After an intense eliminator week at the Upthrust Esports India Rising Series 2024, the top 24 teams have qualified for Week 1 and Week 2 and will be fighting for the chance to qualify for the grand finale of the event. The League Stage of the event will start on 12 March 2024 and continue till 24 March 2024, when the top sixteen teams qualify for the grand final. The qualification will be based on the total points accumulated by the teams during Week 1 and Week 2 during the league stage. In the grand finals, the top sixteen BGMI teams will fight across three days for the lion’s share of the Rs. 15,00,000 prize pool.

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Upthrust Esports BGMI India Rising Series 2024: Tournament Format

Upthrust Esports BGMI India Rising Series 2024 will start on 12 March 2024, where the top 24 BGMI teams will compete in the League Stage for the next two weeks. Here is the schedule for the League Stage for the Upthrust Esports BGMI India Rising Series 2024.

• Week 1
  • Qualifiers: 12 March 2024 - 15 March 2024
  • Finals: 16 March 2024 - 17 March 2024
• Week 2
  • Qualifiers: 19 March 2024 - 24 March 2024
  • Finals: 23 March 2024 - 24 March 2024

Each week, all 24 teams will be divided into four groups of eight for the qualifiers and will compete in a round-robin format. The top sixteen teams from the qualifiers will qualify for the week's finals. The League Stage’s leaderboard will comprise the points accumulated from both the week’s finals and the top sixteen teams will advance to the grand finals for the Upthrust Esports India Rising Series 2024. The teams that qualified for the League Stage are:

1. Global Esports
2. Team 8bit
3. Orangutan Gaming
4. Team Tamilas
5. Team Forever
6. Marcos Gaming
7. Team Psyche
8. Enigma Gaming
9. Team XSpark
10. Gujarat Tigers
11. WSB Gaming
12. R Esports
13. Gods Reign
14. GENxFM Esports
15. Medal Esports
16. Carnival Gaming
17. Team SouL
18. Entity Gaming
19. Uprising Rivals
20. Team Zero
21. Team Aaru
22. Hydra Esports
23. GodLike Esports
24. WindGod Esports

The top sixteen teams from the League Stage will advance to the Grand Finals, which will take place from 26 March 2024 to 28 March 2024, and compete for the lion’s share of the Rs. 15,00,000. Upthrust Esports India Rising 2024 will be an online event, and fans can watch the live streaming of the matches on Upthrust Esports’ official YouTube and Loco channel.

After the official season came to an end, the TEC Gauntlet Season 2- BGMI has turned out to be a game-changer for teams who are trying a different roster. After the second day of the semi-finals, groups C and D played their matches but it was MOGO Esports, who remained at the top of the points table with 83 points. Since their groups didn't play yesterday, there is no change in their points or the number of matches they played. 

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TEC Gauntlet Season 2- BGMI Semi-Finals Day 2 Points Table

On the second day of the semi-finals, Groups C and D played their six matches. The matches were played across Sanhok. Erangel and Miramar. Rival Ape X won the first match of the day, the second one by Team Tamilias. Here is the points table from the day: 
 

Carnival Gaming won the fourth match of the day, Gods Reign won the fifth one and Vasista Esports won the last match of the day. From this stage, only 16 teams will make it to the final and fight for the Rs 10 lakh prize pool. 

TEC Gauntlet Season 2 BGMI semi-finals have started in full swing. Day 1 saw competition between Groups A and B and MOGO Esports topped the points table with 83 points. These points included three first place finishes, which amounted to 35 points and 48 finishes. Behind them in the points table is Hyderabad Hydras with 56 points and in third place is Team XSpark with 47 points. 

As days pass, and finals near, all the teams will have a lot to prove and only the top 16 teams from all of these groups will make it to the finals. They will be fighting for a prize pool of Rs 10 lakh and bragging rights as the winner of TEC Gauntlet Season 2 BGMI. 

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TEC Gauntlet Season 2- BGMI Semi-Finals Day 1 Points Table

After six intense matches, the points table has gone live. MOGO Esports, who recently saw the departure of Spower is at the top. Seasoned teams like Orangutan and Team 8bit are in fourth and sixth place, respectively. Here is what the points table looks like: 

With this, Day 1 came to an end and Group C and D will continue their quest to make it to the top 16 and to the finals. You can catch the live action on The Esports Club's YouTube channel.

On July 29, 2024, the second official event organized by Krafton India Esports came to an end. The tournament lasted three days and saw 16 teams compete in 18 fierce matches with one ultimate champion. The penultimate day etched the story of the now champion team and got 86 points. Team XSpark eventually came out on top of the points table and won the competition.

