PMGO 2026 S2: Wolves win in Lahore

Thirty-two teams started Season 2 of the 2026 PUBG Mobile Global Open, its group stage kicking off on 20 October, and the Grand Finals in Lahore, Pakistan. The event carried a $500,000 prize pool, with 150 PMGC Points for the champions.

Wolves Esports won Match 12 of the Grand Finals on 25 October under the SMASH Rule, with an 8-elimination chicken dinner on Miramar. AK Gold Esports finished with more points, 94 against 86 for Wolves, but the trophy goes to the first team past the match point that then wins a game.

ALA of 4K Esports was named MVP after 23 eliminations, with 4K Esports third overall in their first international tournament.

The group stage opened on 20 and 21 October with thirty-two teams in two groups of sixteen, each group playing six matches. The top six from each group went straight to the Grand Finals, places seven to fourteen fell into the Survival Stage, and the bottom two in each group were eliminated.

Survival Stage action on 22 October sent four more teams through, leaving sixteen for the Grand Finals on 24 and 25 October. Wolves topped Group B with 64 points before the finals began.

Horaa led after Day 1 with 57 points, so the Day 2 Smash Rule target stood at 67. Wolves won Match 12 to take the title even though AK Gold finished with more match points, and the conditional Match 13 was never needed.

Wolves banked $60,000 in total: the $50,000 Grand Finals winners prize plus $10,000 for topping Group B. AK Gold took $32,000 in total and 4K Esports $35,000, with PMGC points of 150, 96 and 60 respectively.

Grand Finals MVP went to ALA of 4K Esports with 23 eliminations. Satar of AK Gold took Best IGL, SkY of Horaa took Eagle Eye, Carrilho of Alpha7 took Grenade Master, and Zeta of Bigetron by Vitality took Field Medic. No cash prize was published for any of these five awards.

PMGO S2 2026 matches aired on the PUBG Mobile Esports YouTube channel.

Final points behind the champions read 94 for AK Gold Esports, 88 for 4K Esports, 86 for Horaa Esports, 83 for OLD NOT, 82 for The MongolZ, 81 for INFLUENCE RAGE, 77 for ULF Esports, 75 for Alpha7 Esports, 73 for Bigetron by Vitality, 66 for S2G Esports, 59 for Vampire Esports, 58 for AlUla Club Esports, 56 for Alter Ego Ares, 53 for BUF Esports and 36 for Regnum Carya Esports, with Wolves Esports champions on 86 through the Smash Rule.

Grand Finals base 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.

Lahore PMGC points ran 150 for the champions, 96 for second, 60 for third, 48 for fourth, 36 for fifth, 30 for sixth, 26 for seventh, 24 for eighth, 20 for ninth, 18 for tenth, 14 for eleventh, 12 for twelfth, 10 for thirteenth, 8 for fourteenth, 6 for fifteenth and 2 for sixteenth.

Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore hosted the Grand Finals.

Day 2 Chicken Dinners went to OLD NOT, AK Gold Esports, Bigetron by Vitality, INFLUENCE RAGE twice and Wolves Esports, with the Wolves win in Match 12 settling the title.