Yesterday, we announced the initial plans for Phase 1 of the ESL PUBG AUNZ Championship. We've heard the outcry from community feedback and understand that changes need to occur. In order to try and resolve the situation, we have decided to make the following changes to the season's dates and format:

The open qualifiers to be delayed by one (1) week. They will now kick off on Thursday, 7th of March, 2019 and run through until Sunday, 10th of March, 2019.

Due to the above, the regular season has been shortened by one week, making it a three (3) week season in total.

To compensate for the matches lost, each matchday will be extended to either five (5) or six (6) matches per matchday.

Substitutes to be allowed for both the open qualifier and the regular season. Teams will be allowed to use one (1) substitute player throughout the open qualifier, and up to three (3) substitute players during the regular season.

Please note that teams will be required to keep a majority roster from the online qualifier to the regular season. For example, if you submitted a roster of five (5) for the online qualifier, you will be required to maintain three (3) out of five (5) players during your regular season's roster.

Again, we completely acknowledge and understand that the timing is not ideal. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks for full information of the year's roadmap for PUBG in Oceania.





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