The Peacekeeper Elite League PEL is back with its third installment in 2021, Season 3 of the year after the conclusion of PEL Season 2 which had ended last summer. We saw Nova Esports (NV) won the league stages while Show Time(ST) won the grand finals. The PEL is the Chinese equivalent of the PMPL in the global PUBG Mobile esports scene. It is played in the Chinese installment of PUBG Mobile, Game For Peace. Despite being a country level tournament, the PEL boasts a total prize pool higher than that of the S-tier global PUBG Mobile tournaments. It is also held with more lustre which justifies the hype.
Peacekeeper Elite League PEL Season 3 2021: Participating teams
- JD Esports (JDE)
- Tong Jia Bao (TJB)
- Da Kun Gaming (DKG)
- Nova Esports (NV)
- 4 Angry Men (4AM)
- Show Time (ST)
- Six Two Eight (STE)
- Tianba (Tianba)
- The Chosen (TC)
- Team Pai (PAI)
- Regans Gaming (RSG)
- Qing Jiu Club (Q9)
- Still Moving Under Gunfire (SMG)
- LGD Gaming (LGD)
- All Gamers (AG)
- Team Game (TMG)
- Titan Esports Club (TEC)
- Team Weibo (WBG)
- Action Culture Technology (ACT)
- Royal Never Give Up (RNG)
PEL Season 3 2021: Prize Pool
The prize pool will be an impressive amount of $2,344,266 or 15,000,000 Renminbi (Chinese Yuan). It will be distributed across the 5 weeks and grand finals.
Each week, the top-performing team will be crowned the Weekly Winner and will receive prize money of approximately $154,000. After 5 weeks of play, the top 15 teams across the league stage will qualify for the grand finals where the winning team will get a hefty amount of prize money of approximately $309,000. Also, the League MVP and the Finals MVP will get $31,256 each. As a part of the other awards, the best rookie player of the tournament will get $15,628.
PEL Season 3 2021: Format and Dates
The tournament, as usual, would be about a month-long affair where the best teams in China will fight it out to win this prestigious tournament. The league stages of the event will commence on the 19th of August, 2021 and will continue until the 19th of September, 2021. It is followed by the grand finals from the 23-26th of September 2021.
The PEL follows the standard tournament format adopted by the PMPL. The league stage is divided into regular play and Super Weekends with a few twists of its own. The 20 teams will fight in the regular play for 2 days and the top 5 teams from the first day of play will directly advance to the Super Weekend or the Weekly Finals, as it is called in PEL. The remaining 15 teams will face off on the second day of regular play and the top 10 teams will advance to the Weekly Finals.
Slots for PMGC
Two of the teams with the most ranking points amassed across the 4 seasons in PEL will receive a direct entry into the PMGC, the annual esports event of PUBG Mobile, which decides the best team worldwide. Going into the third season, Tong Jia Bao Esports(TJB) are in a strong lead with other teams who are following suit in a close race to the top.
Conclusion
As we move into the third season of the PEL, there are a few factors that are looking promising as ingredients for an excellent tournament. TC, who had an excellent transfer window has built up possibly the strongest roster on paper by signing Suk from 4AM, Wyy and Lolita from STE and FlowerC from SMG. This powerhouse roster is being rivalled by WBG who has acquired Wildcat, a youth player, who is possibly the deadliest close combat player and Daquan from ST, Finals MVP of S2, who is known for his assaulting skills. Also, 4AM, after losing their IGL and their best player Suk and many other events have possibly resulted in a new power shift in the PEL. We await to see what happens and how the old giants like Nova and RNG hold up against the new monster lineups of TC, WBG etc. Keep following for more updates.
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