ESL Impact League S1 Finals set to start in Dallas

The $123,000 conclusion of the women's league will take place on LAN this weekend.

The LAN finals of the first season of the ESL Impact League will take place in Texas on June 3-5, as a part of DreamHack Dallas and alongside the $250,000 IEM tournament. Eight women's teams from across the globe will be competing for the title of the best in the tournament featuring a GSL group stage and single-elimination playoffs.

twenty3's Nigma Galaxy are one of the favorites at the event

Nigma Galaxy from Europe and CLG Red from North America have left the best impression during the regional stage of the tournament, while Please Send Help and BIG EQUIPA secured the remaining two spots from the big regions.

Read more ESL Impact League Season 1 Finals team list set

Coming from South America are FURIA fe and Black Dragons fe, while ATK fe and Mindfreak will represent the minor regions, Oceania and South Africa. The teams are split into the following groups:

Group A
CLG Red
BIG EQUIPA
Mindfreak
Black Dragons fe Group B
Nigma Galaxy
ATK fe
Please Send Help
FURIA fe

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, June 3

18:00 CLG Red vs. Mindfreak (BO1)
19:40 BIG EQUIPA vs. Black Dragons fe (BO1)
21:20 Nigma Galaxy vs. ATK fe (BO1)
23:00 Please Send Help vs. FURIA fe (BO1)
00:40 Group A winners' match (BO1)
02:20 Group B winners' match (BO1)
04:00 Group A elimination match (BO3)

Saturday, June 4

18:00 Group B elimination match (BO3)
21:00 Group A decider match (BO3)
00:00 Group B decider match (BO3)

Sunday, June 5
18:00 Semi-final #1 (BO3)
21:00 Semi-final #2 (BO3)
01:00 Grand final (BO3)

The $123,000 prize pool will be split among all eight competing teams, with the winner taking $50,000 for their efforts.

ESL Impact League Season 1 Finals prize distribution:

1. $50,000
2. $25,000
3-4. $13,000
5-6. $7,000
7-8. $4,000

An eight-person talent lineup will be bringing the action from the tournament, featuring Hege "⁠Hedje⁠" Botnen and Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo as analysts, as well as Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume and Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam as commentators.

The talent lineup for the event is as follows:

Jasmine "Veracity"Kanuga - Host

Hege "⁠Hedje⁠" Botnen - Analyst
Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo - Analyst

Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume - Caster
Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam - Caster
Lucy "LucyLuce"Eastwood - Caster
Veronique "Vearless"Zonneveld - Caster

Anastasija "Heccu"Tolmačeva - Interviewer

Heather 'sapphiRe' Garozzo Age: 37 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 15 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.70 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 CLG Red #173 Diane 'di^' TranMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieEmma 'Emy' ChoeJuliana 'Juli' TosicKelsie 'uhKelsie' Click Nigma Galaxy #176 Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaAna 'ANa' DumbravăVictoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Vašková Anders 'Anders' Blume Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.53 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.19 DPR: 0.58 Mindfreak #202 Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' QuachLaura 'Viscose' TaylorEmily 'Emiinent' ReaAnn 'mish' FuentesEmily 'Emi' Lauw Black Dragons fe #224 Amanda 'dinha' GomezLara 'goddess' BaceiredoJulia 'julih' GomesNataly 'nani' do Nascimento CavalcanteGiovanna 'yungher' Yungh Mataveli Hege 'Hedje' Botnen Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 76 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.72 Please Send Help #241 Charissa 'Senna' HoangJessica 'jesscas' NgoAnna 'garden' GutierrezMarissa 'madss' DastaKiki 'PiggyKiki' Long ATK fe BIG EQUIPA Aida 'Aidy' GarciaMarta 'D7' AsensioAna 'Zana' QueirozJennifer 'JennyR' Irina Brea RodriguezAida 'Aida' Simão FURIA fe #186 Olga 'Olga' RodriguesGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoIzabella 'izaa' GalleKarina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashiMariana 'mari' Preste