Published 15:47 IST, September 26th 2020
Peace Elite League Season 3 with $3m prize pool is PUBG MOBILE's biggest esports event
Peace Elite League Season 3 has been announced with a massive $3 million prize pool. The month-long event will be played from September 25 to October 25.
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Peace Elite League (PEL) kickstarted its third season on September 25. With a combined prize pool of CN¥ 21 million (approx. $3.1 million), Peace Elite League Season 3 is officially biggest PUBG MOBILE tournament to be hosted, till date. event is flagship event in China for Game for Peace, Chinese version of PUBG MOBILE.
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Peace Elite League prize pool distribution
Its massive $3.1 million prize pool comfortably dwarfs highest prize pool offered in a PUBG MOBILE event, PMWL Season Zero (which has a prize pool of $1 million for East and West Zone combined). Furrmore, PEL's prize pool is even more than upcoming PUBG MOBILE Global Championship, which boasts of a $2 million prize pool.
$3.1 million prize pool will be distributed over course of four weeks of tournament. Leo Liao, marketing director of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group and PEL President, explained prize distribution during this week's opening ceremony for of PEL Season 3. During regular season, every week, top 12 teams will be rewarded from a CN¥ 3 million (approx. $440,000) prize pool.
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ditionally, every week, hosts will offer a $146,500 each to top eight influential esports organisations. Liao revealed Grand Final will feature a prize pool of $730,000. eventual champion will be awarded CN¥ 2,000,000 (approx. $292,000).
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Peace Elite League Season 3 schedule
Starting Friday, September 25, a total of 25 teams will compete in tournament which is divided into regular season and finals. regular season will be played from September 25 to October 18. reafter, top 15 teams will qualify for finals, scheduled for October 22 to 25. 15 finalists will play a series of match over span of three days to determine champions for Peace Elite League Season 3.
Teams participating in tournament are: VA Esports, Royal Never Give Up, Four Angry Men, Six Two Eight, YiQiLang, JD Esports, Qing Jiu Club, LGD Gaming, Team Game, All Gamers, Chosen, ACT, AgFox Black, Tianba, Da Kun Gaming, Elite Esports, Still Moving Under Gunfire, Regans Gaming, Tong Jia Bao Esports and Give Me Five.
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Peace Elite League Season 3 will be streamed on multiple platforms including Tencent Sports and Huya.
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(Im Credits: VA Esports Twitter)
15:47 IST, September 26th 2020