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

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. Go through all 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:

• 7Gods Esports
• 8Bit
• Aura x Esports
• Elite Nova
• Epigrotive Gaming
• Genesis Esports
• Gladiators Esports
• HyperCatz
• K9 Esports
• Myth Official
• Nebula Esports
• Quantum Sparks
• Rapid Chaos
• Reckoning Esports
• Revenant XSpark
• Santa Esports
• Team Apex Gaming
• Team Outrage
• Team SouL
• Team Tamilas
• Vasista Esports
• White Walkers
• Wyld Fangs
• Zero Ark

BGMI Masters Series Season 5 League Week 1 Schedule Out

As per the official BGMS 2026 League Week 1 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:

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 YouTube 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.

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, strategies and test their gun power in an elite lobby ahead of the upcoming official tourneys like BMSD, BMIC and PMGC 2026.