ESL Impact Season 3 begins

The third season of ESL Impact, the women’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league sponsored and organized by ESL, kicks off today, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

The 28 teams that qualified through the different online qualifiers in North America, South America, and Europe will meet to play for the seven slots awarded in the respective regions for the LAN event in Dallas, Texas, in June.

There is no doubt that this season is again looking to be a success for ESL Impact, and it continues to be a really good initiative by including the great potential women’s CS:GO has worldwide.

Start date and format

As we mentioned, the ESL Impact Season 3 starts today, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, and will run until April 16, 2023. In this more than a month of intense competition, the women’s teams will fight in each group to win direct tickets to the final event in June in Dallas, Texas.

The European Zone will use a best-of-three (BO3) format, with teams competing against each other within their respective groups. The winner of each group will receive a direct ticket to the Dallas finals. The runners-up in each group will have to compete for third place in the LAN in June while playing for their lives in the Play-In phase.

In the Americas, the group stage schedule will be unusual because each team will play everyone else twice. However, each Americas region’s NA and SA teams will compete for two playoff spots. This will be played in a single-game playoff between the top two teams in each group.

This indicates that the top two teams from each region will advance to the finals in Dallas.

Groups in each of the ESL Impact Season 3 regions

South America

Group A

• FURIA
• W7M
• MIBR
• Parabellum

Group B

• B4 Esports
• Black Dragons
• Endgame
• LRV Esports

Europe

Group A

• Nigma Galaxy
• NiP
• BIG Equipa
• Astralis
• MVP
• Aces

Group B

• NaVi Javelins
• 9 Pandas Fearless
• Angels
• Flames Shieldmaidens
• Guild Esports
• G2 Oya

North America

Group A

• Saints
• CLG Red
• Shimmer
• Byte

Group B

• EG Gold
• Chimkin
• Starfish
• Team Factor Ruby

Week 1 match schedule in each region

Europe

Group A

• NGX.fe vs. MVP – March 8 at 19:30 CET
• Aces vs. BIG EQ – March 8 at 19:30 CET
• NGX.fe vs. NIP.fe – March 9 at 19:30 CET
• MVP vs. Astralis.Fe – March 9 at 19:30 CET

Group B

• NaVi Javelin vs. G2 Oya – 8 March at 19:30 CET
• Angels vs. Guild Esports – March 9 at 19:30 CET

North America

Group A

• Byte vs. shimmer – March 9 at 01:30 CET
• CLG.R vs. Saints – 10 March at 01:30 CET

Group B

• Chimkin vs. EG Gold – March 9 at 01:30 CET
• Factor Ruby vs. Starf – March 10 at 01:30 CET

South America

Group A

• FURIA.fe vs. MIBR.fe – 8 March at 22:30 CET
• pB.fe vs. w7m.fe – March 9 at 22:30 CET

Group B

• BD.fe vs. LRV.fe – March 8 at 22:30 CET
• B4 fem vs. BD.fe – 9 March at 22:30 CET

ESL Impact League Season 3 – Dallas Finals

The qualified teams from each region and the Play-In phase for the Dallas Finals will meet from June 2-4, 2023. These eight teams will battle for the lion’s share of the $123,000 prize pool.

In the Group Stage of the finals, the eight teams will be divided into two groups of four that will play in a double-elimination format. The first matches will be played in BO1 format, while the deciding and elimination matches will be played in BO3.

The playoffs will be in a single elimination format where all matches will be played in the best of three.

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