Nigma Galaxy secure second ESL Impact title

Nigma Galaxy solidified their status as the dominant women CS:GO team with a comfortable 2-0 victory in the ESL Impact Valencia final, besting FURIA fe 16-8 on Dust2 and 16-11 on Vertigo.

In what was a repeat of the previous Impact final, we had a repeat result as well, although in more dominant fashion as this time FURIA fe couldn’t take a map from the eventual champions.

Ultimately Nigma Galaxy were good value for the trophy having not dropped a single map on their way to victory; the closest they were run was in a 16-11 victory against FURIA fe on Vertigo in the final.

As with the Impact Season 1 Finals in Dallas Ana “⁠ANa⁠” Dumbravă was Nigma’s best rated player throughout the tournament, but they also had Ksenia “⁠vilga⁠” Kluenkova, Victoria “⁠tory⁠” Kazieva and Katarína “⁠Kat⁠” Vašková in the top-eight rated players such was their dominance.

Despite underperforming in a losing effort in the final Olga “⁠Olga⁠” Rodrigues of FURIA fe was actually the highest rated player at the event, posting a 1.41 across 6 maps.

Two teams that made top four in Dallas were unable to make it out of groups this time around, with CLG Red falling to MIBR fe in Group B whilst NAVI Javelins grabbed a playoff spot at the expense of BIG EQUIPA in Group A, requiring overtime on two maps to do so.

The final standings for ESL Impact Valencia are as follows:

1. Nigma Galaxy ($50,000)
2. FURIA fe ($20,000)
3-4. NAVI Javelins ($10,000)
3-4. MIBR fe ($10,000)
5-6. CLG Red ($3,000)
5-6. BIG EQUIPA ($3,000)
7-8. GODSENT fe ($2,000)
7-8. Mindfreak ($2,000)