Battleground e-sports national competition, PNC 2025, will be held at Olympic Park from the 23rd to the 27th
Jul 23, 2025
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'Battleground'The national competition of e-sports, 'Pubg Nations Cup (PNC) 2025' will open at the handball stadium in Olympic Park, Seoul on the 23rd and will be held until the 27th.
PNC 2025 will be the largest ever held. The tournament period has been extended from the previous three days to five days, and the number of participating teams has also been extended from 16 to 24. Eight teams, including South Korea, will go directly to the final stage, which will be held from the 25th, depending on the performance of the previous year's competition, while the remaining 16 teams will begin their journey from the survival stage, which will be held for two days from the 23rd to the 24th.
Kim Sung-min was the head coach of the Korean national team, which won consecutive tournaments in 2023 and 2024, and "Salut" Woo Je-hyun, "Seoul" Cho Ki-yeol, "Kyu-min" Shim Kyu-min, and "Raining" Kim Jong-myung were selected as representative players to work together.
PNC 2025 will play a total of 30 matches, 6 matches each day, and the ranking will be determined by adding up the kill points and ranking points earned in the entire match. The total prize money is $500,000 (about KRW 690 million), and a portion of the profits from selling PNC 2025 winner prediction event items will be added to be distributed differentially to the participating teams according to the final ranking.
To commemorate the hosting of PNC 2025, a "Pubg Nations Lounge" will be created in the space outside the stadium from the 25th to the 27th, displaying trophies to be awarded to the winning team of this competition, uniforms of 24 participating teams, and bulletproof helmets decorated with colors symbolizing each team. In addition, a fan signing event with some of the players participating in this competition will be held at the site.
Special performances will also be held during the final stage. On the 25th, the first day of the final stage, beatbox group Bitfella House will perform, and on the 27th, the last day, global artist aespa will perform a song 'Dark Arts' collaboration with 'Battleground'.
If you watch the PNC 2025 game through the official 'Battleground' and SOOP (forest) channel, you will also hold an online event that provides various items such as PNC 2025 commemorative skins. During the three days of the final stage, the event will also allow you to obtain a limited number of 'Espamot' items.
All games begin at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on YouTube, Chizik, SOOP, and Naver TV.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
