Shimmer sign with Sakura ahead of Impact Finals

7-11-2025 19:26

Last season's finalists have found organizational support.

Sakura have announced the signing of the ex-Shimmer roster ahead of the ESL Impact 8 Finals.

The LAN tournament will be the last of its kind after ESL announced that the premier women's competition will end after the conclusion of its eighth season.

ESL to suspend Impact circuit

Sakura, who played under the Shimmer moniker during the group stage, finished the North American portion of the tournament as runners-up with a 6-1 record. Their only loss came at the hands of eventual winners FlyQuest RED, who will be the region's second representative at the LAN Finals.

Sakura will aim to go one better than in Season 7, where they lost in the final against a FURIA fe team that missed out on an appearance this time around.

The finals will be played in Stockholm, Sweden, and award a $223,000 prize pool split between players and clubs. The tournament will begin on November 28 with two four-team GSL groups feeding into a single-elimination best-of-three playoff.

Sakura are:

Wrenna "⁠Stx⁠" Trampel
Lucy "⁠empathy⁠" Verkaik
Lydia "⁠Fawx⁠" Dalton
Raven "⁠raven⁠" Sol
Sylvie "⁠Serendipity⁠" Splaver

Victor "⁠Ink⁠" Rozvora (coach)

lol

2025-11-07 19:26

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LETS FRICKING GOOOO I LOVE INK SO MUCH #FRAUDS4EVER #NONAVYNOWIN #MYIGL

2025-11-08 10:53

Jonathan E. will have a field day under this news piece

2025-11-07 19:27

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That was also my first thought.

2025-11-07 19:51

It's a very good day for CS :)

HLTV knew what they were doing when they made this an actual news and not just a short.

2025-11-08 07:05

deserved, those r the goats

Yes, this team is the perfect representation of Women's Counter-Strike. I hope they win the last ESL Impact League and be the role model that all girls can look up to if they start to play CS.

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W for supporting women cs even though ESL pulled the plug, god bless this org

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Fr. I wanna see women's cs evolve to the point we can get competitive mix gender teams.

2025-11-07 19:34

content????

2025-11-08 02:10

What are you trying to say?

2025-11-08 08:26

What women are you talking about though?

2025-11-08 02:24

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2025-11-08 07:02

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Do they have two X chromosomes and are they able to give birth? Probably not.

2025-11-08 14:56

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not every women is able to give birth, fyi

2025-11-08 23:10

Sure, let's use a tiny exception to nitpick a valid argument🤓🤓🤓

2025-11-08 23:15

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>tiny exception bro you have heard of menopause? edit: spelling

2025-11-09 00:13

"No, men do not experience menopause. Menopause is a natural process in women where their ovaries stop producing estrogen and progesterone, leading to the end of their menstrual cycles." - Google AI Overview Thanks for playing.

2025-11-09 08:06

so infertile women are not women? good to know

2025-11-09 08:31

Dude stfu obviously women can be "infertile" but no man has the ability to give birth.

2025-11-09 08:52

Dude, in your gaming alias you're tagging up a "club" Dome Busters from like 20 years ago. wtf is wrong wwith you? lmao

2025-11-09 00:03

Why do you think people don't give summit any shit for representing 1G even though it was one of the first "clubs" in counter-strike? Because no one cares, you're the first person ever.

2025-11-09 08:11

i like transfer news

2025-11-07 19:44

huehuehuehue

2025-11-08 01:20

stage interviews gonna be crazy iykyk

2025-11-07 19:48

Hope they continue until after esl impact! the more orgs the better

2025-11-07 19:55

"The finals will be played in Stockholm, Sweden, and award a $223,000 prize pool split between players and clubs. The event will feature eight rosters, including reigning champions FURIA fe" Does HLTV even read the stuff they put out about the women's scene? Furia didn't qualify... Also this is not some groundbreaking news, but gets a whole articule, meanwhile much more important stuff doesn't even get a short. At the same time Overpeek, who also qualified for the LAN Finals got signed by Fingers Crossed, but it doesn't get a single mention...

2025-11-07 19:59

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There are a lot of fans of this American team as you can see, that is why it made the news section.

2025-11-07 20:06

It was corrected, but seriously, step-up and higher a dedicated writer for the women's scene articule. Ppeople who are doing it currently clearly don't care nor are knowledgable about the topic.

2025-11-07 20:26

Well said bro. we can be VERY grateful that HLTV covers as much fecs as they do, but things could be a bit better.

2025-11-07 21:55

woke points won't earn themselves. i noticed hltv bias and staff incompetency a while ago. shame there aren't any alternatives that are this compex and deep

Go create your own ya lil roooskie

2025-11-08 19:19

from a management POV why would you ever sign a team that only competes in a league about to be shutdown ?

2025-11-07 20:03

For easy Club Share money from the finals. Zerance did that last season, signed a team just before the finals and then almost immidiately dropped them afterwards

Finally somwbody invests in Women

2025-11-07 20:22

Amazing news! I love that there are still teams out there that invest in woman esports!

2025-11-07 20:23

Feels good that even after ESL Impact shutdown women scene is alive. I'm pretty sure we will these ladies at the Major in a few cycles

2025-11-07 20:42

Let's go, Girls!

2025-11-07 21:18

this entire comment section having to get deleted is a sad representation of the hate still engrained in the cs community plenty of them are from Americans too, wonder why...

2025-11-07 21:19

not worth it

2025-11-07 21:26

they are the ones most affected

2025-11-08 02:11

hopefully the team doesn’t abandon the roster after the tournament is over

2025-11-07 21:25

1 tournament deal is most likely

2025-11-07 22:26

I prefer drillas cheating

2025-11-08 02:50

Never heard of this org but the logo is tuff icl

2025-11-08 05:01

Why not short news

2025-11-08 05:02

who?

2025-11-08 11:06

slayyyyyyy. very brave and stunning. you go gurls.

2025-11-08 17:52

mhm comment deleted? For what reason?

2025-11-08 19:55

so i will repeat my comment and explain me pls the reason why it has been deleted: they have an adam´s apple bigger then their noise, It´s unfair for women who would like to compete against 100% women. Making a competition ladder for "real men", "real women" and "real divers", who been the best thing to do!

2025-11-08 20:03