Yangon Galacticos makes most of opportunity at PUBG Mobile World Cup

Yangon Galacticos completed an impressive run to the PUBG Mobile World Cup title on Sunday after being the last survival stage team to qualify for the three-day grand finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The offline tournament was the mid-season international event of the 2025 PUBG Mobile competitive season.

First prize was worth $547,000 and 1,000 club points to Yangon Galacticos, which won with 157 points, well ahead of Weibo Gaming (142), Alpha Gaming (141) and DRX (117).

Galacticos, based in Yangon, Myanmar, and founded in 2017, represented the Southeast Asia Region. According to results in Liquipedia, the victory on Sunday was team's fifth consecutive title dating back to December 29, 2024.

The $3.05 million tournament, part of the Esports World Cup, started July 25 and concluded Sunday, the third day of the grand finals.

The event opened with the group stage from July 25-27 to determine the top eight teams to advance to the grand finals and the bottom 16 teams to move on to the survival stage on July 29-30. Yangon Galaticos was 11th in the group stage standings with 75 points, while Alter Ego Ares led with 121 points.

The top eight teams at the survival stage advanced to the grand finals, and the bottom eight were ousted. Barely avoiding elimination, Yangon placed eighth at the survival stage with 70 points, one more than ninth-place INFLUENCE RAGE. Horaa Esports was first with 108 points.

The 16 teams qualifying for the grand finals on Friday through Sunday played a total of 18 matches (six each day).

Alpha Gaming's Uuganbayar "DOK' Dulguun of Mongolia was selected Grand Finals Most Valuable Player and earned $50,000. In 18 matches, he had a kills/deaths ratio of 1.72 with 31 eliminations. His average damage was 402.06 (7,237 total) and average assists were 1.06 (19 total).

PUBG Mobile World Cup 2025 prize pool with Esports World Cup club points:

1. $547,000, 1,000 points -- Yangon Galacticos

2. $323,500, 750 -- Weibo Gaming

3. $222,000, 500 -- Alpha Gaming

4. $195,000, 300 -- DRX

5. $153,000, 200 -- Regnum Carya Esports

6. $140,000, 150 -- Nongshim RedForce

7. $157,000, 100 -- 4thrives Esports

8. $150,000, 50 -- Alter Ego Ares

9. $127,500 -- Horaa Esports

10. $97,000 -- Team Falcons

11. $118,000 -- IDA Esports

12. $95,000 -- POWR eSports

13. $110,500 -- Team Secret

14. $87,500 -- Fire Flux Esports

15. $76,500 -- eArena

16. $94,000 -- ThunderTalk Gaming

17. $42,000 -- INFLUENCE RAGE

18. $40,500 -- R8 Esports

19. $41,000 -- Team Vision

20. $38,000 -- INTENSE GAME

21. $41,000 -- Alpha7 Esports

22. $38,500 -- Team AxTMG

23. $33,500 -- KINOTROPE gaming

24. $32,000 -- Team GAMAX

--Field Level Media