BGMI Masters Series Season (BGMS) 2: Full Format Explained
Nodwin Gaming and Star Sports have revealed the complete format of the BGMI Masters Series 2023. Scroll down for information----
Nodwin Gaming and Star Sports recently announced season 2 of the BGMI Master Series. The tournament is all set to begin on August 4 featuring the biggest prize pool in the history of BGMI Esports which is INR 2.1 crore. The highly anticipated tournament will be a LAN event where 24 BGMI teams will fight against each other in the battlegrounds to achieve greatness and earn a major chunk out of the massive prize pool.
The previous season of the Battlegrounds Mobile India Masters Series was won by Global Esports by the barest of margins. The teams showcased intense BGMI action throughout the tournament which resulted in massive viewership. The second season of the BGMI Masters Series is expected to bring similar actions as fans are hyped up for the tournament. Nodwin Gaming and Star Sports have also revealed the entire format and detail regarding the tournament.
BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) Season 2: Complete Format
The second season of Battlegrounds Mobile India Masters Series (BGMS) is around the corner and ready to commence on August 4. The tournament will run for 22 days and will conclude on August 27. Here is the complete format of the BGMS Season 2:
1. League Stage
Launch Week (August 4 - August 6): The 24 teams (14 invited + 10 qualified) will be randomly distributed into three groups. The launch week of BGMS Season 2 will feature three matches per day which means each will get six matches to play. The points gathered by the teams during the launch week matches will be counted in the overall standings during the league stage of the tournament.
League Stage Week 1 (August 7 - August 9): The BGMS Season 2 Week 1 League Stage will again feature 24 teams, however, they will now be divided into three groups based on their performance in the launch week matches. All the teams will get to play eight matches in the round-robin format. The top 16 teams in the overall standings will be featured in Super Weekend 1.
Super Weekend 1 (August 11 - August 13): The top 16 teams from the league stage will battle against each other in Super Weekend 1. All the teams will play nine matches across three days. The points accumulated during Super Weekend 1 will be added to the overall standings of the League Stage. The top four teams with the highest points combined from the launch week and super weekend 1 will be directly seeded to Super Weekend 2. However, the top four teams will be playing the Week 2 League matches as well.
League Stage Week 2 (August 14 - August 17): The second week of the BGMS S2 league stage will again feature the 24 participating teams. Since the top four teams from Week 1 would have already made their way to Super Weekend 2, this means that only the top 12 teams from Week 2 will get the chance to play the super weekend matches.
Super Weekend 2 (August 18 - August 20): The top 16 teams which include the top 4 teams from Week 1 and 12 teams of the league stage Week 2 will take on each other in nine matches played across three days. The overall standings post Super Weekend 2 will include points from launch week and Super Weekend 1 & 2. With this, the top four teams will directly make their way to the grand finals of the tournament. The teams placed between 5 to 20 in the overall standings will feature in the playoffs of the tournament, while the bottom four teams will get eliminated.
2. PlayOffs (August 22 - August 23)
The 16 teams placed between 5 to 20 will play a total of six matches out of which the top 12 teams in the overall standings will make it to the grand finals of the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series Season 2.
3. Grand Finals (August 25 - August 27)
The top 12 teams from the playoffs will meet the top four teams from the league stage for the final showdown of the BGMI Masters Series 2023. The teams will battle against each other for the intense BGMI action across three days with the table topper being crowned as the champions of the tournament.
