Team AX lead the way after day one of the BMPS 2026 semifinals
Team AX topped the opening day of the BMPS 2026 semifinals, but with only six of 24 teams going straight to the Jaipur Grand Finals, the leaderboard is far from settled.
Jun 10, 2026
The BMPS 2026 semifinals are the stage where the BGMI season stops being kind. Twenty-four teams walked into the Nodwin Gaming Arena in Delhi for the four-day grind that runs to 12 June, and only six of them will walk out with a direct ticket to the Grand Finals in Jaipur. After the opening day, it is Team AX who have made the early statement.
AX closed Day 1 on top of the combined leaderboard with 59 points, holding off Meta Ninza on 55 and Autobotz Esports on 47. It is a tight top three, and given how the stage is scored, that is no surprise. All 24 sides play a double round robin across the four days, 16 matches each, and every placement and frag funnels into a single table that only matters once the last game is done. One good day puts you in front. It does not put you through.
A leaderboard that punishes a slow start
That format is already biting some of the bigger names. Apex Gaming, who topped the Survival Stage to get here, made a quiet start and have ground to make up, and they are not alone in the chasing pack. The cut is unforgiving at both ends. Finish in the top six and you go straight to Jaipur. Land anywhere from seventh to 22nd and you drop into the Last Chance Stage on 13 and 14 June to scrap for the spots that are left. The bottom two are simply done.
For a team that has spent weeks clawing through qualifiers, the maths is brutal in its simplicity. With the bulk of the stage still to come, the gap between a direct finals berth and a nervy Last Chance run can swing on a single clutch or one badly timed wipe.
What is waiting in Jaipur
The reward is worth the stress. The Grand Finals move to the Jaipur Convention Centre from 19 to 21 June with a prize pool that was bumped up to 4 crore rupees, and the winners also collect a ticket to the Esports World Cup. That is the prize that has the squads playing the long table rather than chasing a flashy single-match Chicken Dinner that counts for no more than the points it brings.
AX have the lead, but with the better part of the stage still to play, it is a marker rather than a verdict. The teams that handle the volume, stay calm when a drop goes wrong and keep banking placement points are the ones who will be in Jaipur. There is a long way to go before that table settles.