Tencent, the world’s largest gaming company, presents the PUBG Mobile Malaysia National Championship (PMNC) 2018, which will be the first official PUBG Mobile tournament in Malaysia. Sponsored by Vivo and Yoodo, the tournament will be attaining the best teams with state qualifiers across Malaysia to lead into the Grand Final event. Altogether, PMNC 2018 offers a grand total prize pool of MYR60,000, 16 units of V11i phones by Vivo and 1-year free mobile plan by Yoodo.
“This event is themed squad up, which will not only be happening for the participants but also for the esports stakeholders in Malaysia. Together with the stakeholders, PMNC is doing a complete ecosystem for Malaysia Esports, starting from players, teams, leagues, fans and also sponsors. This competition is part of an effort to create a competitive community through PUBG Mobile by Tencent Games. We hope this act will get nationwide support, so that new talents in esports will grow in numbers. Furthermore, with esports entering into the Asian Games 2019 scene, we hope that this PUBG Mobile tournament will bring esports to a higher level, and will be able to bring Malaysia’s name to the level of Asia and the global esports scene,” said Oliver Ye – Tencent Game’s SEA Director.
PMNC 2018 will have a total of four state qualifiers: Johor, Sabah, Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur. The top 4 teams from each qualifier will then face-off in the Grand Finals in Kuala Lumpur on 26 January 2019. Thus, the best PUBG Mobile team in Malaysia will be appointed with the champions taking home the lion’s share of the MYR60,000 total prize pool.
Johor Qualifier : 22 December 2018, Aeon Tebrau City, Johor
Sabah Qualifier : 25 December 2018, Kompleks Karamunsing, Sabah
Sarawak Qualifier : 06 January 2019, Emart Batu Kawa, Sarawak
Kuala Lumpur Qualifier : 12 January 2019, Sunway Velocity Level 3, Kuala Lumpur
Grand Finals : 26 January 2019, Vanity Atrium, Sunway Velocity, Kuala Lumpur (16 Teams)
Registration has begun for all qualifiers from 15 December 2018 onwards. Please stay tuned to PMNC’s website: www.pubgmobile.com/MY/PMNC for more information and updates.
