Since 2024 · 2026 under way · 2027 ahead · Poly Events with WESCO as strategic partner · Partner: Xiberia
PEGT WESCO
China's national esports league
Poly Events and WESCO take digital sports to the cities of China: university teams, four games, one season that ends in a grand final. Started in 2024, grown in 2025, running now in 2026, and back in 2027.
2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027
The league did not stop after its first year. It ran in 2025, it is running now, and it comes back in 2027.
- 2024
The first season
Presented to partners on 23 August 2024, in Guangzhou. Nine stops across China, online and offline.
- 2025
The season that climbed
The league came back bigger. Sites in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and more sent their champions up the ladder: qualifying, breakthrough, quarterly finals and the grand final.
- 2026
Happening now
This year the league keeps running across the country. Photos of 2026 are coming to this page soon.
- 2027
PEGT WESCO 2027
Back in China, across 25 different cities.
Esports where the city is
PEGT is an esports event brand of Poly Events, built on professional competition and a strong experience for the fans.
It takes esports into exhibitions, shopping centres, creative parks, internet cafés and campuses, to show what the "Esports+" model gives a city.
WESCO takes part as strategic partner, with Daniel Cossi among the event's strategic supporters.
The league was presented to partners and guests on 23 August 2024, at the Poly World Trade Expo in Guangzhou.
The 2024 season, city by city
Move the pointer over a city to see the league there. Bars show the teams that played.
- 01Beijing25–29 Sep62Online
- 02Zhengzhou1–2 Oct36Offline · Honor of Kings
- 03Shanghai23–27 Oct56Online
- 04Hangzhou13–17 Nov96Online
- 05Chengdu and ChongqingDec104Online
- 06Anhui21–22 Dec38Offline · Honor of Kings
- 07Guangzhou and ShenzhenDec119Online
- 08City promotion round4–5 Jan 202522Online
- 09Grand final10 Jan 20258Offline · one winner per game
Team counts come from the 2024 PEGT overview. Each city ran Honor of Kings, League of Legends, Valorant and CS:GO, except the two offline stops.
Guangzhou · 2024
From the launch in Guangzhou
The competition on the floor
Photos from the 2024 PEGT season: stage finals, teams at the screens, fans in costume and the city stops from Zhengzhou to Hefei.
How the 2025 season climbs
Every site sends its champions up a ladder. The best end the year together in one place.
- 1
Qualifying
Main competitions and wildcard collaborations run in parallel, online and offline. Each site's champion moves up.
- 2
Breakthrough
Champions from every site play online to decide who reaches the quarterly finals.
- 3
Quarterly finals
The top 4 teams are invited to the final venue to play for the title offline.
- 4
Grand final
The yearly gathering in January at the Xiamen International Expo Center, together with the WESCO Summit.
- Spring champions and runners-up get a seed in the autumn top 8.
- Autumn champions and runners-up get a seed in the next spring's breakthrough stage.
- Wildcard events with brands, venues and anime expos: the winning team carries the brand's name into later events.
Sites open for 2025
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Hangzhou
- Guangzhou
- Shenzhen
- Wuhan
- Chengdu
- Chongqing
- Zhengzhou
- Nanchang
- Xi'an
- Qingdao
The audience behind the league
Figures from the PEGT 2025 plan, which cites Penguin Intelligence and the esports committee of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association.
What WESCO brings
- An international network of federations, governments and companies in 54 countries.
- A route for members to take part in Chinese competitions and reach Chinese audiences.
- Ambassadors from several sports and the WESCO Summit, held next to the final.
- Part of the 75+ events WESCO has delivered worldwide.
- Xiberia is the league's partner.
Take part in PEGT
Federations, companies and teams that want to take part can write to WESCO.
Talk to WESCO