The PUBG Nations Cup 2023 (PNC 2023) has been officially announced, including all the key details, as Team UK prepare to defend their title.
The PUBG Nations Cup is a unique PUBG Esports event where the current all-star players compete for their nations for a chance to become the best PUBG national team and secure a share of the prize pool.
Last year, Team UK won PUBG Nations Cup 2022, with vard named tournament MVP at the event in Bangkok, Thailand. The Team UK roster for 2023 has not yet been announced – we’ll update this article when it has.
PUBG Nations Cup 2023 key info
This year, offline tournament PNC 2023 will be returning to Seoul, South Korea, the host city of its 2019 edition.
The tournament will also be livestreamed online through official PUBG Esports channels. At the tournament site, there will be a range of on-site events for attendees.
The tournament will take place from September 15th to 17th 2023, offering a prize pool of $300,000, plus additional crowdfunding contributions.
Spanning three days, PNC 2023 will feature a total of 18 matches, and 16 teams.
PNC 2023 is an event tournament and no PGC or PGS points will be awarded.
More information on purchasing tickets for PNC 2023, as well as further details regarding the tournament, will be released in the future.
PUBG Nations Cup 2023 Teams
Teams will represent the 16 participating territories. The participating teams in the PUBG Nations Cup 2023 are:
- United Kingdom
- Denmark
- Germany
- Türkiye
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- United States
- Australia
- India
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Japan
- Korea
Team rosters have not yet been announced.
As mentioned, Team UK were crowned champions last year. Of the Europe and Middle East teams, Team Germany and Türkiye are also returning to the stage after their participation in the two previous editions.
This year, Team Denmark are a new addition to the territories participating in the tournament.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
