ESL Impact Season 5 set to start

The first event of ESL Impact's consolidated calendar is about to kick off.

Only one South American team will make it to Dallas

ESL Impact League Season 5 is set to kick off the women's circuit in 2024, as ESL Impact's Katowice event, which ran alongside IEM Katowice, was cut from the schedule this year alongside the rest of Impact's standalone events.

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ESL Impact 2024 changes cut Finals spots from Americas and Asia, axes Katowice

ESL Impact League Season 5 will run online from March 6 to April 20 before the LAN finals at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center take place on May 31-June 2 alongside IEM Dallas.

Europe will be the main contributor to the team roster at the LAN finals, as the region will send the top four to the tournament in Texas. The online portion will feature two groups of six teams playing a single round-robin, from which the top two of each group will qualify.

Nigma Galaxy came apart after winning all of the women's tournaments they competed at, becoming the Women's Team of the Year in 2022 and 2023. That didn't stop them from losing organizational backing and parting ways with longtime in-game leader Ksenia "⁠vilga⁠" Kluenkova.

Now under the Pigeons banner and alongside Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie, the European team will try to again consolidate their standing at the top, while vilga built her own project, Fearless Cheetahs, and already won her first cash cup.

The teams competing in Europe:

In North America it will be just one group of eight teams, single round-robin, and the top two teams will secure spots in Dallas. South America will have the same setup, but only a single team will make it to the LAN finals.

The spread appears somewhat unfair, considering that Brazil has produced competitive teams that have made it deep into tournaments, including two Impact League grand finals.

The teams in the two Americas regions are:

A wildcard online qualifier will be held on March 9-11 for Asia, featuring a best-of-three single bracket with one spot at the Global Finals.

Russia Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova
Age:
32
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
321
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
Lebanon Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
260
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.68
#1
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Pakistan yuhflowyuh
cool
2024-03-05 12:12
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#2
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Australia Turboblaze_
Can't wait to watch!
2024-03-05 12:14
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"Now under the Pigeons banner..." - team without logo
2024-03-05 12:19
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5 replies
#22
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Europe yommamas
a banner doesn't have to be a logo
2024-03-05 14:07
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guy who has never heard of figurative language:
2024-03-06 10:58
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Because it doesn't makes sense here.
2024-03-06 21:33
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2 replies
banner (n) 6. (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. example: They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.
2024-03-06 22:30
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1 reply
Ok, I won't argue with native speaker
2024-03-06 22:33
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#4
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United States sziasztok
Lets goooooo EQUIPA! Hope to see you in Dallas!
2024-03-05 12:21
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no fantasy this time?
2024-03-05 12:25
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very interesting news! will surely watch this great tournament with potential future stars who could barely crack faceit level 4 without boosting services
2024-03-05 12:26
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10 replies
xD
2024-03-05 12:34
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Germany Skyrix
the sad part about this comment is that its mostly true
2024-03-05 12:41
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1 reply
its pretty much the same as womens football. A random 13yo boys team from Brazil, Italy, England or Spain will win the olympic gold womens adult team any day of the week, playing blindfolded
2024-03-05 12:45
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Germany lookymd
im pretty sure that they would easily beat faceit lvl 4 - 9 :) but nt
2024-03-05 15:58
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most of them seriously wouldnt, and the sad part is im not even joking...theres like less than 100 actual faceit level 10 (non-boosted) women in the whole world.
2024-03-05 18:52
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5 replies
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
So? the article is about esl impact teams and all of them are much higher than 2k elo. why do you need to lie?
2024-03-06 00:27
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all of them would not be able to reach 2k elo without getting boosted by their male counterparts with 3k+ elo their other stats tell the story. K/D, KPR, ADR....because they are boosted level5 players.
2024-03-06 09:49
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3 replies
#37
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
do you have a source for that or it's only your virginity whispering that shit into your eardrums?
2024-03-06 12:17
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virginity = facts classic white knighting. We all know that women are literally trash compared to a random male faceit 10 player. take any random female "pro", look up their stats on faceit. Its always like 0.7kd and 10 average kills.
2024-03-06 12:19
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#39
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
do you have a source for that or it's only your virginity whispering that shit into your eardrums?
2024-03-06 13:06
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people who car: ___, ___ and ____.
2024-03-05 12:39
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1 reply
You, me & dupreeh
2024-03-05 13:32
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Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
lol who cars
2024-03-05 12:40
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Germany Charlsen
EU groups is western vs eastern conference lmao
2024-03-05 12:41
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1 reply
"Poland is central Europe!!!!!" xd
2024-03-05 12:55
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imagine Pigeons lose this one
2024-03-05 12:48
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literally no one cars. surprise that this dumpster fire is still being funded by saudi(funny isnt it)
2024-03-05 12:53
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
the only surprise is why people still keep on hating on women who went through countless years of hate like yours to become the best in their field despite all the odds. incels, man.
2024-03-06 01:15
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if you actually read my comment you will realize that im not hating on the tourney because they are women. crazy how any negative response will instigate the word "incel".almost like the word has no meaning anymore.
2024-03-06 06:41
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
maybe spend less time hating on women and you'll not get called incel as much? idk bro just simple logic, I'm sure you'll get there xDDD
2024-03-06 13:07
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"hating on women". just hating on garbage players . go bark at another tree you blue haired freak
2024-03-06 15:47
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#43
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
I'm just a straight tall tanned causasian which happens to follow women's CS since I play it with my little sis all the time and I can see in real time the amount of disgusting shit people like you say to women online. It is what it is.
2024-03-06 17:16
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Poland Broken_BS
I am shocked that There are this many brazilian teams. Now I gotta wonder how many of them are full lvl10 stacks xD
2024-03-05 13:12
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So ez for Pigeons
2024-03-05 13:34
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Can they play without default female skins?
2024-03-05 13:44
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Europe yommamas
female skins not being free is the only reason they aren't stomping us, lads
2024-03-05 14:09
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Finland Rudilele
Bring back fantasy or no views
2024-03-05 13:57
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Fly quest about to 7-0 their pool again
2024-03-05 14:05
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#24
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Europe yommamas
will be interesting to watch Pigeons without Vilga
2024-03-05 14:10
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Kitten | 
Belgium sEnzaj
EZ 4 Kat 😎
2024-03-05 21:26
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Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Russia Seberg
Weird looking Euro groups...
2024-03-05 21:39
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#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
broky | 
Switzerland eLipzz
Let’s go fly quest !!
2024-03-05 23:49
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Ez 4 Pigeons.
2024-03-06 02:15
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#33
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Switzerland Tsigalko9
Let's go d7 zana & aida!
2024-03-06 02:22
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who cars
2024-03-06 15:47
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