The regional qualifiers for ESL Impact League Season 2 have come to an end, with the last three spots for the ESL Impact Final filled yesterday.
Two CS:GO teams from South America and one from Europe rounded out the list of eight participating teams.
ESL Impact League Season 2 Participants
Europe
The first-placed team in the European division was Nigma Galaxy Fe, who went through the group stage with a 6-0 score, and later secured their place by beating BIG EQUIPA 2-0 in Saturday’s semifinal. The second spot was taken by the NOFEAR5, who defeated the Polish roster of
WE'RE GOING TO SWEDEN🌟#StarsAligned #NGXcsgo pic.twitter.com/O7QyC5kECV
— Nigma Galaxy (@NigmaGalaxy) October 22, 2022
North America
North America will be represented by Counter Logic Gaming Red and Evil Geniuses Gold. CLG Red entered their second ESL Impact League season with an updated roster and did not lose a single map in the group stage. And in the decisive match against Please Send Bocks, the team lost only six rounds in two maps. meanwhile, EG Gold, formerly under the banner of Sacrifice, also went undefeated in the group stage before defeating Valkyries fe 2-0 in the semifinals.
They’re here to make an Impact. It’s time to come to the Dark Side.
The newest additions to our CS:GO program are ready to #LIVEEVIL—are you? Welcome our new #ESLImpact League CS:GO team!@piggy_kiki@BasedGodMilk@empathy_cs@jesscas_csgo@garden_csgo
Coach: @onter_z pic.twitter.com/laPOjpOlzA— EG CS:GO (@EGCSGO) August 16, 2022
Latin America, Africa and Asia
South Africa and Asia will both have two representatives in the finals, namely the ATK Female team who won the African qualifier, and HSG, who got in via the Asian qualifier.
B4 Esports Female and FURIA Esports Female became the champions in South America, who both, just like their counterparts from North America and Europe, went through the entire tournament without a single defeat.
Here’s the list of ESL Impact League Season 2 LAN Finals participants:
- CLG Red
- EG Gold
- ATK fe
- Nigma Galaxy Female
- NOFEAR5
- HSG fe
- B4 fe
- FURY faith
ALL 8 TEAMS ATTENDING THE #ESLImpact SEASON 2 GLOBAL PLAYOFFS AT #DHWinter! ❄️@ATKesportsGG
HSG esports@NGXcsgo
NOFEAR5@CLGRed @EGCSGO@FURIA@b4ofc1🗓️: November 25-27
See you in Sweden! 👋 pic.twitter.com/dQ7EJPCC20
— ESL Impact Season 2! 💥 (@DreamHackCSGO) October 24, 2022
Closing the 2022 competitive season, ESL Impact League Season 2 will take place in Jönköping, Sweden from November 25 to 27. These eight women’s CS:GO teams will compete for a $123,000 prize pool.
What is the ESL Impact League?
The number of women playing Counter-Strike in competition has been greatly reduced since Riot Games launched the VCT Game Changers, a tournament for women in VALORANT, in 2021. This only shows how rapidly the esports industry is expanding.
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