PMCO 2020: NINETEEN teams disqualified for hacking; group stage to resume on Friday

PUBG MOBILE has anunced disqualification of a total of 19 teams - 11 teams from India and eight from Pakistan - from ongoing PUBG MOBILE Club Open Fall Split (PMCO 2020). organisers were forced to temporarily suspend PMCO India and Pakistan after multiple teams were accused of cheating during group sts.

PUBG Mobile Esports manment releases statement

"We constantly strive to make PUBG MOBILE Esports a fair and competitive eco-system, with constant thorough background checks & investigations. following teams have been found guilty using illegal software (cheats/hacks) and are refore disqualified from competition," organisers said in a statement released on Friday. 

Haters Esports, Team F4, TXO, MCOPS Esports, DND Mahewians, NinjaX, Indian Official, Revenge Corvus, DTH Esports, WeBSiTE and Reckless Esports are 11 teams disqualified from PMCO 2020: India. Meanwhile, Team Xtreme, 47 Esports, Team Ecstasyyy, Hellfires, HotsshotSs, Team Hellfire, Pak Falcon and riskOP were disqualified from PMCO Pakistan. Out of se, first four teams from  Pakistan region were banned initially over suspicions of cheating. 

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group sts of PMCO 2020 in India, Pakistan and South Asia were halted on August 16. With teams accused of cheating w disqualified, PMCO 2020 will resume in both regions starting Friday, August 21, PUBG MOBILE Esports anunced. Earlier this month, organisers anunced record-breaking 80,000-plus registration for PMCO 2020 Fall Split. PUBG MOBILE even boasted disqualification of 531 teams from qualifiers for using foul tactics or using third-party apps to gain an unfair advant.

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Since group sts began last week, calls for PUBG MOBILE to take action against teams using various hacks grew among Esports community. Professional Indian players like TSM Entity's Abhijeet "Ghatak" Andhare and Kull took to social media, accusing players of using hacks right after Day 1. Multiple users shared clips of suspicious gameplays of individual players. 

group st of PMCO Fall Split India 2020 commenced on August 12. It was suspended after completion of  scheduled matches on Day 4. Teams in Group A, B and C will be in action on Friday, where a total of three matches will be played on Erangel map. Matches will start at 6:00 PM IST. Live streaming will be available on PUBG MOBILE Esports' YouTube channel.

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