VSG have challenged the top 4 teams throughout the last weeks, Afreeca Freeca Fatal, DeToNator_Korea and Gen.G have stayed at the top of the ranking alongside OGN Force and booked their tickets to California.

With five spots decided at the end of PKL Phase 3, that leaves one spot open for the winner of this Saturday’s PGC Korea Qualifier, a best-of-6 series featuring sixteen best non-qualified teams based by total points scored throughout all three PKL Phases of 2019.

China — PUBG Champions League ( PCL ) and China Masters ( PCM )

PGC Slots: 4

Qualified Teams : VC Gaming, Four Angry Men, Infantry Clan, QM Gaming

The final event for China’s 2019 season, PUBG China Masters was a six-day battle to decide the #1 team in the region, and who’ll join the winners of Champions League seasons, VC Gaming and Four Angry Men, in representing China at the PGC.

At the final moments of PCM, there were four teams left in the chase — Infantry Clan, QM Gaming, D7G and Tianba. While iFTY have managed to control the situation with a consistent scoring, and a team lead by “LongSkr” clinched the PCM trophy with a Top 3 finish in Rounds 16 and 17, Tianba have slowed down after a 2nd place, 16-kill performance at the start of final day and left D7G and QM battling each other for a runner-up spot. In the end, a clutch performance of QM_JiYy in the deciding Round 18 have led QM to finish a point ahead of D7G and punch their ticket to Los Angeles.

Team China is ready for PGC ( L-to-R : QM, iFTY, VC, 4AM ) Source : VSPN

Oceania — ESL AU & NZ Championship ( ESL )

LAN Finals Playdays: October 26–27 ; Time TBA

PGC Slots: 2 ( Top 2 of LAN Finals )

Stream : https://www.twitch.tv/esl_australia

Nothing major happened Down Under over the last two weeks, as the top twelve teams have already qualified to the LAN Finals through the Regular Season play of ESL AU&NZ Championship. LAN Finals still had four open slots however, and those were on the line during a two-round Last Chance Qualifier. At the end of LCQ, emerging at the top and qualifying to Sydney were V3locity, Allegiant Gaming, Bizarre Gaming and Dark Allegiance.

With both Regular Season and LCQ finished, the stage is set for next week’s LAN Finals — everyone’s eyes will unsurprisingly be focused on Athletico Esports, which are the main favourites after finishing 2nd at GLL Grand Slam and dominating most of the year, but with a chasing group of Charm Farmers, Vendetta, Youngbloods, Team Bliss and Team Immunity behind them, and a challenging two-day, best-of-20 series, anything can happen in Sydney.

Japan — PUBG Japan Series Season 4 ( PJS )

Remaining Playdays: October 19, 10am CEST

PGC Slots: 2 ( Top 2 of PJS Season 4 )

Stream : https://www.twitch.tv/pubg_dmm

Japan Series is coming to its conclusion this week with the final playday of the season to be played this Saturday. While the first place looks all but set as Rascal Jester have been leading through entire Season 4 and have a clear 41-point lead ahead of last week games, the second place and a second spot at the PGC is wide open. Currently Crest Gaming Xanadu is holding that spot with 189 points, but Sengoku Gaming ( 188pt ), Blue Bees ( 178pt ), All Rejection Gaming ( 168pt ) and SunSister ( 165pt ) are all within a striking distance of CGX with five matches left to play.

Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau — PUBG Master League ( PML )

Phase 3 Playdays: October 25–27 11am CEST ( Finals )

PGC Slots: 2 ( Top 2 of PML Phase 3 Finals )

Stream : https://www.twitch.tv/playbattlegroundstw

Similar to OCE region, the deciding matches of PML will be played next week during the three-day, best-of-15 LAN Finals played in Taiwan’s NTU Sports Arena. Also similar to OCE, there’s a clear favourite in Ahq Esports — the Taiwan’s red-and-black train have been unstoppable so far, scoring at least a single Chicken Dinner in each of their playdays, including a 20-kill bomb to end their Regular Season.

However a contender have risen throughout Phase 3, ready to challenge Ahq for the throne at LAN — GEX ( Global Esports Xsset ) have became a undisputed #2 team in the region, making their mark with a 90+ points Weeks 3 and 4 ( although Ahq have beat GEX in their meetings throughout those weeks ). Grand Finals will be a whole new start however, and with Team Curson, Sennheiser Victory Fox, Team Sades and MP5 all aiming to stop Ahq and GEX, only time will tell how everything will settle in Master League.