Gen.G Win PGS 9: Champion Roster and diyy's Move
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Gen.G Esports became champions of PGS 9, the finals of PUBG Global Series’ third round (Circuit 3), held in Shanghai. The win in the deciding series capped off a whole round of qualifying tournaments, and within days of taking the title the championship roster changed: one of the players announced a move to another organization.
The road to the finals: the third round in Shanghai
The third round of PUBG Global Series ran in Shanghai from the fifth through the twenty-third of August, twenty twenty-six, across three consecutive tournaments that ended with the PGS 9 finals. We already covered the detailed Grand Finals format and the Advantage Points system teams used to accumulate points across the round in a separate piece on the format and points system of the finals. This article does not repeat that tournament structure — it focuses on the result itself: who won, and what changed in the champion roster right after the title.
Across all three tournaments of the round, Gen.G Esports arrived at the PGS 9 finals as a team capable of taking the main title, and they ended up doing exactly that.
Gen.G’s championship roster
The PGS 9 title was won by Gen.G’s roster of three players: seoul, Salute, and diyy. That trio carried the team through the entire finals and delivered the organization’s third-round PUBG Global Series championship.
What the finals showed: efficiency went up
According to the official results announcement, Gen.G’s numbers in the PGS 9 finals noticeably improved compared with the previous round of the series: both their kill efficiency against opponents and the average time the team spent alive in each match noticeably grew. The source does not give these figures as exact numbers — it only states that both metrics grew relative to the previous round, so we deliberately do not turn that trend into invented figures.
The third round’s prize pool
The third round of PUBG Global Series carried a combined prize pool of 500 000 dollars. Of that sum, 300 000 dollars was set aside specifically for the PGS 9 finals — the very prize Gen.G took home.
| What | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total pool for the third round (three tournaments) | 500 000 dollars |
| Pool for the PGS 9 finals | 300 000 dollars |
diyy’s move to Team Liquid
The title wasn’t the only news around Gen.G this week. On the twenty-fifth of August, twenty twenty-six — literally right after the PGS 9 win — one of the championship roster’s players, diyy, moved to the organization Team Liquid.
The official PGS 9 results announcement places both events side by side — the title itself and diyy’s move — without spelling out the reasons behind the transfer in detail. That means the roster that delivered Gen.G’s third-round PUBG Global Series win stayed intact, in its championship form, only until the transfer was announced.
What this means for Gen.G going forward
For Gen.G, this means finding a replacement for a player who had just helped the team win one of the season’s biggest titles. How quickly the organization names a new roster member, and how that affects the team’s results in the next round, will play out on the PUBG Global Series calendar itself — including the upcoming stage whose format and dates we already covered in the PGC tournament calendar.
For anyone just getting familiar with what actually happens on screen during finals like this, it helps to start with the basics: which game modes teams compete in on the pro stage, and exactly which PUBG maps matches at this level are played on — that context makes it easier to understand why a single three-player roster can bring home a large share of a round’s prize pool for one series.
In short
Gen.G Esports won PGS 9, the finals of PUBG Global Series’ third round, held in Shanghai from the fifth through the twenty-third of August. The title was won by players seoul, Salute, and diyy, the team’s numbers in the finals noticeably improved compared with the previous round, and the round’s total prize pool was 500 000 dollars, of which 300 000 dollars went to the finals’ winner. On the twenty-fifth of August, right after the win, diyy announced a move to Team Liquid — meaning Gen.G’s winning roster, in the exact form that took the title, stayed together for only a few days.
Frequently asked questions
Who won PGS 9? Gen.G Esports won the finals of PUBG Global Series’ third round.
What roster did Gen.G use to win PGS 9? The roster of seoul, Salute, and diyy.
Where and when did the third round of PUBG Global Series take place? In Shanghai, from the fifth through the twenty-third of August, twenty twenty-six, across three consecutive tournaments that ended with the PGS 9 finals.
What was the prize pool? The third round’s total prize pool was 500 000 dollars, of which 300 000 dollars was set aside for the PGS 9 finals.
What happened to diyy right after the win? On the twenty-fifth of August, right after the PGS 9 title, diyy announced a move to Team Liquid.
Why did Gen.G perform better than in the previous round? The official announcement notes that both Gen.G’s kill efficiency and average survival time noticeably grew compared with the previous round of the series, though the source does not give exact figures.
Sources
- PUBG Esports — announcement of Gen.G’s win at PGS 9
- PUBG Esports — announcement of the third round of PUBG Global Series in Shanghai
Frequently asked questions
Who won PGS 9?
Gen.G Esports won the finals of PUBG Global Series' third round.
What roster did Gen.G use to win PGS 9?
The roster of seoul, Salute, and diyy.
Where and when did the third round of PUBG Global Series take place?
In Shanghai, from the fifth through the twenty-third of August, twenty twenty-six, across three consecutive tournaments that ended with the PGS 9 finals.
What was the prize pool?
The third round's total prize pool was 500 000 dollars, of which 300 000 dollars was set aside for the PGS 9 finals.
What happened to diyy right after the win?
On the twenty-fifth of August, right after the PGS 9 title, diyy announced a move to Team Liquid.
Why did Gen.G perform better than in the previous round?
The official announcement notes that both Gen.G's kill efficiency and average survival time noticeably grew compared with the previous round of the series, though the source does not give exact figures.