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| Twisted Minds, PUBG EMEA Championship Fall 2023 Grand Winners (Image Source: COGconnected/PUBG eSports) |
KRAFTON, Inc., publisher and main developer of the globally renowned online multiplayer battle royale game PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, has officially announced the winners of the recently concluded PUBG EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Championship (PEC) Fall 2023. Last October 22, 2023, the Saudi Arabia-based Twisted Minds comprised of Aleksandr “BatulinS” Batulin, Kirill “Lu” Lukyanov, Dmytrii “Perfect1ks” Dubenyuk, Yaroslav “spyrro” Kuvichko defeated 15 other squads after three days of relentless action to claim the top prize of $25,000 from the $100,000 prize pool. Twisted Minds has already earned a spot at PUBG Global Championship 2023 (PGC 2023) based on their PUBG Global Series (PGS) performance. Six other EMEA teams - FUT eSports, FaZe Clan, Acend Club, HOWL, Question Mark, and Exalt - will also be joining the fight for the chance to be crowned PGC 2023 champions.
The PEC Fall 2023 Grand Finals consisted of 18 matches played over three days. Twisted Minds and FaZe shot to the leading positions on Day 1 and maintained their lead throughout the weekend. By the end of Day 2 it was all but clear that the two leviathans were out of reach for the rest of the teams but there was still everything to play for in the very tight midpack. PEC Fall was the last chance to earn PGC points for all the EMEA teams and even a slight movement up or down the final leaderboard could have been the difference between going to Bangkok to fight another day or sitting this one out. In a valiant and spectacular effort, FUT eSports climbed from 8th position to 3rd on the final day, displacing Question Mark. Both teams qualified with rather comfortable margins, as did Acend. The fates of HOWL and Exalt were a little less clear and determined until the very final moments. Even though they placed 14th and 16th on the leaderboard, the rosters made it through to PGC on the virtue of PGC points they had accumulated earlier this year, as well as some of their competitors falling short in the last few matches of the tournament.
More than 128 players from the 32 elite global teams will gather at the Bangkok Convention Centre (BCC) Hall in Bangkok, Thailand on November 18-December 3, 2023 for PGC 2023 where they will battle relentlessly for pride and glory in the PUBG eSports scene, aiming for the prestigious championship throne. PGC 2023 will have a live audience for the entire tournament plus various on-site community events for PUBG fans and spectators to enjoy and indulge. For more information on PGC 2023 as well as more PUBG eSports updates, visit its official website at www.pubgesports.com or follow PUBG eSports' social media accounts.
