BGMS 2026 League Week 1

BGMI Masters Series Season 5 League Week 1: Teams, Schedule & How to Watch

Shubhrajit Goswami

Modified - Aug 11, 2026, 07:59 AM

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Summary

BGMI Masters Season 5 brings the best Indian teams back in action after the mid-season break.
BGMS 2026 League Week 1 kicks off with 24 teams.
Check the complete schedule, teams, and where to catch all the live action

The BGMI Masters Series Season 5 is officially getting underway on Monday, August 10, 2026. BGMS 2026 is set to feature the best BGMI teams and players under one roof at the Nodwin Gaming Arena in Delhi.

The full-fledged LAN event, BGMS 2026, will also welcome a live crowd in attendance for the very first time. The tournament kicks off with the league phase. Let's see through the details of BGMS 2026 League Week 1 to know about the participating teams, match timings, and streaming channels.

Teams For BGMS 2026 League Week 1

The first stage of this year's BGMI Masters Series is the BGMS 2026 League Week 1, featuring 24 teams in action. These include 20 invited teams and 4 qualified teams. The 24 teams will be divided into three groups, each of which has 8 teams.

The teams will then play in a double round-robin format during this stage. Each team will get 16 matches to score maximum points. All the BGMS 2026 League Week 1 teams are given below:

Group A	Group B	Group C
Team Apex Gaming	iQOO Revenant XSpark	Wyld Fangs
Gosolo Quantum Sparks	Vasista Esports	Team Outrage
White Walkers	K9 Esports	Gladiators Esports
EpigroTive Gaming	Nebula Esports	Santa ESP
7Gods Esports	Zero Ark Official	Elite Nova Esports
iQOO Reckoning Esports	Genesis Esports	iQOO 8Bit
Aura X Esports	Iris Myth	iQOO Soul
iQOO Team Tamilas	Gosolo Rapid Chaos Esports	HyperCatz

BGMS 2026 Groups for League Stage

BGMI Masters Series Season 5 League Week 1 Day 2 Schedule Out

As per the official BGMS 2026 League Week 1 Day 2 schedule, the matches will kick off at 16:00 IST on all days. Six back-to-back matches will be played on all 4 match days of League Week 1. The map rotation is a little different from the official KIE tournaments, with 2 Rondo, Erangel, and Miramar maps to be played every day. You can check the timings here:

Match	Map	Group	Timing (IST)
1	Rondo	AB	4:00 PM
2	Erangel	AB	4:40 PM
3	Miramar	AB	5:20 PM
4	Rondo	AC	6:00 PM
5	Miramar	AC	6:40 PM
6	Erangel	AC	7:20 PM

BGMS 2026 League Week 1 Timings

The above table will be updated with the playing groups for every match after the official announcement is out.

How To Watch BGMS 2026 League Week 1

Unlike the previous editions of BGMI Masters Series, BGMS 2026 will not be broadcast on national television. So, fans can watch it only on the official Kick channel of Nodwin Gaming. They offer commentary in two languages: English and Hindi. The official stream usually begins half an hour before the playing time, so expect it to be live by 15:30 IST.

BGMS 2025 Grand Finals as it happened (Image via Krafton India Esports)

The BGMS 2026 league Week 1 stream link will be updated in this section after it's out. BGMI Masters Series season 5 will be a good preparatory tournament as we head into the second half of BGMI Esports cycle 2026. Teams can try out their new players and strategies, and test their firepower in an elite lobby ahead of the upcoming official tourneys like BMSD, BMIC, and PMGC 2026.