[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Yang Tae-hoon = Krafton announced on the 11th that Twisted Minds from the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region won the Battleground eSports international competition ‘PGS 6’ hosted by Krafton, achieving their third consecutive championship. .
PGS 6 was held at TVT Green Park Studio in Bangkok, Thailand, with 24 top teams from around the world participating. 16 teams advanced to the final stage through the group stage from the 4th to the 6th, and a total of 18 games were played in the final stage held from the 8th to the 10th of this month.
Twisted Mines won the competition with a total of 171 points. This is the first time in PGS history to achieve three consecutive wins. Twisted Minds, who advanced to the finals in first place in the group stage, continued to accumulate points in the final stage and won the championship with a 36-point gap from second place.
Twisted Minds won $100,000 (approximately 140 million won) in prize money for this win, and as the number one player in annual PGS points, they will be eligible to participate in the PUBG Global Championship (PGC), the highest-ranking Battlegrounds e-sports competition held next month. 2024′.
The MVP of this tournament was Twisted Minds’ ‘Example’ Artyom Adakin. Example recorded 36 kills and 6,696 damage in the final stage, earning PGS MVP honors for the third time in a row.
Among the Korean teams, Gen.G ranked highest at 4th, Guangdong Freecs ranked 10th, and T1 ranked 16th. Another Korean team, GNL Esports, placed 23rd in the group stage and failed to advance to the finals.
Through this competition, the top 8 teams in annual PGS points were confirmed and qualified for PGC 2024. The eight teams are ▲Twisted Minds ▲Sonics ▲Cerberus Esports ▲17 Gaming ▲TSM ▲Natus Vincere ▲Petrico Road ▲Phase Clan. Korea did not receive the right to advance through PGS, but Guangdong Freecs, T1, and Gen.G, ranked 1st to 3rd in Korea’s PGC point rankings, will advance to PGC 2024.
Meanwhile, PGC 2024 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 9th to the 22nd of next month, and a total of 24 teams will compete for a total prize money of $1.5 million (about 2.1 billion won). Detailed information can be found on the official website.
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