Skyesports Championship BGMI announced with massive prize pool

The Skyesports Champions Series (SCS) is all set to return in 2023. This year, the esports IP will feature India’s beloved battle royale title Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). 24 of the country’s best squads will compete in the tournament from June 9 to 18, 2023, for glory and a share of the ?25,00,000 prize pool. 

The online tournament will be hosting the Qualifiers on June 7 and 8, 2023. 18 invited teams will compete here, with the top six making it to the Semifinals. 

The SCS – BGMI Semifinals will take place between June 9 and 13, 2023. Six teams from the Qualifiers will be up against 18 invited squads. They will be split into three groups of eight teams each. 

Finally, the top 16 teams will move on to the Grand Finals, which will take place from June 14 to 18, 2023. Here, they will battle to crown the champions of the first-ever Skyesports Champions Series – BGMI. 

• SCS Qualifiers: June 7 and 8

• SCS Semifinals: June 9 to 13

• SCS Finals: June 14 to 18

The invited teams include the likes of S8UL, Godlike Esports, Revenant Esports, Gods Reign, 7Sea Esports, Marcos Gaming, Team Tamilas, Blind Esports and Reckoning Esports. Stay tuned to Skyesports’ Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter handles for the complete list of teams.

Skyesports has been one of the top original IP organisers for BGMI ever since it was released in June 2021. The Skyesports Championship 4.0 – BGMI, one of the first-ever major tournaments for the game that happened in September 2021, achieved a record-breaking peak viewership of 2,21,000. Additionally, the Skyesports Grand Slam in early 2022 also recorded terrific viewership numbers, with a peak of more than 1,50,000 viewers. 

The top two teams of the SCS will receive an invite to the Skyesports Championship 5.0 Finale, which will be a LAN event scheduled to be held later this year.

Shiva Nandy, Founder and CEO, Skyesports, commented:

“With BGMI becoming available again, we couldn’t be more excited to showcase the talent and passion of the Indian esports community through one of our most iconic IPs, the Skyesports Champions Series. The tournament will serve as a platform for India’s top squads to battle it out in a top-tier competitive environment for the humongous ?25,00,000 prize pool. The return of BGMI to our tournament lineup reaffirms our commitment to providing continuous and exciting events across a plethora of games to our diverse audience.“