THUG Invitational Season 5: Teams, Results, Schedule, Format, Streams, More
Everything about the BGMI tournament THUG Invitational Season 5.
THUG Invitational is back with its fifth season, the second Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) tournament in this franchise to take place this year following the conclusion of season four earlier in January which was won by TeamXSpark.
Three months later, THUG Invitational Season 5 has been announced all set to take place online from 9th to 25th May, while streaming exclusively on Loco and 8bit Thug's official YouTube channel.
This season of the BGMI tournament will be featuring 32 directly invited teams competing for a total prize pool of INR 8,00,000 ($10,479 USD), half of them going back home before the final stage of the tournament.
Here is everything that we know about the tournament so far including schedule, results, overall standings, livestream details, and everything else.
THUG Invitational Season 5: Complete details of the BGMI tournament
Villager Esports has come forward with a lot of information about the upcoming THUG Invitational Season 5 which features a total prize pool of INR 8,00,000 with 32 teams from all across India all set to participate in the event.
Invited Teams
A total of 32 teams have been directly invited for this tournament from all over the country. These teams have been further divided into four groups of eight teams each for the initial stage of the event.
Here are all the participants that will be competing in this tournament segregated according to their groups,
Group-A
TSM
Chemin Esports
Enigma Gaming
Revenge Esports
Team XSpark
7Sea Esports
Hydra Official
Brawlers
Group-B
Team SouL
Global Esports
Galaxy Racer
Reckoning Esports
Team XO
Revenant Esports
Team Forever
R E Esports
Group-C
GodLike Esports
Team Celtz
Marcos Gaming
Entity Gaming
Team iNSANE
BLIND Esports
RIVALRY Esports
OR Esports
Group-D
Skylightz Gaming
Hyderabad Hydras
Team INS
Walkout
8bit
Orangutan
Team Mayhem
Team TRP
Only 16 teams will make it through to the final stage following the initial two weeks of the tournament. It will be interesting to see which teams make it through to the final stage.
Format and Schedule
The invite-only online tournament will be taking place from 9th to 25th May. As the event is divided between a league stage and a final stage, this is how the entire schedule of the THUG Invitational Season 5 looks like.
9th May - League Stage Day 1, 13:30 IST
10th May - League Stage Day 2, 13:30 IST
16th May - League Stage Day 3, 13:30 IST
17th May - League Stage Day 4, 13:30 IST
18th May- Finals Day 1, 12:30 IST
23rd May - Finals Day 2, 12:30 IST
24th May - Finals Day 3, 12:30 IST
25th May - Finals Day 4, 12:30 IST
The league stage of the tournament will be following a round-robin format where two pre-decided groups get clubbed together and compete on a map. After the culmination of all six league stage days, the standings of every group will be accessed and the top four teams from each group will move on to the grand finals.
Across the three grand final days, the 16 qualified teams will participate in six matches every day and the overall standings at the end of 18 matches will decide the winner of this tournament.
Results and Standings
League Stage Day 1, 9th May - 13:30 IST
Match 1: Group A + B | Erangel
Match 2: Group A + C | Miramar
Match 3: Group A + D | Erangel
Match 4: Group B + C | Miramar
Match 5: Group B + D | Erangel
Match 6: Group C + D | Miramar
League Stage Day 2, 10th May - 13:30 IST
Match 7: Group A + B | Miramar
Match 8: Group A + C | Erangel
Match 9: Group A + D | Miramar
Match 10: Group B + C | Erangel
Match 11: Group B + D | Miramar
Match 12: Group C + D | Erangel
League Stage Day 3, 16th May - 13:30 IST
Match 13: Group A + B | Erangel
Match 14: Group A + C | Miramar
Match 15: Group A + D | Erangel
Match 16: Group B + C | Miramar
Match 17: Group B + D | Erangel
Match 18: Group C + D | Miramar
League Stage Day 4, 17th May - 13:30 IST
Match 19: Group A + B | Miramar
Match 20: Group A + C | Erangel
Match 21: Group A + D | Miramar
Match 22: Group B + C | Erangel
Match 23: Group B + D | Miramar
Match 24: Group C + D | Erangel
League Stage - Overall Standing
The overall standing of the competing teams at the end of each day of the league stage is as follows:
League Stage - Top Fraggers
The overall top fraggers (top eight) at the end of each day of the league stage are as follows:
League Stage - Top 16 Qualifying Teams
The following 16 teams have qualified through the league stage and will be competing in the grand finals,
Chemin Esports
OR Esports
Mayhem
Revenge Esports
Enigma Gaming
Team INS
Orangutan Gaming
Entity Gaming
Team SouL
Team XSpark
Team XO
7Sea Esports
GodLike Esports
Reckoning Esports
Global Esports
Walkouts
Finals Day 1, 18th May - 12:30 IST
Match 1: Erangel
Match 2: Miramar
Match 3: Erangel
Match 4: Miramar
Match 5: Erangel
Match 6: Miramar
Finals Day 2, 23rd May - 12:30 IST
Match 7: Miramar
Match 8: Erangel
Match 9: Miramar
Match 10: Erangel
Match 11: Miramar
Match 12: Erangel
Finals Day 3, 24th May - 12:30 IST
Match 13: Erangel
Match 14: Miramar
Match 15: Erangel
Match 16: Miramar
Match 17: Erangel
Match 18: Miramar
Finals Day 4, 25th May - 12:30 IST
Match 19: Miramar
Match 20: Vikendi
Match 21: Erangel
Match 22: Vikendi
Match 23: Miramar
Match 24: Erangel
Finals - Overall Standing
The overall standing of the competing teams at the end of each day of the finals stage is as follows:
Finals - Top Fraggers
The overall top fraggers (top eight) at the end of each day of the league stage are as follows:
Global Esports are the champions of THUG Invitational Season 5 with a total score of 290 points. They secured the maximum number of finishes, a staggering 138 finishes in 24 matches, which averages to about almost six frags per match.
Prize Pool Distribution
Hosting the largest prize pool for the franchise event till date, THUG Invitational Season 5 is all set to feature a total prize pool of INR 8,00,000 which will be split only between the top four BGMI teams and the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament.
Viewership Rewards
This tournament also has a few rewards for the viewers which will be unlocked as certain viewership milestones are reached by the community collectively,
50,000 concurrent viewers - 10 SouL Merchandise
75,000 concurrent viewers - Gift cards worth inr 20,000
100,000 concurrent viewers - 1 Iphone
150,000 concurrent viewers - 1 Gaming laptop
200,000 concurrent viewers - 3 Iphones
Livestream
The THUG Invitational Season 5 BGMI tournament is being exclusively livestreamed on Loco and AORUS India's official YouTube channel. Those interested can visit the streams by clicking the links above.