BGIS 2026 Grind Concludes with 8 Teams Selected for Quarterfinals

The Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2026 (BGIS 2026) has progressed toward its main competitive phase after the culmination of The Grind stage on Feb 1, 2026. The stage concluded with the best eight teams from Group A qualifying for the upcoming Quarterfinals (Feb 26 - March 1).

Week 4 of The Grind featured Group A and B, each participating in 24 matches. As per the standings of Group A participants, K9 Esports, True Rippers, Higgboson Esports, Gods Reign, Autobotz Esports, Blitz Esports, Team SouL, and Nebula Esports have directly advanced into the Quarterfinals. Meanwhile, the bottom eight from Group A and the top eight from Group B have entered Round 4 of BGIS.

The Grind ran as a seeding stage for the BGIS 2026 circuit, featuring 64 invited teams. The stage divided teams across four groups (A, B, C, and D), each playing 24 matches to establish seeding and progression. Throughout all Grind weeks, performers from each group have fed into the tournament’s multi-layered roadmap based on their standings in their respective groups.

BGIS 2026 Progression Across the Four Grind Stages

BGIS 2026 has advanced to Round 2 of the series, which is scheduled to start from Feb 5, 2026. Round 2 will feature a total of 496 teams, including 16 teams advancing from The Grind Week 2.

Prominent Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) teams such as 4 Wolf x DOD, Rider Esports, Altitude, Team Alpha, and the like, who advanced from Group D (top eight) and Group C (bottom eight), will take part in Round 2. Similarly, 16 teams have already advanced into Round 3 from Group B (bottom eight) and Group C (top eight).

Rising Esports, Vanguard Esports, Kalinga Esports, Revenant Spark, Troy Tamilans Esports, Gods For Reason, amongst others, will participate directly in Round 3 (Feb 12-15, 2026).

Round 4, scheduled for Feb 19-22, 2026, will see revered teams such as Orangutan, Rapid Chaos Esports, GodLike Esports, Genesis Esports, Zutsu Esports, Sinewy Esports, alongside others clash against each other. Round 4 is the last stage before the start of the Quarter Finals, and will advance 56 teams from 112 participating squads into either quarterfinals or the Wild Card (March 5-8, 2026) stage.

The culmination of The Grind and advancement of select teams into the BGIS 2026 Quarterfinals marks a critical turning point in one of India’s most expansive mobile esports competitions. As per the official BGIS roadmap, the 16 best teams from Quarter Finals will advance directly into Semi Finals (March 12-15, 2026), skipping the Wild Card stage.