Tencent Games and PUBG Corp. have announced PUBG MOBILE India Tour 2019 in association with OPPO to discover India’s PUBG MOBILE talent from all parts of India for the next four months. This tournament is the biggest esports endeavor attempted in the country, said the company. You can register on pubgmobile.in/esports/indiatour2019.
It offers total cash pool of INR 1.5 Crore ( INR 50,00,000 for the team ranking first, INR 20,00,00 for the team ranking second and INR 10,00,000 for third). Moreover, cash prizes will be awarded to all the teams who made it to the finale.
It is combination of both online events with regional finals in four parts of India, the India Tour 2019 is the country’s first multi-tiered tournament with which the regional finals being held in Jaipur, Guwahati, Pune, Vizag and will culminate into the grand finale in Kolkata in the month of October 2019.
OPPO PUBG MOBILE India Tour 2019 is open to all Indian residents who possess a PUBG MOBILE account above Tier Platinum 5 or level 20. Region-agnostic, users from all over the country can select any one of the four cities while registering for the tournament.
There are no restrictions to the number of players registering in a group, however the number of registrations by a participant is limited to one. Finally, squad members of a team registering are not restricted by geographical region and can hail from any city in India.
Exclusive to the squad-only format, the matches will be played across all four maps spread over the various rounds. Leveling the playing field, the rounds will be a mix of both First-Person and Third-Person perspective modes, accommodating a comprehensive experience for the players from all calibers.
Road to Grand Finals
Based on the points secured by registered squads during the In-Game Qualifier phase, the top 500 teams from each group will be selected for the ‘Online Playoffs’. The pool will be further filtered to 20 of the best teams across groups, who will compete at the group finals. Top 4 teams from each group will receive direct promotions to the grand finale of the India Tour.
Furthermore, top 64 teams (16 teams from each group final) eliminated during the online playoffs will receive another opportunity to prove their might via the newly introduced wild card rounds, out of which 4 squads will make it to the grand finale.
| Phase | No. of Teams Qualifying | Dates |
| Registration | No Limits | Group A: Jaipur- 1st July-14th July
Group B: Guwahati- 1st July-28th July Group C: Pune- 1st July- 11th August Group D: Vizag- 1st July- 25th August |
| In-Game Qualifier | No Limits | Group A: Jaipur- 15th July-21st July
Group B: Guwahati- 29th July-4th August Group C: Pune- 12th August – 18th August Group D: Vizag- 26th August- 1st September |
| Online Playoffs | 2000 | Group A: Jaipur- 29th July-10th August
Group B: Guwahati- 12th August – 24th August Group C: Pune- 26th August – 7th September Group D: Vizag- 9th September – 21st September |
| Group Finals | 4 from each group | Group A: Jaipur- 25th August
Group B: Guwahati- 8th September Group C: Pune- 22nd September Group D: Vizag- 6th October |
| Wild Card | 64 | 8th October-11th October |
| Grand Finals | 20 | 20th October |