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2020 is bringing big changes designed to streamline our esports ecosystem. We’ve made strategic regional shifts designed to create an accessible impact for our players and viewers. We are combining the high level competitors of Latin America, North America, and Oceania into the Americas region.

Whether you’re a viewer or competitor, now is the perfect time to familiarize yourself with the 2020 PGS structure for the Americas. Each sub-region will have their own open qualifiers that culminate into one offline qualifier for each PGS event.

PGS Berlin: Americas Qualifier

Roster Rules

All players must be 18+ years old in order to participate in a match.

Rosters must be made up of a minimum of two players from the region the team will be participating in.

We would like to reward the players who participated at the highest level in their respective regional competitions by giving them the opportunity to receive preferential seeding for the PGS Berlin: Americas Qualifier.

Teams who previously competed in Phase 3 of NPL, NPLC, LPPS, or ESL AU & NZ Championship in 2019 can apply to receive preferential seeding as long as the following roster requirements are met.

NPL + NPLC Rosters

To receive preferential seeding, NPL/NPLC teams must field a minimum of two players from the official roster that concluded Phase 3 (including Relegation). If there is a 2-2 split between players, the NPL Phase 3 team owner may designate the two players that will receive the preferential seeding.

LPPS + ESL AU & NZ Championship Rosters

To receive preferential seeding, LPPS/ESLAUNZ teams must field a minimum of two players from the official roster that concluded Phase 3. If there is a 2-2 split between players, the roster that includes the designated team captain will receive preferential seeding.

Online Qualifiers

The PGS Americas Open Qualifiers are built to support 256 teams for each region (NA, LATAM, and OCE), but it will scale up or down depending on participation. Each lobby will be given a minimum of 6 matches (12 matches for later rounds) before determining which teams will advance or be eliminated.

North America

Round 1: 256 teams, advance top 8 from each lobby (128 advance)

Round 2: 128 teams, advance top 6 from each lobby (48 advance)

Round 3: 64 teams (48 from Round 2 + 16 NPLC), advance top 6 from each lobby (24 advance)

Round 4: 32 teams (24 from Round 3 + 9 th /10 th Place NPL Phase 3 + Top 6 from NPL Relegation), advance top 4 from each lobby (8 advance)

Round 5: 16 teams (8 from Round 4 + Top 8 NPL Phase 3), advance 8 to offline qualifier

Latin America

Round 1: 256 teams, advance top 8 from each lobby (128 advance)

Round 2: 128 teams, advance top 8 from each lobby (64 advance)

Round 3: 64 teams, advance top 5 from each lobby + 2 highest scoring teams (22 advance)

Round 4: 32 teams (22 from Round 3 + 10 LPPS Phase 3), advance top 8 from each lobby (16 advance)

Round 5: 16 teams, 5 Advance to offline qualifier

Oceania

Round 1: 64 teams, advance top 6 from each lobby (24 advance)

Round 2: 32 teams (24 from Round 1 + Bottom 8 ESL AU & NZ Championship Phase 3)

Round 3: 16 teams (8 from Round 2 + Top 8 ESL AU & NZ Championship Phase 3), advance 3 to offline qualifier

We are planning to allow and support select community broadcasters to broadcast the online qualifiers.

Offline Qualifier

Sixteen teams from the PGS Americas Online Qualifiers will advance to the offline stage on March 28th – 29th.

PGS Americas Qualifier – Regional Allocation Region Allocation North America 8 Latin America 5 Oceania 3 Total 16

The sixteen teams in the PGS Americas Qualifier will compete in two match days of six matches per day for a total of twelve matches.

The top six teams will qualify for PGS Berlin. All sixteen teams will qualify for the next PGS Americas Online Qualifier Finals (subject to roster requirements).

The offline qualifiers will be broadcast in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Qualification details for future PGS events and PGC will be announced soon.

Registration

We are very excited to watch the rosters fill up and the excitement and anticipation build toward the first drop. We are committed to making 2020 exceed the expectations of the community. Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm for PUBG esports. See you soon!