It’s always great to see esports making its own contribution towards the pandemic.
PUBG Mobile and Gamers Without Borders have organized a $3 million tournament called the World Invitational. The four-day competition is the biggest charity event in the game’s history and will take place from July 22-25.
The World Invitational will feature two $1.5 million contests for PMWI East and PMWI West.
Which team will get the first WWCD of #PMWI2021 EAST & WEST?
Don't forget to watch PMWI from July 22-25 to win free rewards!#PMWI EAST 11:00 AM (GMT+0) #PMWI WEST 15:30 PM (GMT+0) #PUBGMOBILE #OWNTHECIRCLE pic.twitter.com/8bsstTn8HN
— PUBG MOBILE Esports (@EsportsPUBGM) July 21, 2021
The tournament is set to be a part of a $10 million COVID-19 fundraiser, which is an incredible amount of money coming from esports. The PMWI East has teams from the Middle East & Asia and PMWI West includes teams from Europe & the Americas.
The Eastern side of the competition will include teams like:
- A1 Esports (Bangladesh)
- Bigetron Red Aliens (Indonesia)
- Blacklist International (Philippines)
- DRS Gaming (Nepal)
- DSGaming (South Korea)
- D’Xavier (China)
- Fanatic Zombies (UAE)
- Geek Fam (Malaysia)
- Nasr Esports (Middle East)
- Natus Vincere (Russia)
- Reject (Japan)
- i8 Esports (Pakistan)
- Team Myths (Algeria)
- Valdus Esports (Thailand)
- Yalla Esports (KSA)
- Zeus Esports (Mongolia)
Meanwhile, the Western teams are as follows:
- 19Esports (Canada)
- Alpha7 Esports (Brazil)
- Chivas Esports (Mexico)
- Destiny (Germany)
- Ghost Gaming (USA)
- Godsent (Ukraine)
- Gunz Esport (Egypt)
- Konina Power (Khazakstan)
- Lakonostra MVP (UK)
- Next Ruya Gaming (Turkey)
- Qlash (France)
- Ra’ad (Egypt)
- RTG Esports (Jordan)
- Team Onyx (Georgia)
- Team Queso (Argentina)
- UDR Killers (Spain)
Top performing teams in the competition will divide the $3 million charity bounty and donate it to partner humanitarian organizations like UNICEF.
The live broadcast will be available on Gamers Without Borders’ Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels. Tencent will also co-stream the matches on their platforms.
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