From the Korean press: our English summary of Xportsnews' coverage of the PUBG Global Series 12 Grand Finals in Shanghai. Updated on 1 November with the final result.
Twisted Minds are the PGS 12 champions. The team won the Grand Finals in Shanghai with 140 points after 15 matches, and sealed it in style with an 11-kill chicken in the very last match. PGS 12 was the Circuit Final of PGS Circuit 4, the last circuit of the 2026 season, with PGS Points doubled (120 points for the winner).
PGS 12 Grand Finals – final standings (top 3)
- Twisted Minds – 140 pts
- eArena – 123 pts
- DN SOOPers – 117 pts
Finals MVP: Xmpl (Twisted Minds). Twisted Minds played with BatulinS, Xmpl, Lu and Molodoct (sub). Sports.ru reports the win was worth about $103,000 and is the team's 5th PGS title.
Korean teams: DN SOOPers 3rd (best Korean team), T1 12th (70 pts), Gen.G 14th (57 pts), Geekay 16th (41 pts).
Day 3, match by match
- Match 11: eArena opened with a 10-kill chicken (20 pts) and closed in on Twisted Minds, 101 to 106. DN SOOPers reached the top 4 for 11 pts.
- Match 12: T1 took an 8-kill chicken, their best match of the Finals. Geekay also made the top 4 (10 pts), but DN SOOPers got only 1 point.
- Match 13: Virtus.pro won with an 8-kill chicken (18 pts). Team Falcons (13) and eArena (10) also scored well, and DN SOOPers slipped to 4th for a moment.
- Match 14: Team Vitality took a 5-kill chicken (15 pts) and Natus Vincere topped the match with 11 kills (17 pts). DN SOOPers added 12 to sit on 110, behind eArena (117) and Twisted Minds (119).
- Match 15: Twisted Minds finished the event with an 11-kill chicken to win the title.
Day 2 recap (before the final day)
After 10 of 15 matches, Twisted Minds led with 99 pts, ahead of Team Falcons (84) and DN SOOPers (83). Highlights: eArena's 7-kill chicken in Match 6 (Heaven of DN SOOPers was Man of the Match), JD Gaming's 8-kill chicken in Match 7, Gen.G's 6-kill chicken in Match 8, and Four Angry Men's chicken in Match 10.
Who goes to PGC 2026
With PGS 12 done, the final 2026 PGS Points table is set. The top 8 are Virtus.pro, 17 Gaming, eArena, DN SOOPers, T1, Team Falcons, Twisted Minds and Made in Thailand. Virtus.pro, as No. 1, go straight to the PGC 2026 Grand Finals. Gen.G finished 11th in PGS Points and their season is over.
Korean teams at PGC 2026: DN SOOPers, T1, Geekay, DIVINE (last PWS champions) and FN Pocheon, who got the extra Korean slot.
Did you see the last-match chicken from Twisted Minds? Who is your pick for PGC 2026?
Source (Korean): https://www.xportsnews.com/article/2214131 (final day) and https://www.xportsnews.com/article/2213868 (Day 2). Extra details: https://cyber.sports.ru/pubg/1117422464-rossijsko-ukrainskij-sostav-twisted-minds-vyigral-pgs-12-po-pubg-vital.html
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