PMWC 2025: Yangon Galacticos lift the trophy

The second World Cup returned to Riyadh with a $3,050,000 prize pool and 24 teams, who qualified through their regional leagues. Yangon Galacticos of Myanmar won the title, beating Weibo Gaming of China in the Grand Finals.

The win made Yangon Galacticos the first team from Myanmar to win a global PUBG Mobile event. It was the second different champion in two editions.

Yangon took $547,000 from the prize pool. DOK was named the tournament MVP, with a $50,000 award.

A twenty-four team field entered across three stages. The Group Stage ran from 25 to 27 July with 24 teams in three groups of eight, sending the top eight to the Grand Finals and the bottom 16 to the Survival Stage. Sixteen teams played the Survival Stage on 29 and 30 July, with the top eight completing the 16-team Grand Finals field for 18 matches from 1 to 3 August.

Yangon collected $500,000 for winning the Grand Finals, from a Grand Finals pool of $1,700,000. The event pool reached $3,050,000 in total, with $1,000,000 set aside for the Group Stage, $280,000 for the Survival Stage and $20,000 for a showmatch.

Qiddiya Esports Arena hosted the event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The tournament ran offline from 25 July to 3 August 2025 as part of the Esports World Cup.

Points came from the Points10 scale, paying 10 for first place down to one for seventh and eighth, plus one per finish. The Smash Rule applied on the final day of the Grand Finals, with the target set at the leader's points after match 12 plus 10.

DOK of Alpha Gaming took the Finals MVP award with a $50,000 prize, and also collected the Grenade Master and Field Medic awards. Smile of Yangon Galacticos was named Best IGL, and NoFear of Horaa took the Eagle Eye award.

Coverage in English ran on the PUBG Mobile Esports channels on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch, with TikTok clips under @pubgmobileesports. The Esports World Cup channels also carried the event, alongside regional PUBG Mobile Esports channels.

Yangon finished the Grand Finals on 157 points with four Chicken Dinners and 95 finishes, ahead of Weibo Gaming on 142 with two Chicken Dinners, Alpha Gaming on 141 with one Chicken Dinner, DRX on 117 with one Chicken Dinner, Regnum Carya on 112 with two Chicken Dinners, Nongshim RedForce on 110, 4Thrives Esports on 109, Alter Ego Ares on 104, Horaa Esports on 100, Team Falcons on 95, IDA Esports on 92, POWR eSports on 89, Team Secret on 83, Fire Flux Esports on 82, eArena on 57 and ThunderTalk Gaming on 54.

Riyadh placement prizes ran $500,000 for the winners, $250,000 for second, $150,000 for third, $120,000 for fourth, $100,000 for fifth, $90,000 for sixth, $80,000 for seventh, $70,000 for eighth, $60,000 for ninth, $55,000 for tenth, $50,000 for eleventh, $45,000 for twelfth, $40,000 for thirteenth, $35,000 for fourteenth, $30,000 for fifteenth and $25,000 for sixteenth, inside a $1,700,000 Grand Finals pool.

Yangon reached the Smash Rule target at 128 points, set from their 118 points after Match 12 plus 10, and closed the title from there.