Owais-led Numen Forever came second and third on the all-over leaderboard was GodLike Esports. Piggybacking on a slow start on Day 1, XSpark was able to get their hands on the trophy on the final day. 

Team XSpark Defies All Odds and Wins BMPS 2024

The Adlux International Convention Center in Kochi saw a footfall of over 2,500 fans who came to support their favourite teams. In addition to this, almost 500k fans joined in on the live action, which was being broadcasted on Krafton India Esports' YouTube channel. Talking about the event, Karan Pathak, Associate Director of Esports at KRAFTON India said:

After hosting matches across various parts of the country, it was incredible to bring BMPS Finale to Kochi this time. The atmosphere was electric, thanks to all the fans to show their support for their favorite teams. The level of competition was exceptional, with both seasoned professionals and undergod teams giving it their all. Going into the third day, it was anyone’s game, and the fierce battles kept both the players and the audience on edge. At KRAFTON India, we are committed to the growth of Esports in India and are proud to support the incredible talent in the country. We look forward to bring more quality Esports action to the community.

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BMPS 2024 Prize Distribution

Apart from the winning team, a lot of other teams and players won awards and prizes that came with it. The distribution is as follows:

Krafton’s second official event of the year, BMPS 2024 is in its last leg. After grinding for more than a month, 16 out of the original 128 teams have reached Kochi, Kerala to take part in the final battle for the major chunk of Rs 2 crore prize pool. Is your favourite team a part of the final 16.

Teams like iQOO Soul failed to make it to the final, but GodLike Esports, after almost three years, made it to the last stage of an official event. Fans would also miss the champion of champion from last year, the lineup led by Destro. This lineup also saw a lot of ups and downs, and saw Shogun’s farewell, Spower’s addition and farewell.

But as things stand right now, the show must go on and the action will begin on September 27, at Kochi’s Adlux International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

BMPS 2024 Top 16 Teams

From the 24 teams that played in the semi finals, eight teams were eliminated and 16 have moved ahead. Here are all the top 16 teams you will see in Kochi:
 

Numen Gaming
TWOB
Team Phoenix
Team Versatile
Medal Esports
Team Limra
Reckoning Esports
Team XSpark
Inferno Squad
Ignite Gaming
Team GodLike
Orangutan
Team Bliss
Hyderabad Hydras
Team 8Bit
Team Silly

The matches will be streamed ok Krafton India Esports’ YouTube channel.

The semi-finals of BMPS 2024 have begun with 24 teams competing for a place in the finals, which will take place in Kochi, Kerala. The teams played six matches in a day and the ones who remain a part of the top 16 will make it to finals. On day 1, TWOB, led by Prince clinched first place with 49 points. In second place was Team XSpark with 38 points and the highest finishes in the game: 27. 

Extremely seasoned teams like team iQOO Soul and Global Esports failed to make it to the semi finals of the Rs 2 crore prize pool competition.  

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TWOB Tops Points Table on BMPS 2024 Semifinals Day 1

The first match of the day was won by Reckoning Esports. The squad comprising of young lads was able to get a 22 points chicken dinner. The second match of the day was played in Miramar. It was Medal Esports' lineup that consisted of experienced players that won by game with a 17 points chicken dinner. The third match od the day was won by Team XSpark. The team managed to get a huge 17 finishes chicken dinner, taking their total of a whopping 38 points at the end of the day. Here is what the points table for the first day looks like: 

1. TWOB - 49 points

2. Team XSpark - 38 points

3. Reckoning Esports - 34 points

4. Ignite Gaming - 34 points

5. Phoenix - 33 points

6. Orangutan - 32 points

7. Numen Gaming - 30 points

8. Medal Esports - 29 points

9. WindGod - 28 points

10. Silly Esports - 25 points

11. Team Versatile - 25 points

12. Team Limra - 24 points

13. Gods Reign - 22 points

14. Team 8Bit - 20 points

15. Hyderabad Hydras - 19 points

16. Blind Esports - 15 points

17. GodLike - 14 points

18. RTGxIND - 13 points

19. CarpeDiem - 11 points

20. MOGO - 11 points

21. Team Bliss - 10 points

22. Sarkar Gaming - 5 points

23. Inferno Squad - 5 points

24. Team Dragons - 1 point 

The fourth match of the day was won by Orangutan, who owned the snowy caps of Vikendi with a 19 points chicken dinner. TWOB won the fifth match of the day, with this, they also became the first team to get a double chicken dinner in the semi finals. Wingod Esports won the last match of the day and they got a total of 25 points from the match.