PMWI 2021 East: Valdus champions

Valdus Esports won the Eastern Division of the PUBG Mobile World Invitational 2021, an online event for teams from Asia and the Middle East, beating NAVI Mobile into second place.

Sixteen teams played from 22 to 25 July 2021 for an $80,000 team prize pool, with a further $1,500,000 donated to charity. The event was organised by KRAFTON, Tencent Games and Gamers Without Borders.

Twenty matches ran across four days, five per day, on Erangel, Sanhok and Miramar in third-person mode, with the first match each day starting at 11:00 GMT.

Every team took $5,000 from the $80,000 team pool, while the $1,500,000 charity fund was split into daily and overall prizes. Valdus raised $442,500 for International Medical Corps, the largest single charity share, and MARTIN of Valdus was named MVP, with $5,000 donated for his award.

Valdus finished on 287 points, ahead of Natus Vincere on 224 and D'Xavier on 186. Zeus Esports took fourth on 183, and Bigetron RA fifth on 165.

English coverage ran on the PUBG Mobile Esports channels on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Nimo TV, with regional broadcasts in twelve other languages.