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It’s less than a week before the highly-anticipated first major Player Unknown Battlegrounds tournament - the PUBG Global Invitation 2018 presented by PUBG Corporation. Meet the 20 teams from all over the world who would compete in this big event.
For months, PUBG Corp has been on the lookout for the strongest PUBG teams in North America, Asia, CIS, Europe, Korea, China, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, and the MENA. Twenty teams will fight on a head-to-head battle to be the first champions of PGI. In addition, these teams have their eye on the $2,000,000 prize pool.
Here are the 20 strong teams to join the PGI 2018 roster.
North America
GhostGaming Roster:
Magno “Prophie” Ramos
Kevin “Miccoy” Linn
Sebastian “BALLOC” Berendt
Mathias “EnergeticTurtle” Nielsen
Team Gates Roster:
Tyler “Mossy” Moss
Donte “Cillo” Burgese
Dakota “Exko” MacLeod
Brandon “MORTIFY” Lewis
Honey Badger Nation:
Jack “Fastrail” Cable
Christian “w1ckk” Lasarov
Ryan “Timid” Koechel
Jared “GrislyMallard9” Braun
Asia
AHQ Esports Club Roster:
Lee “K3” Guan-Sian
Choi “Waisun” Hon Wai
Tsai “W1nner” Hong-Wei
Chang “M4” Tien-Yu
Made In Thailand Roster:
Dechatorn "MinORu" Leksathan
Wasu "Ezqelusia" Surapakornniti
Sakun "SviTT" Sitticharoensukchai
Rungrattanachai "HonBoya" Sungsuk
REFUND GAMING Roster:
Phùng "Mixi" Thanh ??
Nguy?n "MeoU" Minh Hoàng
Nguy?n "Pino N.T.K" Trung Kiên
Lê "Djchip" ??c Anh
Nguy?n "FunkyM" ??c Tú
CIS
Natus Vincere Roster:
Vadim "POKAMOLODOY" Ulshin
Ivan "pijamaenota" Kapustin
Dmitriy "Shade1" Roschin
Svyatoslav "Drainys" Komissarov
AVANGAR Roster:
Jean "MuMiNo" Omarov
Adlet "keeN" Nurseitov
Alexey "0nuqtive" Trufanov
Artem "DieZzz" Lipatov
Europe
Team Liquid Roster:
Keiron "Scoom" Prescott
Jim "Jeemzz" Gunnar Eliassen
Samu "Sambty" Kauppinen
Jord "Ibiza" van Geldere
Welcome to South George Roster:
Mathias "Larsen" Winther Larsen
Justin "MiracU" McNally
Laurynas "Gaxy" Rudys
Alex "vard" Gouge
Pittsburgh Knights Roster:
Jace "Voxsic" Patras
Carl "Draedon" Birgersson
Dylan "Krama" Catalano
Can "TEXQS" Ozdemir
Gen.G Gold Roster:
In "EscA" Jae Kim
Min "Chelator" Ki Kim
Jung "Loki" Young Park
Young "Simsn" Hoon Sim
Gen.G Black Roster:
Hyun "YOONROOT" Woo Yoon
Jeong "ESTH3R" Wan Go
Ji "Gramatic" Hee Kang
Jae "SexyPig" Hyun Han
China
Four Angry Man Roster:
Peng "Aluka" Zhen-Ming
Wei "GodV" Zhen
Ma "GuCun" Shi-Heng
Sun "Cpt" Yu-Ze
Oh My God Roster:
Liao "Xiaorong" Liangguang
Zhang "Xiaohai" Jinhai
Wang "silentBT" Yan
Yao "lionKK" Hao
Japan
Crest Gaming Xanadu Roster:
Kawahara "Aries" John Michael
Inoue "Rio01" Ryouya
Taniguchi "Pureboy" Junya
Ando "Shianblue" Shintaro
Crest Gaming Windfall Roster:
Yamaguchi "kurad" Yasuhiro
Takagi "LevArie" Masaya
Nakabeppu "MarimoSTAR" Shusei
Yoshida "MrYoppy" Kentaro
Latin America
Savage Esports Roster:
Franco "RagnarLoth" Labrador
Michel "Maikzj" Labrador
Nahuel "SzylzEN" Balseiro
Patricio "Loquix" Gomez
Oceania
Chiefs Esports Club Roster:
Andrew "eDGe" McLaren
Nikolai "kritikalmotion" Seth
Nicholas "Champzzzz" Champion
Jayden "P_for_Potato" Turner
MENA
Oyun Hizmetleri E-Sports Club Roster:
Erdem "POLLADERUC" Yalcin
Sedat " MrSedaT" Detin
Mustafa "Colorist" Renkci
Mehmet "tmhMM" Yildirim
PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will be held in the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin from the 25th to the 29th of July.
PUBG Corp is the developer and publisher of the blockbuster battle royale video game, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG). Since its release, PUBG has received worldwide acclaim, selling tens of millions of copies and winning multiple game awards worldwide.