Nepal’s PUBG Esports team DRS Gaming secured the 2nd spot at PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2022 held on Saturday, January 7, 2023, in Indonesia. The team won a $200k cash prize which amounts to around Rs 2.64 crore in Nepali currency.
DRS Gaming registered a total of 158 points in 18 games at the flagship tournament showing steady consistency throughout the competition. The team bagged 2 chicken dinners and 70 eliminations. In the grand finals, the team lost to the Turkish team S2G Esports which topped with 190 points and 93 eliminations. The winning team S2G bagged $400K (Rs 5.30 crore) in prize money.
Likewise, the Brazillian team, Alpha 7 Esports came second runner-up. It won $120K (Rs 1.59 crore).
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PUBG World Cup PMGC 2022 Winners
Check the list of the winning team, and runners-up from PMGC 2022.
| PMGC 2022 winner and runnder-up | Total eliminations | Total score | Prize |
| S2G Esports (Turkey) | 93 | 190 points | $400k |
| DRS Gaming (Nepal) | 70 | 158 points | $200k |
| Alpha 7 Esports (Brazil) | 77 | 156 points | $120k |
Another Nepali team Train to Kill managed the 13th position with 112 points and earned $22.5k (Rs 30 lakhs).
Sixteen teams competed at the PMGC 2022 for a total of $4 million cash prize over three days in head-to-head matches.