PMGC 2026 Qualified Teams: Every Team Heading to Istanbul So Far, Region by Region

PUBG Mobile’s biggest event of the year is almost full. The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2026 has a 39-team field, and 37 teams have been named in published lists so far. They come from every major region, from BMIC’s Korean champions NS RedForce to Turkish side S2G Esports, who won the PUBG Mobile World Cup in August. The Grand Finals take place from December 11 to 13 at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center in Istanbul, with a $3,000,000 prize pool.

The list below groups every named team by region. Where a team’s stage is confirmed by an official source, we say so.

Which teams have qualified for PMGC 2026?

These are the teams named so far, grouped by region.

Türkiye (host region)

South Korea and Japan

The stages for these four come from KRAFTON India’s official BMIC 2026 results. Our report on how NS RedForce won BMIC 2026 has the full final standings.

India and South Asia

iQOO SouL are India’s only team at PMGC 2026. They booked their place by winning BMSD 2026, and KRAFTON India’s BMIC 2026 results list them in the Gauntlet stage. We explained how BMIC’s slots worked around teams that had already qualified in our BMIC 2026 PMGC qualification guide.

China

Southeast Asia

Europe and Central Asia (EECA)

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Western Europe

Americas

Africa

How many PMGC 2026 slots does each region have?

We counted the named teams by region. The totals match the regional slot split that fans have shared for this season, though PUBG Mobile has not published that split itself.

That leaves two of the 39 places still to confirm. One is a third Chinese team, which published lists name differently (LGD Gaming in one, LSG Gaming in another). We will add both once PUBG Mobile publishes the full list.

When does PMGC 2026 start?

The League Stage is reported to run from Monday, November 23 to Sunday, December 6. The top teams then join the host invite in the Grand Finals, from Friday, December 11 to Sunday, December 13 in Istanbul. Published event details say the SMASH rule applies in the Grand Finals. A full match schedule hasn’t been released yet.

For every team’s results through the year, see our PMGC 2026 hub page. The PUBG Mobile World Cup champions list shows how S2G Esports earned their spot.