KRAFTON has confirmed that the 2026 PUBG Global Series is entering its last stretch, with Circuit 4 set to wrap the season and determine the final PGS Points standings for PUBG Global Championship 2026 qualification. The developer said the remaining schedule is made up of PGS 10, PGS 11 and PGS 12, and that the Circuit Final will use doubled points.
The standings still have room to move. KRAFTON says there are 240 PGS Points left across the final three tournaments, with 60 points available to the winner of PGS 10, another 60 for PGS 11, and 120 for the winner of PGS 12. Those points will decide the final Top 8 in the season-long PGS Points race spanning PGS 1 through PGS 12.
How Circuit 4 closes the 2026 PGS season
According to the announcement, Circuit 4 runs from October 14 to November 1. PGS 10 opens the run with a Group Stage on October 14, followed by the Winners Stage on October 15, the Survival Stage on October 16, and the Final Stage on October 17–18. PGS 11 follows with its Winners Stage on October 22, Survival Stage on October 23, and Final Stage on October 24–25. PGS 12 begins with the Survival Stage on October 29 and concludes with the Grand Finals from October 30 to November 1.
KRAFTON describes PGS 12 as the Circuit Final. The top eight teams in the Circuit 4 PGS Points standings, based on results from PGS 10 and PGS 11, will advance directly to the Grand Finals. The remaining 16 teams will enter the Survival Stage and compete for the last spots in the Grand Finals field.
The company says the end of PGS 12 will mark the end of the 2026 season-long PGS Points race. That final ranking will determine the eight teams that qualify for PGC 2026 and also set their starting point in the championship format. The first-place team in PGS Points will begin directly in the PGC 2026 Grand Finals. The second-place team will start at Survival Stage Day 1, while teams finishing third through eighth will begin in the Qualifying Stage.
That means Circuit 4 affects both qualification and seeding. Teams already inside the projected qualification range can still improve their position, while teams outside the cut still have one last chance to force their way into the top eight before the season ends.
The current PGS Points picture
KRAFTON says the standings after Circuit 3 leave several teams close to the cutoff. Virtus.pro leads with 261 points, followed by Made in Thailand on 224, 17Gaming on 223 and T1 on 208. Petrichor Road currently holds the eighth and final PGC qualification spot with 152 points.
The chase just behind the line is tight. Falcons are seventh with 154 points, only two ahead of Petrichor Road, while Gen.G Esports sit ninth with 145 points, seven points behind the cutoff. KRAFTON notes that the current table is not the final picture, because Circuit 4 has not yet been played.
The announcement also reminds teams and viewers that the result of PGS 12 carries added weight because points are doubled. The winner of PGS 12 will receive 120 points, second place 96, and the doubled structure runs through the rest of the standings as well. That is why KRAFTON says the final three events can still reshape the qualification race.
Earlier GAMER2GO coverage has tracked the same final stretch of the season in more detail, including the initial Circuit 4 preview and the lead-in to PGS 11. This latest update sharpens the picture by spelling out the remaining points, the schedule, and the final qualification cutoff.
PGS 10 groups are locked in
KRAFTON also confirmed the PGS 10 group draw. The 24 teams were split into Groups A, B and C using a snake seeding format based on the final results of PGS 9. Gen.G Esports, the PGS 9 winner, were placed into Group A, second-place T1 into Group B, and third-place Falcons into Group C. The placement then alternates through the rest of the PGS 9 standings to distribute all 24 teams across the three groups.
The confirmed groups are:
- Group A: Gen.G Esports, Made in Thailand, Virtus.pro, TEAM LIQUID, DN SOOPers, Sharper Esports, Team Vitality, Natus Vincere
- Group B: T1, Alpha Gaming, Team Flash, eArena, Petrichor Road, FULL SENSE, TYLOO, JD Gaming
- Group C: Falcons, Geekay Esports, Anyone’s Legend, 17Gaming, FOUR ANGRY MEN, Twisted Minds, 09(Team Nemesis at PGS 9), Godlike
KRAFTON added an update on October 12: following GAM The Expendables’ withdrawal from PGS Circuit 4, Team Flash was selected as the replacement team based on its placement in PVS Phase 1, in line with the existing team qualification criteria. The company said further updates would follow if any more changes affect the tournament.
The 2026 PUBG Global Series began with PGS 1 and now has only three tournaments left. KRAFTON’s announcement makes the shape of the finish clear: PGS 10 starts the final push, PGS 11 keeps the pressure on, and PGS 12 decides who reaches PGC 2026 and from where they enter the championship.
For teams near the cutoff, the final month of the season is straightforward: every placement point matters, and the margin between a direct Grand Finals spot and an early-stage start can still change in the last three events.
doubled points for the last event feels like a clown shoe fix. if the table is that tight, let the whole season matter instead of turning one weekend into a jackpot
fair point
PGS 12 decides too much
Not really. It just rewards the teams that show up when the pressure is highest.
i get that, and i know finals should matter. but when 240 points are still live and the last event is double, it can make the earlier runs feel less important than they should. the gap from 8th to 2nd could swing way too hard off one good weekend. still, i can see why they want the finish to be messy instead of dead
Seen it before, one bad split and the whole lobby gets flipped.
yeah, and that is why i think the double points matter so much. if the race can swing on one rough day anyway, then the last event should lean into that and make the teams actually fight for it instead of padding the table. i just dont buy the idea that a slower format would be more fair here
Team Flash getting pulled in after GAM The Expendables withdrew is pretty wild. that group draw already looked stacked enough without a late swap
with Petrichor only 2 ahead of Falcons, who would you rather have in your fantasy pick for this stretch? i’m trying to figure out if the safe points play is even worth it
depends what you mean by safe, because a fantasy pick around a live cutoff is never really safe. i’d take the team with better survival stage consistency over the one just sitting a few points higher
Virtus.pro on 261 is the one number that jumps out to me. everyone else is still in the mud for the cutoff, but they already have a bit of breathing room
not much room
breathing room in PUBG is how you get third-partied xD
lol yeah, but better than being two points from disaster
i remember watching a late season PUBG run where my team had to claw back from 9th with basically no margin left, and every placement point started feeling like a mini final. one bad rotate and you were cooked, one good circle pull and suddenly you’re in the mix again. this setup gives me the same vibe, just with way more teams still alive than people expect