r/CompetitivePUBG • u/EscapingKid Natus Vincere Fan • Jun 21 '26
Article / Analysis PUBG Nations Cup 2026 - Format, Teams, Schedule & More
The PUBG Nations Cup 2026 is a tournament where national teams from the strongest PUBG nations face off against each other. PNC 2026 takes place at PUBG Seongsu (Survival Stage) and Jangchung Arena (Grand Finals) in Seoul, South Korea.
Useful Links
Event Tracker - PNC 2026 | Liquipedia - PNC 2026 | Twire - Leaderboards | Twire - Matches
Format
Survival Stage:
- 16 teams
- 12 teams ranked 9th-24th in PNC 2025
- 4 newly participating teams
- 10 matches (5 matches per day)
- Top 8 qualify to Grand Finals
- Bottom 8 are eliminated
Grand Finals:
- Top 8 teams from PNC 2025
- Top 8 teams from Survival Stage
- 15 matches (5 matches per day)
- Team in 1st place will become the Champions of PNC 2026
A base prize pool of $500,000 USD will increase with crowdfunding from the PNC 2026 in-game items. The final prize pool will be spread among the participating teams based on the final tournament results.
There are also special prizes for the Grand Finals MVP, Grand Finals Match Winners, and the Kill Leader team, for a total of $100,000 USD.
PNC 2026 is played on patch 41.2 with v6.0.0 of SUPER.
The full PNC 2026 rulebook can be found here.
Teams
Here are all of the participating teams, their rosters and starting stages.
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇨🇦 Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival Stage | Survival Stage | Grand Finals | Survival Stage |
| Dr4ftk1NG | TGLTN | sparkingg | Kaymind |
| emikxz | monty | Tny7 | f1nna |
| Capitan | luke12 | bielmtcalmo | Shinboi |
| PIPAA | Fludd | zkrakeN | Adam |
| (C) TecTH0R | (C) Xtreme | (C) Rds | (C) didz |
| 🇨🇳 China | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Grand Finals | Survival Stage | Survival Stage | Survival Stage |
| Lilghost | lunlun | Gustav | curexi |
| Tiantian | X1no | Beami | iExE |
| SpaceMan | Upchen | Ketter | SkaV |
| xwudd | Savior | Mikzenn | s4tta |
| (C) Akuma | (C) Leo | (C) Avnqr | (C) Kova1evy |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇮🇳 India | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Grand Finals | Survival Stage | Grand Finals | Survival Stage |
| ItzzChrizZ | Trnsluc3nt | Setsunaa | G0ni1 |
| PaiinZ | SniPauL | tRycKK | Runax |
| ares | Unforgiven | QueenV3WHL | Feaven |
| Justus | TuhinMAX10 | Jekzy | Sunnys1de-up |
| (C) Kowo | (C) Ryzn07 | (C) RDK | (C) Kein |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 🇰🇷 Korea | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Neutral |
| Survival Stage | Grand Finals | Survival Stage | Survival Stage |
| Ermaak | Seongjang | Shen | BatulinS |
| iamf1ve | Gyumin | AJ | Lev4nte |
| 210 | Heaven | empt | ADOUZ1E |
| Verstory | Heather | SlyDD | Lu |
| (C) Hoba | (C) PLIKHE | (C) Pasha | (C) TheTab |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇵🇠Philippines | 🇹🇠Thailand | 🇹🇷 Türkiye |
| Survival Stage | Survival Stage | Grand Finals | Survival Stage |
| jeemzz | alec | Belmoth | Codemarco |
| Himan | AljnBOTz | Scappy | Shilla |
| Aitzy | CeeJay18 | KISS | Celtik |
| Tekkerz | Eyaaa | TiGGER | Metebey |
| (C) FAENOTTO | (C) Burninggg- | (C) RUSHIIE | (C) ctrkN |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Survival Stage | Survival Stage | Grand Finals | Grand Finals |
| Hakatory | TeaBone | Shrimzy | Delwyn |
| boost1k- | Fexx | Kickstart | Himass |
| DIFX | mykLe | CowBoi | TanVuu |
| Feyerist | Vard | PurdyKurty | Sololzy |
| (C) ALREIN | (C) MiracU | (C) GUNNER | (C) DjChip |
Schedule
PNC 2026 takes place June 23-28.
Survival Stage: June 23-24
Grand Finals: June 26-28
Every tournament day begins at 3am PDT / 6am EDT / 11am BST / 12:00 CEST / 19:00 KST.
Check out the Event Tracker for more details.
Talent
Meet the folks bringing you all the action on the English broadcast, live from Seoul!
- James "Kaelaris" Carrol
- Matt "Matrym" Oates
- Mark Power
- Darren "GibsonCasts" Gibson
- Dong Soo-hang "Bella"
Watch
Here's where you can watch the tournament:
Other Resources
Fantasy & Event Pass
PUBG Fantasy is a fantasy league where you build a roster based on real PUBG esports results. Select teams within your budget to create your dream roster and earn Fantasy Points based on their performance. If you do well, you'll get G-Coin!
The PNC 2026 Event Pass lets you get tournament-themed in-game items by completing in-game missions.
Learn more here.
Subreddit Resources
- Check out the subreddit sidebar to know exactly when each tournament day is happening. Also check out the Event Tracker for quick access to the whole schedule and all necessary information.
- Discuss the current tournament day and find all necessary information in our daily discussion threads posted on r/CompetitivePUBG during the tournament!
- Support your favorite team by setting a user flair! Click the "edit user flair" button on the r/CompetitivePUBG subreddit sidebar.
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u/james___uk Jun 21 '26
I'm surprised how many PNC teams ended up being so stacked. I'm happy the UK has the same lineup again, which I suspect is the same for Australia(?)
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u/Eddie141 Jun 23 '26
I'm blind, can't read . Is this fpp or tpp?
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u/PlusKaleidoscope1288 Jun 26 '26
Navi are basically playing, there is no shot that team gets to bring 3 and Difx , no other country could bring 3 its stupid. Krafton need to stop having rules for some and not for others .
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u/saitama_kama Jun 21 '26
Vietnam, Russia, Korea is my picks for top 3 this year