PEL 2023 Spring Season: Teams, schedule, and more
Tencent has revealed the Spring Season of the PEL 2023, a glamorous franchise competition for Game For Peace (Chinese PUBG Mobile). The publisher has scheduled the event from February 9 to April 22, where 20 participants will be competing for the dazzling trophy and hefty prize pool.
The competition will take place in three stages: Regular season, Playoffs, and the Grand Finals. A total of 32 matchdays will last eight weeks and will be played each week, from Thursday to Sunday. It will be a LAN affair at the Chengdu Quantum World E-sports Center.
In 2022, a total of 21 teams participated, but this year the publisher has reduced it to 20 as Team Petrichor Road has not been included.
The organizer is yet to unveil the full format and structure, like team progression through each stage, map rotation, allocation, prize pool, and more. However, PEL typically hosts five games per matchday and it appears that there will be many similarities in the format of the event compared to last year.
Taking place in July in Riyadh, the 2023 PUBG World League (PMWI) will boast several squads across the globe. However, the slot distribution has not yet been disclosed. Last year, RSG, the PEL Spring champion, represented China and finished sixth.
After averaging results for Chinese teams in the two international events in 2022, fans will surely have expectations from them this year. Nova Esports' failure at the PMGC 2022 Finals stunned everyone as many initially expected the team to take the trophy home as well. 4AM, LGD, and The Wolves also competed there but failed to live up to expectations.
SMG was the undisputed winner of the PEL 2022 Summer, which led them to make the cut in the PMGC Grand Finals. Ahead of the yearly biggest contest, Wolves,
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