Every Indian Team at PMGC and Where They Finished
Which Indian teams at PMGC reached the Grand Finals, and where did the others finish? GodLike Esports' 13th place in the 2021 edition remains India's best result through 2025.
I'd judge the next Indian entry on how far it advances through the stages. GodLike entered directly into the final, while both Indian teams in 2025 went out in the Group Stage. Team SouL's 2026 campaign is still pending as of November 12.
Indian Teams at PMGC by Year
India had representatives in 2 of the 6 completed PMGC editions from 2020 through 2025. Liquipedia's edition entry lists record the following appearances, with the 2025 results listing both Indian entrants.
PMGC Edition | Indian Entries | Teams | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 0 | None | No Indian team competed |
2021 | 1 | GodLike Esports | 13th of 16 in the Grand Finals |
2022 | 0 | None | No Indian team competed |
2023 | 0 | None | No Indian team competed |
2024 | 0 | None | No Indian team competed |
2025 | 2 | Orangutan, True Rippers | Both eliminated in the Group Stage; 35th-36th overall out of 40 |
2026 | 1 qualified | Team SouL | Gauntlet entry; result pending as of November 12 |
The year refers to the tournament edition. GodLike played their final from January 21 to 23, 2022, but it belongs to PMGC 2021.
An absent year has no Indian placing to record. A team's 14th place inside a group also needs its stage attached, because it isn't 14th overall.
India's PMGC Campaigns
The 3 completed campaigns began at different stages. GodLike had a direct Grand Finals seat, while Orangutan and True Rippers had to advance through the 2025 league.
GodLike Esports
GodLike finished PMGC 2021 in 13th place with 106 points across 18 matches. NAVI's final standings put The Infinity in 10th on 139, a gap of 33 points.
GodLike took the BGIS-linked Indian seat. According to Liquipedia's qualification note, they were the highest-ranked team meeting the travel requirements.
Datagrounds' totals and Liquipedia's match log give this breakdown:
- 66 eliminations and 40 placement points, totaling 106.
- 1 chicken dinner, meaning a match win, in the final match of the tournament.
- 7 eliminations in that win, worth 22 points under the 2021 scoring table.
- $57,000 in listed team prize money.
That last win supplied about 21% of GodLike's entire score: 22 divided by 106. It improved the finish, but the 33-point gap to 10th remained substantial.
I'd keep the direct entry beside this result whenever comparing it with later teams. GodLike contested the final against the world's best, but their route didn't require a league-stage qualification.
Orangutan
Liquipedia lists Orangutan entering PMGC 2025 as BMSD champions and starting in The Gauntlet. Its Gauntlet match record gives them 96 points across 18 matches, enough for 11th.
The last direct Grand Finals seat went to D'Xavier in 7th on 112. Orangutan were 16 points behind and moved into Group Green with another chance to qualify.
Their 2 stages produced these numbers:
Stage | Matches | Eliminations | Placement Points | Total Points | Match Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Gauntlet | 18 | 57 | 39 | 96 | 0 |
Group Green | 18 | 56 | 35 | 91 | 1 |
Orangutan finished 14th in Group Green and were eliminated on November 30. Liquipedia lists their overall finish in the 35th-36th band, with $25,500 in team prizes.
Their elimination count barely changed between stages, falling from 57 to 56. The group-stage win didn't lift their overall scoring rate because placement points fell from 39 to 35.
Liquipedia's Group Green match log splits their daily points into 26, 20 and 45. That final day nearly matched the first 2 combined, which had produced 46.
I think that is a more useful description of the missed opportunity than simply calling their finish disappointing. Their strongest scoring day arrived after 12 weaker matches had left little room.
True Rippers
Liquipedia lists True Rippers qualifying as the BMIC 2025 runners-up and starting directly in Group Red. Its Group Stage record places them 14th with 62 points after 18 matches.
Their campaign ended on December 4, with these totals:
- 44 eliminations and 18 placement points.
- 0 chicken dinners.
- Daily scores of 25, 15 and 22, calculated from Liquipedia's match log.
- An overall finish in the 35th-36th band and $21,000 in team prizes.
Boars Gaming held the final Last Chance place in Group Red on 84. True Rippers finished 22 points behind that score, despite sharing Orangutan's group placing of 14th.
I'd describe True Rippers as further from survival within their own group. The same placing hid a much larger gap to the next stage.
India's 2025 Group Stage Numbers
Both Indian teams needed a top-11 group finish to survive. The top 3 advanced directly to the Grand Finals, while places 4 through 11 reached Last Chance.
Measure | Orangutan | True Rippers |
|---|---|---|
Group | Green | Red |
Group placing | 14th of 16 | 14th of 16 |
Points | 91 | 62 |
Points per match | 5.1 | 3.4 |
Eliminations per match | 3.1 | 2.4 |
Last Chance cutoff team | 9z Team | Boars Gaming |
Cutoff team's points | 98 | 84 |
Deficit to cutoff score | 7 | 22 |
Those deficits measure the gap to the displayed 11th-place score. Matching that score would still leave a tiebreak to resolve.
The 29-point difference between the Indian teams has 2 parts:
- Elimination points: 56 minus 44 equals 12.
- Placement points: 35 minus 18 equals 17.
Placement accounted for the larger share of the difference. I'd be wary of explaining the entire gap through fighting alone when survival contributed more of it.
The groups had different opponents, so these figures don't prove what either team would've scored in the other's lobby. They do explain why matching 14th-place finishes carried different qualification gaps.
Cross-year point comparisons need another qualification. A win awarded 15 placement points in GodLike's 2021 final and 10 in the 2025 stages, so raw scoring rates aren't equivalent.
Team SouL at PMGC 2026
Liquipedia's PMGC 2026 field lists Team SouL as India's only qualified team as of November 12. Their BMSD title secured the place, with 155 points and 103 eliminations in that final.
Liquipedia lists their Gauntlet start for November 26 and 27, with 12 matches and 6 direct Grand Finals places. The PMGC 2026 schedule and format guide covers the remaining routes.
SouL have no PMGC result to add yet. Reaching the Grand Finals through any league route would make them the first Indian team to earn that advancement.
The Team SouL PMGC preview covers their current form. I'd keep the historical comparison focused on stage progression until their first international results arrive.
FAQs on Indian Teams at PMGC
Did GodLike win BGIS 2021 to qualify for PMGC?
No. Liquipedia lists Skylightz Gaming as BGIS 2021 champions and GodLike in 4th. It records GodLike taking the PMGC seat as the highest-ranked team meeting the travel requirements.
Was GodLike Stalwart an Indian team at PMGC 2022?
Liquipedia lists GodLike Stalwart's PMGC 2022 roster under Mongolia, with Mongolian players. It isn't counted as an Indian squad in this record.
Why did Orangutan earn more than True Rippers at PMGC 2025?
Liquipedia lists $21,000 for each team's 14th-place group finish. Orangutan also earned $4,500 for 11th in The Gauntlet, bringing their total to $25,500. True Rippers started in the Group Stage.
How much prize money have Indian teams earned at PMGC?
The listed team prizes from India's 3 completed entries total $103,500: GodLike's $57,000, Orangutan's $25,500 and True Rippers' $21,000. That excludes individual awards and Team SouL's pending 2026 campaign.
What I'd Watch Next
I'd watch SouL's distance from each qualification line across the full stage. Orangutan's 7-point Group Green deficit is a useful reminder of how little separated another chance from elimination.
For me, earning a Grand Finals place is the next result that changes India's PMGC history. A single chicken dinner can help, but the stage total decides whether the campaign continues.
