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It’s less than a week before the highly-anticipated first major Player Unknown Battlegrounds tournament - the PUBG Global Invitation 2018 presented by PUBG Corporation. Meet the 20 teams from all over the world who would compete in this big event.

For months, PUBG Corp has been on the lookout for the strongest PUBG teams in North America, Asia, CIS, Europe, Korea, China, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, and the MENA. Twenty teams will fight on a head-to-head battle to be the first champions of PGI. In addition, these teams have their eye on the $2,000,000 prize pool.

Here are the 20 strong teams to join the PGI 2018 roster.

North America

GhostGaming Roster:

 Magno “Prophie” Ramos
 Kevin “Miccoy” Linn
 Sebastian “BALLOC” Berendt
 Mathias “EnergeticTurtle” Nielsen

Team Gates Roster:

 Tyler “Mossy” Moss
 Donte “Cillo” Burgese
 Dakota “Exko” MacLeod
 Brandon “MORTIFY” Lewis

Honey Badger Nation:

 Jack “Fastrail” Cable
 Christian “w1ckk” Lasarov
 Ryan “Timid” Koechel
 Jared “GrislyMallard9” Braun

Asia

AHQ Esports Club Roster:

 Lee “K3” Guan-Sian
 Choi “Waisun” Hon Wai
 Tsai “W1nner” Hong-Wei
 Chang “M4” Tien-Yu

Made In Thailand Roster:

 Dechatorn "MinORu" Leksathan
 Wasu "Ezqelusia" Surapakornniti
 Sakun "SviTT" Sitticharoensukchai
 Rungrattanachai "HonBoya" Sungsuk

REFUND GAMING Roster:

 Phùng "Mixi" Thanh ??
 Nguy?n "MeoU" Minh Hoàng
 Nguy?n "Pino N.T.K" Trung Kiên
 Lê "Djchip" ??c Anh
 Nguy?n "FunkyM" ??c Tú

CIS

Natus Vincere Roster:

 Vadim "POKAMOLODOY" Ulshin
 Ivan "pijamaenota" Kapustin
 Dmitriy "Shade1" Roschin
 Svyatoslav "Drainys" Komissarov

AVANGAR Roster:

 Jean "MuMiNo" Omarov
 Adlet "keeN" Nurseitov
 Alexey "0nuqtive" Trufanov
 Artem "DieZzz" Lipatov

Europe

Team Liquid Roster:

Keiron "Scoom" Prescott
 Jim "Jeemzz" Gunnar Eliassen
 Samu "Sambty" Kauppinen
 Jord "Ibiza" van Geldere

Welcome to South George Roster:

 Mathias "Larsen" Winther Larsen
 Justin "MiracU" McNally
 Laurynas "Gaxy" Rudys
 Alex "vard" Gouge

Pittsburgh Knights Roster:

 Jace "Voxsic" Patras
 Carl "Draedon" Birgersson
 Dylan "Krama" Catalano
 Can "TEXQS" Ozdemir

Gen.G Gold Roster:

 In "EscA" Jae Kim
 Min "Chelator" Ki Kim
 Jung "Loki" Young Park
 Young "Simsn" Hoon Sim

Gen.G Black Roster:

  Hyun "YOONROOT" Woo Yoon
  Jeong "ESTH3R" Wan Go
  Ji "Gramatic" Hee Kang
  Jae "SexyPig" Hyun Han

China

Four Angry Man Roster:

 Peng "Aluka" Zhen-Ming
 Wei "GodV" Zhen
 Ma "GuCun" Shi-Heng
 Sun "Cpt" Yu-Ze

Oh My God Roster:

 Liao "Xiaorong" Liangguang
 Zhang "Xiaohai" Jinhai
 Wang "silentBT" Yan
 Yao "lionKK" Hao

Japan

Crest Gaming Xanadu Roster:

 Kawahara "Aries" John Michael
 Inoue "Rio01" Ryouya
 Taniguchi "Pureboy" Junya
 Ando "Shianblue" Shintaro

Crest Gaming Windfall Roster:

 Yamaguchi "kurad" Yasuhiro
 Takagi "LevArie" Masaya
 Nakabeppu "MarimoSTAR" Shusei
 Yoshida "MrYoppy" Kentaro

Latin America

Savage Esports Roster:

 Franco "RagnarLoth" Labrador
 Michel "Maikzj" Labrador
 Nahuel "SzylzEN" Balseiro
 Patricio "Loquix" Gomez

Oceania

Chiefs Esports Club Roster:

 Andrew "eDGe" McLaren
 Nikolai "kritikalmotion" Seth
 Nicholas "Champzzzz" Champion
 Jayden "P_for_Potato" Turner

MENA

Oyun Hizmetleri E-Sports Club Roster:

  Erdem "POLLADERUC" Yalcin
  Sedat " MrSedaT" Detin
  Mustafa "Colorist" Renkci
  Mehmet "tmhMM" Yildirim

PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will be held in the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin from the 25th to the 29th of July. 

PUBG Corp is the developer and publisher of the blockbuster battle royale video game, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG). Since its release, PUBG has received worldwide acclaim, selling tens of millions of copies and winning multiple game awards worldwide.