You can root for these 7 Zim teams competing at PUBG African tournament

It was just a few months ago when we were talking about how the African video game industry is projected to reach $1 billion in revenue in 2024, up from $862 million in 2022. Here’s how Zimbos are getting in on the action.

La Cup D’Africana says its “The 1st African PUBG Mobile Community Cup”. Apparently, it holds the record for being the first PUBG Mobile African tournament.

They say PUBG is the most played mobile battle royale game in Africa. I’m with my fellow Africans here, it’s PUBG over Fortnite in my opinion.

This being Africa, it makes sense that the La Cup D’Africana chose the mobile platform.

Season 1 of the tournament was held back in 2020. In that season, 924 teams registered with a total of 5544 players and the festivities garnered over 500,000 views.

Season 2 is upon us and unfortunately, you won’t be able to register to participate as a player anymore. However, you will be able to watch the festivities and you should because a Zimbabwean team will be participating.

Here’s the schedule:

As you can see, Wildcard registration closed yesterday. From today, the 11th till the 14th, invited teams will be submitting their rosters.

Team Zimbabwe’s invited teams are these:

We will update on how you can watch the tournament and root for your fellow Zimbabweans.

For those inclined, here’s the tournament structure:

WILDCARD QUALIFIERS (already done): This is a 2 day qualifier event to select the top 7 teams that will represent the wildcard. Wildcard is open to all countries and will consist of teams from any of the countries that were not invited to the cup.

• 8 Matches to be played in total.
• 4 Matches Both Days
• Maps: Erangel – Miramar – Sanhok
• Dates: 12th – 13th November
• Time: 9pm CAT.

CUP STAGE: Each country / region registers 7 teams + ( wild card group). Countries will go head to head and participate in the cup stage a total of 2 times. There will be a live Draw to select the 2 match day fixtures for each participating country for the cup stages. Each Country will play a total of 8 matches. Top 20 Teams after all the match days have been completed, advance to the Semi Final/Knockout Stages.

• Maps: Erangel – Miramar – Sanhok
• Dates: 15th – 24th November, 2024.
• Time : 9pm CAT

SEMI FINALS: The semi-finals will be a 3 day event consisting of the top 20 teams from the Cup stages.

12 matches in total/ 4 matches per day

• Day 1 : Top 2 teams will advance to the grand Finals.
• Day 2: Top 4 Teams will advance to the grand finals.
• Day 3: Top 10 Teams will advance to the grand finals.
• Dates: 25th – 27th November, 2024.
• Time : 9pm CAT

GRAND FINALS: 16 Teams will slug it out in a grueling 2 Day Grand final of 10 matches. 5 Matches Per day.

• Date: 28th – 29th November
• Time 9pm CAT

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