The Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2023, the game’s biggest esports tournament since its relaunch in the country, has reached its last stage. After a long qualifier period followed by the semifinals, the top 16 teams who will be fighting for the title of the BGIS 2023 champions and the lion’s share of the Rs. 20,000,000 prize pool have been locked in.
The BGIS Finals are set to be a grand affair as it will happen at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium in Mumbai in front of a live audience. Krafton has already announced that tickets will be available for free and this will be the first BGMI esports event which will have a live audience. It will happen on Oct. 12, 13 and 15. The likely one-day gap for the Grand Finals on Oct. 14 is due to the highly-anticipated fixture in the ICC Cricket World Cup between India and Pakistan.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the BGIS Grand Finals 2023.
Who are the teams competing in the BGIS 2023 Grand Finals?
Unlike most BGMI esports tournaments, the BGIS 2023 featured a completely open-for-all format. However, there was an invited stage in the form of The Grind where top teams proceeded to one of the rounds of the qualifiers.
Nonetheless, these teams battled it out across four qualifier rounds, a quarterfinals, a losers bracket, and a semifinals to make it to the Grand Finals. These are as follows:
- Medal Esports
- Revenant Esports
- Gods Reign
- GlitchXReborn
- CS Esports
- MICI Esports
- Gods Reign
- Midwave Esports
- Growing Strong
- Team XSpark
- OR Esports
- TWM Gaming
- Blind Esports
- Big Brother Esports
- 4 Aggressive Man
- Night Owls
Format and Stream
The 16 teams will play 18 matches (six per day) on Oct. 12, 13, and 15 to determine the BGIS 2023 champions. Fans can attend the event live in Mumbai for free, however, the ticketing information hasn’t been revealed yet.
If you can’t make it to the Sardar Vallabhai Patel, you can also tune into all the action live on the Krafton India YouTube channel.
Image Credits: Krafton
India’s biggest BGMI esports event sees the omission of some of the biggest teams
The BGIS 2023 is undoubtedly set to be one of the biggest BGMI esports tournaments to date. However, two of the biggest teams from the country have failed to qualify.
Firstly, it’s GodLike Esports who were knocked out of the competition. The once dominant team had been struggling since the game got unbanned in third-party tournaments. Despite some roster shuffles and t
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