PEC: Spring is right around the corner! The EMEA regional season will be heating up this Friday as EMEA’s best teams face off for the glory of being the PEC: Spring Champion- and their share of a $50,000 prize pool, PGC Points and two qualification slots for PGS 3 & PGS 4!

Here’s what you need to know about the event’s schedule, tournament format and more.

You can catch all of the action live on our Twitch and YouTube channels from 18:00 CET. We’ve made some small improvements to the PEC format this year. Here’s what you need to know:

Schedule

Playoffs Stage

• Group Stage (March 15 - 17, 18:00 CET)
  • Over the course of three days, 24 teams will face off against each other.
  • The teams will be split into three groups and will each play two out of the three days in the Group Stage.
  • After three days, the top eight teams overall will qualify directly to the Grand Finals with the rest of the pack heading to the Last Chance
• Last Chance (March 23 - 24, 18:00 CET)
  • One lobby of 16 teams will face off against each other for a final chance to qualify to the Grand Finals.
  • After two days of play (twelve total matches), the top eight teams will advance to the Grand Finals.

Grand Finals

• 18 Matches (April 5 - 7, 18:00 CEST)
  • The best of the best will face off for the PUBG EMEA Championship title over three days of play in one unified lobby

Regional Partner Teams

Nine Regional Partner Teams will receive a direct invite to the Group Stage: FaZe Clan [GPT], Twisted Minds [GPT], Natus Vincere [GPT], Acend, BBL Esports, BB Team, Entropiq, FUT Esports, HOWL Esports

Wildcards

Two teams have received a wildcard invitation to the Group Stage as a result of their performance in the Tulpar PROTALITY EMEA Tour:

• win or die (1st place in Tulpar PROTALITY EMEA Tour)
• Young Danes (3rd place in Tulpar PROTALITY EMEA Tour)

Qualified Teams

Eight teams will qualify to the playoffs from the Europe Open Qualifiers, and five teams will qualify to the playoffs from the MEA Open Qualifiers.

PGC Points

As usual, PEC: Spring is a critically important event for any team who wants to show off their skills on the world stage. By placing well in PEC: Spring, teams can earn PGC Points which will earn them qualification slots at the PUBG Global Championship at the end of the year. 

PEC: Spring will be the first of three regional events to award PGC Points this year (click here for full details).

PGS Points

In addition to the PUBG Global Championship, this year will see the return of the PUBG Global Series! There will be four global PGS events this year (PGS 3, 4, 5 and 6).

The top two non-GPT teams on the PEC: Spring final leaderboard will qualify directly to PGS 3 and 4, where they’ll get the chance to take on the finest Global Partner Teams in PUBG - such as reigning PGS 2 champions Soniqs!

In addition to strong placements at regional tournaments, teams can also qualify to PGC via PGS Points earned at PGS events.

We’re sure you’re excited to see how these teams perform - so be sure to tune in to the PEC: Spring starting this Friday, March 15 live on Twitch and YouTube!

See you on the Battlegrounds!