[Asian Games] PUBG Mobile National Team Advances to Finals as Overwhelming No.1... Finals Tomorrow

Tomorrow's Finals: Competition Between 1st and 2nd Place Teams of Groups A and B

The 'Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile' national team competing in the Hangzhou Asian Games secured an overwhelming first place to advance to the finals.

The team achieved a dominant first place in the Group A semifinals held on the 30th at the Hangzhou eSports Center in China against Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan, advancing to the finals. In the finals held the following day, the top two teams from Groups A and B will compete for the medals.

PUBG Mobile is a competition where four teams, each consisting of four members, race through courses demonstrating driving and shooting skills. The competition involves completing four tracks, each composed of three shooting zones, and the team with the fastest combined completion time ranks first. Originally, the game involves about 100 players fighting until only one player or team remains, but for this Asian Games, the player-versus-player combat element was removed.

The Hangzhou Asian Games (AG) esports PUBG Mobile national team is posing at a meeting held on the 13th at Krafton headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. From the left: Kim Seong-hyun (Nongshim RedForce), Kwon Soon-bin (Deoksan eSports), Park Sang-chul (Dplus Kia), Choi Young-jae (ZZ), Kim Dong-hyun (Nongshim RedForce), Coach Yoon Sang-hoon.
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From the first track, Korea quickly secured vehicles and hit acceleration targets to take the lead. Taiwan closely followed behind. Korea entered the first shooting zone steadily and widened the score gap with the second-place team to over 100 points across all three shooting zones, finishing first in 12 minutes and 45 seconds, showing a strong start.

Korea, led by the outstanding performance of Kim Dong-hyun (19, Nongshim RedForce), also completed the second track in first place with a time of 11 minutes and 46 seconds.

In the third track, Korea lost the lead to Taiwan due to consecutive driving mistakes. However, they quickly closed the score gap in their strong shooting segment and successfully overtook Taiwan, finishing first in 13 minutes and 37 seconds.

Korea finished the final fourth track in first place with a time of 12 minutes and 27 seconds, recording a combined completion time of 50 minutes and 37 seconds, securing first place in the Group A semifinals. Taiwan took second place in Group A semifinals.

In the Group B semifinals held that afternoon, Indonesia, China, Thailand, and Hong Kong will compete for the remaining two tickets to the finals.