Last year, the ESL AU&NZ National Championship for 2018 saw 897,000 hours of watched content and over five million people reached on social media. Today, in partnership with PUBG Corp, we're excited to announce PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds as our third title for 2019!

Keeping true with the program's strong emphasis on promoting strong local talent across Australia & New Zealand, top teams from the league will be seen directly qualifying for global events in the 2019 PUBG Esports Season, while also competing locally at home for a prize pool of $15,000AUD.

Open Qualifiers

For all those interested in competing in the season - the open qualifier is the path for you! Load up into the plane, pick your place to drop and register your team! Taking place over four days, the open qualifiers are open to anyone and everyone in Oceania, as teams partake in a progressive elimination tournament.

The exact breakdown of each day will be determined on the total amount of registrations made for the qualifier. Each individual matchday will feature four games played, with the top teams from each group advancing to the next matchday. By the time we reach the final round, there will be two lobbies standing - each filled with sixteen of the best teams from Oceania; the top eight from each, advancing into the league for Phase 1.

Register now, via: https://play.eslgaming.com/playerunknownsbattlegrounds/oceania/pubg/major/aunz-championship-2019-phase-01-open-qualifier/

Regular Season

Approaching fast like a hot-drop to Pochinki - the league will see sixteen teams in total compete over four weeks in the regular season. Teams will play over two nights per week, taking place on Friday and Saturday evenings, starting from March, 2019.

By the end of the season, the top teams on the leaderboard will qualify for global events in the PUBG Esports Season.

Teams ranked in first to tenth place will reserve their position leading into Phase 2, while teams ranked in eleventh to sixteenth place will be relegated from the competition. Rest assured, more open qualifiers will be hosted in the off-season to fill the ranks for the next phase.

Dates:

Week 1: 08/09 of March, 2019;

08/09 of March, 2019; Week 2: 15/16 of March, 2019;

15/16 of March, 2019; Week 3: 22/23 of March, 2019;

22/23 of March, 2019; Week 4: 29/30 of March, 2019;

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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