BGIS 2026: KRAFTON Disqualifies Four Teams in Round 3, Round 4 Disputed

KRAFTON event officials disqualified four teams from Round 3 of the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2026 after reviewing matches played Feb. 12–15, Sportskeeda reported on Feb. 18. Sportskeeda’s report says 256 teams contested Round 3, each team played six games, and that the four teams were eliminated following the review.

The disqualifications follow earlier enforcement in Round 2: organizers informed on Feb. 11 that they had disqualified 15 teams and issued permanent bans to three teams. Outlook / Respawn named the three permanently banned teams as Aaravos x GRIM Ravager, Only Pain, and Hyper Esports, and said Team Virtual and Alive Again Esports were banned for failing documentation standards under Rule 6.3.12. Outlook also listed a set of disqualified Round 2 teams as Team Captain, TENSAI, STEEL FALCONS, Shakti Kreeda, Golden Warriors, Slamming 4 Men, JAAPI ESPORTS, No1eSports, SHADOW BLITZ, Orthodox Esports, ONE LAST DANCE, and Zero Fall ESPORTS; the source text states 13 teams were disqualified but the excerpt includes these 12 names.

Rule citations vary across the public reports. Outlook tied Round 2 sanctions to rules 6.2.2, 2.1.5, and 6.3.12; the Lite/Apex-football summary reproduced Rule 6.2.2’s language on cheating, including prohibitions on modifying the game client, using cheat programs or signaling methods, and “intentionally playing with another player on public match for two or more matches within 72 hours” when aware of collusion. An Instagram snippet in the source bundle says, “Following a review, four teams have been disqualified from Round 3 of BGIS 2026 for violations of tournament rules 6.2.2, 6.3.8, and 6.3.13,” while Sportskeeda’s Round 3 report did not include the four team names in the excerpt provided to this story.

Round 4’s composition is unclear from current reports. Sportskeeda states, “The best 112 have secured their place in Round 4, which will start on February 19.” A separate aggregator excerpt says Round 4 will begin on Feb. 19 with 128 teams, including 16 qualifiers from The Grind. Both reports agree on the Feb. 19 start date but conflict on whether the field is 112 or 128 teams; that discrepancy will require confirmation from KRAFTON’s official bracket or enforcement notices.

Sportskeeda named several Round 3 participants and outcomes: popular clubs Revenant XSpark, Phoenix, and Vasista Esports took part in Round 3, while Versatile, Los Hermanos, and Likhita failed to secure spots for the next round. Sportskeeda also notes some matches were available to watch on KRAFTON India Esports’ YouTube channel at 2:30 pm IST.

Outlook quoted KRAFTON’s enforcement wording on X that the actions were taken “in accordance with the tournament regulations to uphold competitive integrity.” Key open items remain: the names of the four Round 3 teams disqualified (omitted from the available Sportskeeda excerpt), the exact rule citations and penalties for each Round 3 case, whether Round 4 will run with 112 or 128 teams, and whether any disqualified Round 3 teams face permanent bans versus tournament elimination.