Image credit: Krafton & Tencent
World Invitational 2022 is a mid-season international PUBG Mobile event organized by KRAFTON and Tencent Games in collaboration with Gamers8 and ESL. The tournament features 18 league championsacross all regions.
Sony Xperia, the game’s official smartphone partner, will sponsor the PUBG Mobile World Invitational (PMWI) 2022 competition. It will be the largest PUBG Mobile invitational event to date, with teams from all over the world competing. The venue of the tournament will be Magic Theatre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
League Information
| Series:
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World Invitational |
| Organizers:
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Gamers8
|
| Sponsor(s):
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Xperia |
| Game mode:
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Squads TPP |
| Platform:
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Mobile |
| Type:
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Offline |
| Location:
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Riyadh |
| Venue:
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Riyadh Boulevard |
| Prize pool:
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$2,000,000 USD |
| Start Date:
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2022-08-11 |
| End Date:
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2022-08-13 |
| Number of teams:
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18 |
Format
PMWI, for the first time, will organise a two-week tournament, which will see various teams from different parts of South Asia face off against each other.
Week 1
The Week 1 affair will mostly revolve around the Regional Champions in the world, which will have a prize pool of $2M USD. Matches will be played over the 3 maps of Erangel, Miramar and Sanhok. Week 1 will take place between the dates of 11th of August, 2022 till the 13th of August, 2022. The 2 Million USD will be divided among the top 5 teams from this week, who will compete in the Afterparty Showdown taking place in the following week.
Regional Champions
· Regans Gaming (Peacekeeper Elite League 2022)
· Donuts USG (PUBG Mobile Japan League 2022 Phase 1)
· Damwon Gaming (PUBG Mobile Pro Series 2022 Korea)
· Stalwart Esports (PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia 2022 Spring)
· 52 Esports (PUBG Mobile Pro League Pakistan 2022 Spring)
· Vampire Esports (PUBG Mobile Pro League Thailand 2022 Spring)
· Yoodo Alliance x 4Rivals (PUBG Mobile Pro League – MY/SG/PH Spring 2022)
· Team SOUL (Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series Season 1)
· Falcons Esports (Host Country Invite)
· Morph GGG (PMPL Indonesia 2022)
· Box Gaming (PMPL Vietnam 2022)
· Nigma Galaxy (PMPL Arabia 2022)
· Virtual Gaming Squad (PMPL Africa 2022)
· Back2Back (PMPL North America 2022)
· Aton Esports (PMPL LATAM 2022)
· Keyd Stars (PMPL Brazil 2022)
· İstanbul Wildcats (PMPL Turkey 2022)
· TJB Esports EU (PMPL Western Europe 2022)
Week 2
Week 2 will see a 12-team format taking part in the Afterparty Showdown, which will see the rest 6 teams from the chosen region, to be announced later. One team will be called in as a “special invite”. Week 2 will take place between the dates of 18th of August, 2022 till the 20th of August, 2022. These teams will be rooting for a share in the $1M USD.