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PUBG Nations Cup
PUBG Nations Cup is KRAFTON's recurring PUBG: Battlegrounds national-team all-star competition.
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Updated September 22, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Champion
Varies by edition
Verified champions are recorded on each dated edition page.
Combined prize pool
Edition-specific; $300,000–$500,000 base documented from 2019 to 2026
Official announcements describe a $500,000 base for 2019, 2022, 2025 and 2026, and a $300,000 base for 2023 and 2024; crowdfunding is additional where announced.
Games
Participant scale
16 national squads in 2019 and 2022–2024; 24 in 2025 and 2026
Participant counts are taken from the official edition announcements.
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Organizer · Recorded in the 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019 editions.
Editions
Six verified editions are recorded from the 2019 inaugural event through the completed 2026 tournament; no 2020 or 2021 edition is asserted.
| Edition | Host | Dates | Prize pool | Games | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Latest tracked | PUBG Seongsu and Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea | Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 28, 2026 | — | — | —[6] |
| 2025 | Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea | Jul 23, 2025 – Jul 27, 2025 | — | — | —[5] |
| 2024 | KyungHee Grand Peace Hall, Seoul, South Korea | Sep 6, 2024 – Sep 8, 2024 | — | — | —[4] |
| 2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 17, 2023 | — | — | —[3] |
| 2022 | Bangkok, Thailand | Jun 16, 2022 – Jun 19, 2022 | — | — | —[15] |
| 2019 | Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea | Aug 9, 2019 – Aug 11, 2019 | — | — | —[1] |
PTG Database Analysis
PUBG Nations Cup is KRAFTON’s national-team all-star property for PUBG: Battlegrounds. The official record begins with the inaugural Seoul event in 2019, returned after a three-year gap in Bangkok in 2022, and then established a recurring global calendar with editions in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.[1][2][6]
The series is commercially distinct from a club league: players are assembled into national squads, while the host city, field size, match count and prize mechanism can change by edition. The six dated records preserve those differences, including the expansion from 16 squads to 24 in 2025 and 2026 and the repeated use of item-sale crowdfunding to increase the base prize pool.[2][5][6]
References18
- [1]FLASHBACK to PNC 2019 — PUBG Esports
- [2]Introduction to the PUBG Nations Cup 2022 — PUBG Esports
- [3]PUBG Nations Cup 2023 Announcement — PUBG Esports
- [4]Announcing PUBG Nations Cup 2024 — PUBG Esports
- [5]PUBG Nations Cup 2025 Tournament Details — PUBG Esports
- [6]PUBG Nations Cup 2026 Returns to Seoul, Korea! — PUBG Esports
- [7]PUBG Nations Cup 2026 Tournament Details — PUBG Esports
- [8]PNC 2026 Official Participating Teams Announcement — PUBG Esports
- [9]Brazil Crowned as PUBG Nations Cup 2026 Champions! — PUBG Esports
- [10]PUBG Nations Cup 2025 Champions - TEAM VIETNAM — PUBG Esports
- [11]PUBG Nations Cup 2024 Tournament Structure — PUBG Esports
- [12]PUBG Nations Cup 2024 Champions - TEAM KOREA — PUBG Esports
- [13]PUBG Nations Cup 2023 tournament page — PUBG Esports
- [14]PNC 2023 Champions, Team Korea — PUBG Esports
- [15]PUBG Nations Cup 2022 — PUBG Esports
- [16]PNC 2022: A chat with the champions — PUBG Esports
- [17]Final standings for PUBG Nations Cup 2019 — PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
- [18]PUBG Nations Cup Seoul 2019 schedule and results — Esports Charts / Esports database
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