KRAFTON announced PUBG Nations Cup (PNC) 2025 format..

KRAFTON announced the format of PUBG Nations Cup (PNC) 2025 on its official website on Thursday.

According to KRAFTON's official statement, this year's PNC will be held at the Seoul Olympic Handball Gymnasium from July 23 to 27.

At that time, the top teams from all over the world will compete for a base prize pool of US$500,000 (the prize pool will be further increased through other activities) and ultimate glory.

PNC 2025 will be divided into a Survival Stage (2 days) and a Finals Stage (3 days), with 6 games played regularly every day.

As the top 8 best performing teams, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam and the defending champions South Korea will directly advance to the Finals Stage.

The remaining 16 teams, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom, must compete from the Group Stage.

All matches of this PNC will use the #36.1 client version of PUBG, and the PUBG eSports' S.U.P.E.R. point system will also be used. Erangel, Miramar, Taego, and Rondo are the maps used in this competition.

The map order of the Survival Stage: Erangel → Erangel → Taego → Rondo → Miramar → Miramar

The map order of the Finals Stage: Miramar → Miramar → Taego → Rondo → Erangel → Erangel

The team with the most "Chicken Dinners" in the entire series will be the winner. In the event of a tie, the team with the most kills in the entire series will be considered the winner.

In addition, by continuing to participate in the Pick'em Challenge, fans will have the opportunity to purchase exclusive PNC 2025 items, allowing their favorite teams to benefit from their final rankings and benefit from item sales.

Details on the Pick'em Challenge and ticket sales for this year's PNC will be announced on the PUBG eSports website at a later date.