PMWC 2026 Grand Finals Day 3: S2G win on points, Smash unused
Day 3 of the PUBG Mobile World Cup 2026 Grand Finals ran all six maps. No Match Point Eligible side claimed a WWCD, so Smash Rule never closed the cup. S2G Esports sit first after 18 matches on 154 points.
4Thrives Esports finish 6th on 112 - still without a Grand Finals chicken, but up one place from Day 2. IQ took the Game 13 map MVP after a 2nd-place, 16-elimination Rondo.
Why this recap now
Grand Finals were 14-16 August 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Day 3 (16 August) was the Smash window: first WWCD by a team already over the 122 line ends the stage; otherwise highest points after six maps win. Liquipedia records 18 finished matches. English VOD: YouTube vRcp6uQA9LI.
PMWC 2026 is an S-Tier offline event (Squads TPP) with a $3,025,000 prize pool. Base Grand Final 1st is $500,000. Full purse, Club Championship points, and individual awards are in our finals results piece.
How Day 3 lined up
- Games played: 13-18 (six maps). Rotation: Rondo → Erangel → Erangel → Erangel → Miramar → Miramar
- Match Point:
122(eArena’s112after Match 12, plus 10) - Eligible after a map, not during it: a team that crosses
122can only Smash on later dinners - Scoring: 10 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 1 placement for 1st-8th, plus 1 point per elimination
Day 3 chickens (Games 13-18)
| Game | Map | Winner | Elims | Map MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Rondo | NS RedForce | 8 | IQ (4Thrives Esports) |
| 14 | Erangel | Team Flash | 13 | SleepY |
| 15 | Erangel | Tianba | 16 | Qzz |
| 16 | Erangel | Aurora Gaming | 15 | DOK |
| 17 | Miramar | AlUla Club | 12 | KŁAWSINHO |
| 18 | Miramar | Tianba | 9 | Qzz |
NS RedForce’s Game 13 dinner put them over 122 for the next maps - they never chickened again. Team Flash, Tianba (twice), Aurora, and AlUla all won maps without sitting on Match Point when the chicken landed. Tianba’s Game 18 dinner took them to 125, but that was the last match: no subsequent Smash window.
Who crossed 122, who never smashed
| Team | First match over 122 | Day 3 WWCDs after that | End points |
|---|---|---|---|
| eArena | After 13 (122) | 0 | 140 |
| NS RedForce | After 13 (123) | 0 | 149 |
| S2G Esports | After 15 (132) | 0 | 154 |
| Aurora Gaming | After 16 (140) | 0 | 146 |
eArena led overnight on 112 and left Day 3 in 4th. S2G never won a Day 3 map - they stacked 8th / 5th / 5th / 3rd / 2nd / 15th and still outscored the lobby. Approximate Day 3 haul: Tianba 54, AlUla 52, S2G 51, Horaa 51, Flash 48, 4Thrives Esports 35.
Standings after Match 18
| # | Team | Points | WWCD | Place pts | Elim pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S2G Esports | 154 | 3 | 65 | 89 |
| 2 | NS RedForce | 149 | 3 | 47 | 102 |
| 3 | Aurora Gaming | 146 | 2 | 53 | 93 |
| 4 | eArena | 140 | 2 | 42 | 98 |
| 5 | Tianba | 125 | 2 | 37 | 88 |
| 6 | 4Thrives Esports | 112 | - | 24 | 88 |
| 7 | Team Flash | 111 | 1 | 41 | 70 |
| 8 | Horaa Esports | 109 | - | 36 | 73 |
| 9 | Nigma Galaxy | 106 | 1 | 35 | 71 |
| 10 | FURIA | 105 | 1 | 47 | 58 |
| 11 | ULF Esports | 99 | 1 | 26 | 73 |
| 12 | Team Vitality | 99 | - | 32 | 67 |
| 13 | GodLike Esports | 84 | 1 | 18 | 66 |
| 14 | AlUla Club | 83 | 1 | 32 | 51 |
| 15 | Orangutan | 76 | - | 16 | 60 |
| 16 | IDA Esports | 69 | - | 25 | 44 |
ULF and Vitality both closed on 99. Liquipedia ranks ULF 11th on the WWCD tiebreak.
4Thrives Esports, game by game
| Game | Day | Place | Elims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 16th | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 4th | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 10th | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 9th | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 7th | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 14th | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 3rd | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 5th | 10 |
| 9 | 2 | 11th | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 3rd | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | 16th | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | 14th | 3 |
| 13 | 3 | 2nd | 16 |
| 14 | 3 | 14th | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 9th | 4 |
| 16 | 3 | 10th | 2 |
| 17 | 3 | 9th | 2 |
| 18 | 3 | 11th | 5 |
112 points, 0 Grand Finals WWCDs, 6th of 16. Game 13 was the peak: 2nd with 16 elims (22 points on the map) and IQ’s second Grand Finals map MVP (he also had Game 2). They never reached the 122 Smash line. Full roster context: team profile and team page. They reached this lobby as Group A winners (107).
Frequently asked questions
Who won PMWC 2026 Grand Finals Day 3?
S2G Esports, with 154 points after 18 matches. Smash Rule did not award the title via a Match Point chicken.
Did Smash Rule end the tournament early?
No. Liquipedia lists all six Day 3 maps as finished. Eligible teams (eArena, NS RedForce, then S2G, then Aurora) did not take a WWCD after crossing 122.
Where did 4Thrives Esports finish on Day 3?
6th on 112 points. Best map: Game 13, 2nd place with 16 eliminations. IQ was that map’s MVP.
Who won the Day 3 chickens?
NS RedForce (Game 13), Team Flash (14), Tianba (15 and 18), Aurora Gaming (16), AlUla Club (17).
What was the Match Point number?
122, set after Day 2 by eArena’s 112. See the Day 2 recap.
Further reading
- PMWC 2026 Grand Finals results and awards
- PUBG Mobile World Cup 2026 on Liquipedia
- PMWC 2026 Grand Finals match details
- PMWC 2026 Grand Finals Day 2 recap
- PMWC 2026 Survival Stage recap
- PMWC 2026 Group Stage recap
- 4Thrives Esports team profile
- 4Thrives Esports team page
Standings, format, venue, and match rows in this article follow the Liquipedia PUBG Mobile wiki pages for PUBG Mobile World Cup 2026 and Grand Finals as scraped for 4Thrives.com on 18 August 2026. Live brackets move - check Liquipedia for later changes.