PMGO 2026 S1: 4Thrives win in Jakarta

The 2026 PUBG Mobile Global Open Season 1 took place from 2 to 7 June 2026, with the Grand Finals in Jakarta. Four teams from the Survival Stage and 12 from the Group Stage played 12 matches for the title.

4Thrives Esports of Pakistan won the title, with ULF Esports second. Season 1 was the first global PUBG Mobile tournament of the 2026 year.

Two groups of sixteen began the event, playing six matches per group on 2 and 3 June. The top six from each group reached the Grand Finals directly, places seven to fourteen dropped into the Survival Stage, and the bottom two in each group went out.

Sixteen sides reached the Survival Stage on 4 June, where six matches sent the top four into the Grand Finals. The Grand Finals field was therefore twelve group-stage teams plus four Survival Stage teams.

The final stage ran twelve matches on 6 and 7 June, with the Smash Rule active on the second day and a 92-point match point set by 4Thrives as the Day 1 leaders. Points followed the Points10 scale, with 1 point per finish.

The event shared a $500,000 prize pool, and 4Thrives took $62,500 as champions, with ULF second on $34,000 and FURIA third on $27,000. Each champion also collected 75 PMGC points.

Kecth of ULF Esports collected both the Grand Finals MVP and Best IGL awards, while FALAK of 4Thrives took Grenade Master, win of Team Flash took Eagle Eye, and MOXXXYY of GOAT Team took Field Medic. None of these five awards carried a published cash prize.

Victory also sent 4Thrives to the PMWC 2026 in Paris and lifted them to 135 PMGC points, top of the South Asia leaderboard at the time.

PMGO S1 2026 matches aired on the PUBG Mobile Esports YouTube channel.

Grand Finals points finished at 122 for 4Thrives Esports, 104 for ULF Esports, 97 for FURIA Esports, 83 each for S2G Esports and eArena, 77 for TT Project, 75 for GOAT Team, 73 for Aurora Gaming, 71 for BOOM Esports, 69 for Team Flash, 59 each for Gaming Stars Esports and Horaa Esports, 54 for Geekay Esports, 53 for Bigetron by Vitality, 51 for 721 Esports and 30 for Team Pandum.

Grand Finals placement prizes paid $50,000 to the winners, $25,000 for second and $20,000 for third, then $18,000, $16,000, $15,000, $14,000, $13,000, $12,000, $11,000, $10,000, $9,000, $8,000, $7,000, $6,000 and $5,000 down to sixteenth, before earlier-stage money lifted the published team totals.

Grand Finals PMGC points ran 75 for the champions, 48 for second, 30 for third, 24 for fourth, 18 for fifth, 15 for sixth, 13 for seventh, 12 for eighth, 10 for ninth, 9 for tenth, 7 for eleventh, 6 for twelfth, 5 for thirteenth, 4 for fourteenth, 3 for fifteenth and 1 for sixteenth.