BGMI Showdown 2022 is a new Battlegrounds Mobile India event organized by Krafton along with Nodwin Gaming. Initially, this event was not planned in the BGMI esports calendar 2022 and was arranged on a priority basis to provide a pathway for an Indian team to qualify into the PMWI Afterparty 2022 event.
BGMI SHOWDOWN 2022 FORMAT
The format of BGMI Showdown or BMSD 2022 is not officially revealed yet but it could be assumed to be similar to the past BGMI events where more than 16 teams were playing in a round.
In this event, a total of 24 teams are invited to fight for the final slot as well as a huge prize pool. These 24 teams are split into three groups with eight teams each.
Looking at the team distribution, a double round-robin format could be implemented with two groups playing at a time and group numbers being shuffled on each day. It is hard to say if this event will be bifurcated into two stages as the entire event will run for four days only.
BGMI SHOWDOWN 2022 DATES AND PRIZE POOL
The officials have revealed that BGMI Showdown 2022 will be hosted in Delhi in a LAN format from 21st July to 24th July. A total of 4 playing days will be observed in this event.
The total prize pool of this event is ₹15,00,000 (~$18.7k) and the bifurcation of this prize pool is not provided yet.
BGMI SHOWDOWN 2022 TEAMS
Following teams will be participating in the BGMI Showdown 2022 event:
- Hydra Officials
- Nigma Galaxy
- OR Esports
- Orangutan
- R Esports
- Reckoning Esports
- Revenant Esports
- Skylightz Gaming
- Esportswala
- Team INS
- Team Kinetic
- Team Soul
- Team XSpark
- Team XO
- TSM
- UDog India
- 7Sea Esports
- Autobotz Esports
- Big Brother Esports
- Enigma Gaming
- FS Esports
- Global Esports
- Godlike Esports
- Hyderabad Hydras
These teams are distributed into three groups as follows:
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| 7Sea Esports | Autobotz Esports | Big Brother Esports |
| Global Esports | FS Esports | Chemin Esports |
| GodLike Esports | Hyderabad Hydras | Hydra |
| Orangutan | OR Esports | Nigma Galaxy |
| R ESports | Reckoning Esports | Revenant Esports |
| Inside Out | Esports Wala | Skylightz Gaming |
| Team Kinetic | Team Soul | Team XSpark |
| uDOG India | TSM | Team XO |
The winner from this event will receive a special slot in the PMWI Afterparty 2022 event. This event is the second phase of PMWI with a massive prize pool of $1 million.
Team Soul from India will be playing at the main event which starts from 11th August in Riyadh and the Afterparty will be hosted on the next weekend, from 18th August.
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