The second ever PUBG Nations Cup will be kicking off on June 16. Players from 16 countries around the world will gather in Bangkok, Thailand, to represent their countries in a 4-day clash, and fight towards the $500,000 prize pool, plus additional prize money from PNC 2022 skin sales. Due to regional circumstances, team China will be participating online from a venue in Guangzhou, and the defending champions, team Russia, won’t be participating at all.
The participating teams will be as follows:
The format will be under the S.U.P.E.R. (Standard and Universal PUBG Esports Ruleset) Global point rule which grants 1 point per kill, 10 points for 1st place, 6 for 2nd, 5 for 3rd, 4 for 4th, 3 for 5th 2 for 6th, and 1 for 7th and 8th place per round.
In case of a tie, tiebreakers are used in the following order:
- Total kill points across all matches
- Team’s best performing match based on match Points (Kill+Placement = Match Points)
- Team’s best performing match based on kill Points
- Team’s kill points in the most recent match
- Team’s placement points in the most recent match
The talents in the tournament are stacked, with the best players representing their countries. Here are the top teams and players to keep an eye on in PNC 2022.
Tema Australia — James "TGLTN" Giezen
From the latter half of 2020, TGLTN has been playing out of his mind. The PUBG Continental Series for the Americas were all his, as he won 4 championships and 1 runner-up in the six tournaments that took place. The most significant achievement for TGLTN, however, was the 2021 PUBG Global Invitational.S. This time, he’ll be representing his home country, Australia. Although he may not have his Soniqs teammates to support him, TGLTN will still be one of the greatest single threats in this competition.
Team China — Zuo "Aixleft" Zi-Xuan
It hasn't been long since Aixleft became one of the top stars in the Asian PUBG scene — it all began after winning the fourth PUBG Continental Series for Asia. Since then, he and Petrichor Road have won three consecutive PCS championships. In these tournaments, Aixleft served as the ace of the team, as he was the kill leader and an All-PCS member in PCS4 and PCS6. What would make Aixleft a bigger threat to his opponents is that Team China is one of the favorites to take this competition, as all of the aces from the top teams have gathered.
Team Finland — Timi "curexi" Tenhula
Although he hasn’t won any major championships, curexi has been one of the most vicious attackers in the PUBG esports scene. At PGC 2021, curexi showed what he was made of, as Heroic finished in 2nd place, being only 4 points shy of the championship. From close-range infighting to mid to long-range DMR fighting, curexi proved his ability to take down his enemies and deal severe damage. Going into PNC 2022, curexi will be fighting alongside his teammate, Pag3, who is the in-game leader of Heroic. With the assistance of veteran mxey and striker D1gg3r1, curexi and Finland will be one of the favorites.
Team Korea — Park “Loki” Jung-young
Loki is one of the most decorated players in PUBG esports. He is one of the few remaining active players that has been in the PUBG esports scene since the pilot season. In following competitions up to now, Loki has stacked many championships with Gen.G and is known as the prize money leader in PUBG esports ($961,307, Esports Earnings). Another reason to focus on Loki is that he’ll be reunited with his old teammate, Inonix, with whom he won several championships together. The two were the runner-up at the previous PNC back in 2019. Although Loki didn’t have the best results in recent competitions, he’s always capable of making super plays and leading his team to victory.
Team USA — Hunter “hwinn” Winn
Alongside TGLTN, hwinn has been dominating the Americas in the PCS. Although TGLTN is considered the ace of the team, hwinn’s contribution to the team is no less, as he put up the second most damage behind TGLTN in PCS6 AM. In fact, hwinn was the longest surviving player in that series. Not having TGLTN around is a significant loss for Team USA, but the remaining talent in Sharpshot4k and Kickstart, and his teammate Shrimzy should be enough for hwinn and Team USA to contend the championship.
