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The first official open BGMI event, the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2021, is right around the corner. Boasting a truly massive prize pool of INR 1 crore, the new schedule of the tournament was released a few days ago after a long hiatus caused by the increase of cheaters in the game.
Officials recently announced a BGMI talk show dubbed Chai Time with the first episode airing earlier today. The much awaited talk show featured BGMI influencers GHATAK, Thug, and Ocean Sharma. Popular BGMI caster Mazy served as the host of the talk show where they discussed the upcoming BGIS 2021 event in depth.
With an official scrims event titled BGIS 2021: The Grind announced, the two-week event, featuring 32 invited teams, will serve as a practice session for the teams before the start of the major event.
Invited teams for BGIS 2021: The Grind
- Velocity Gaming
- Team XO
- 7Sea Esports
- 8Bit
- AXOM Esports
- Blind Esports
- BurnX Official
- Chemin Esports
- Enigma Gaming
- ForceOne
- Global Esports
- GodLike Esports
- Hyderabad Hydras
- Hydra Official
- Team Incognito
- Marcos Gaming
- Nigma Galaxy
- Orangutan
- OR Esports
- Orgless5
- Reckoning Esports
- Revenant Esports
- Rivalry Esports
- Skylightz Gaming
- Team SouL
- Team Forever
- Team Insane
- Team Mayhem
- XSpark
- True Rippers
- TSM
- UDOG India
It is to be noted that the teams listed above are only invited for the scrimmage dubbed the BGIS 2021: Grind. The 32 invited teams for the actual BGIS 2021 event are yet to be revealed.
Schedule and Format for BGIS 2021: The Grind
The 32 invited teams will be divided into 4 groups and will face off in a fierce round-robin format for 2 weeks. Week 1 will be held from the December 2 to 5, while Week 2 will take place from the December 9 to 12. The teams will play for a total of 8 days in the upcoming two-week event.
Alongside the Grind event, the officials also revealed the schedule for the 3 rounds of the BGIS Online Qualifiers. The schedule can be seen below:
Round 1 (December 16 to 19): 1024 teams will compete and 512 teams will qualify. Each team will get to play two matches.
Round 2 (December 21 to 24): 512 teams will compete and 224 teams will qualify. Each team will get to play two matches.
Round 3 (December 27 to 30): 256 (224 qualified and 32 invited) will compete and 64 teams will qualify for the Quarter Finals. Each team will get to play three matches.
