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The 14th edition of the World Esports Championship, featuring MPUBG Mobile, has already started on December 2, and will go on until December 10, 2022 in Indonesia. The ongoing edition is featuring six titles with more than 100 countries participating in the event.
The tournament offers massive prize pool of $100,000, comprising 24 squads from 24 different countries. Notably, PUBG Mobile leg of the competition is bringing some of the most popular names in the championship. The complete squads include a lot of professional players who would be representing their respective countries.
The Turkish squad and Team Kazakhstan, which features players from Fire Flux Esports and Titan Esports, have been termed as two of strongest teams.
Meanwhile, Team Pakistan consists of 52 esports' players, while Team Saudi Arabia features R8 Esports' roster.
Let’s look at the available details regarding the World Esports Championship:
Format:
The tournament has been divided into two stages, Play-Ins and Final. The schedule of the format is as follows-:
Play-Ins (December 2 -7, 2022): The Play-Ins will go on for three days - December 2, 5 and 7. Nineteen teams have been divided into three groups, which will compete in this stage of 12 matches. The top 11 squads will then move on to the final.
Play-Ins teams-:
1) Team Azerbaijan
2) Team Brunei
3) Team Chinese Taipei
4) Team Bahrain
5) Team Djibouti
6) Team Egypt
7) Team Ghana
8) Team Guatemala
9) Team Iraq
10) Team Jordan
11) Team Libya
12) Team Maldives
13) Team Mauritius
14) Team Pakistan
15) Team Srilanka
16) Team Vietnam
17) Team South Korea
18) Team Senegal
19) Team Senegal
Finals (8 to 10 December 2022): The final of the tournament will feature a total of 16 teams, 11 from the Play-Ins, one invited host-country squad and four sides from the Regional Qualifiers in Asia, PANAM, Europe, and Africa. These groups will battle in a total of 15 matches across three days to decide the winner.
Finals teams-:
1) Team Indonesia (Host-country invite)
2) Team Turkey (European Qualifier Winner)
3) Team Brazil (PANAM Qualifier Winner)
4) Team Kazakhstan (Asian Qualifier Winner)
5) Team Morocco (African Qualifier Winner)