Nigma Galaxy win ESL Impact League Season 2 Finals

A rematch of the previous season's grand final went the way of the Russian side once again.

Nigma Galaxy have claimed the ESL Impact League trophy in Jönköping, Sweden, becoming two-time champions after first lifting the trophy at the Season 1 Finals in Dallas, Texas, and now adding to that with the Season 2 Finals silverware following a 2-0 victory over FURIA fe.

The Brazilian team fall just short of claiming a title for themselves for the third time this year, with Nigma Galaxy previously beating them in the grand final of the Season 1 Finals, and also at ESL Impact Valencia in July.

ANa topped the board for Nigma Galaxy, averaging a 1.37 rating

Both sides had little trouble in making it to the title-deciding match, easing past HSG fe and NOFEAR5 in their respective semi-final games with 2-0 victories.

FURIA fe struggled to get going in the grand final, their rivals from Nigma Galaxy getting off to a blistering start on the CT side of Mirage with a lockout 12-3 defensive showing. That map was quickly sealed away by Ana "⁠ANa⁠" Dumbravă and company, moving the series on to Ancient.

There, Nigma Galaxy maintained their momentum and put up a dominant T side showing at the onset of the map, winning ten of the first twelve rounds for a stellar 10-2 lead. FURIA fe stabilized at the end of the half to get three last rounds, and built upon that after the side swap with a strong attack of their own, briefly gaining the lead at 14-12.

A third map wasn't to be though as Nigma Galaxy finally found the solution to shutting down the Brazilian offensive, putting a halt to bombsite attacks to clinch the last four rounds of the map and edge out a 16-14 victory to take home the trophy.

ESL Impact League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3 FURIA feMatchpage 0 2 27th November 2022 Nigma Galaxy 5Mirage 16 14Ancient 16

FURIA fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Karina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashikaahSENSEI	34 - 33	+1	58.0	0.95
Gabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoGaBi	30 - 41	-11	76.0	0.84
Olga 'Olga' RodriguesOlga	28 - 42	-14	70.0	0.84
Mariana 'mari' Prestemari	25 - 34	-9	60.7	0.82
Izabella 'izaa' Galleizaa	25 - 42	-17	61.5	0.65

Nigma Galaxy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ana 'ANa' DumbravăANa	44 - 23	+21	82.5	1.37
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkovavilga	42 - 33	+9	93.1	1.23
Alexandra 'twenty3' Timoninatwenty3	32 - 24	+8	72.0	1.16
Katarína 'Kat' VaškováKat	34 - 26	+8	69.5	1.12
Victoria 'tory' Kazievatory	38 - 38	0	81.7	1.10

ESL Impact League Season 2 Finals final standings:

1. Nigma Galaxy - $50,000
2. FURIA fe - $25,000
3-4. NOFEAR5 - $13,000
3-4. HSG fe - $13.000
5-6. CLG Red - $7,000
5-6. B4 fe - $7,000
7-8. EG Gold - $4,000
7-8. ATK fe - $4,000

CLG Red #200 Mounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieVivienne 'BiBiAhn' QuachKelsie 'uhKelsie' ClickColine 'Kaoday' Le Floc'hMarissa 'madss' Dasta EG Gold #202 Kiara 'm1lky' MakuaJessica 'jesscas' NgoAnna 'garden' GutierrezKiki 'PiggyKiki' LongLucy 'empathy' Verkaik NOFEAR5 Elizaveta 'Stormy' Poshekhnova HSG fe SinMan 'Hazel' FongRamona 'gfi' Azween Binti ZaharuddinNian 'Hffo' ZhaoAisya 'Argent' SabrinaXinni 'XiaoWu' Wu ATK fe Ana 'ANa' Dumbravă Age: 23 Team: Nigma Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 123 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 FURIA fe #213 Olga 'Olga' RodriguesGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoIzabella 'izaa' GalleKarina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashiMariana 'mari' Preste B4 fe #206 Lara 'goddess' BaceiredoJulia 'julih' GomesNataly 'nani' do Nascimento CavalcanteNadjila 'poppins' Sanchez RodriguesGiovanna 'yungher' Yungh Mataveli Nigma Galaxy #186 Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaAna 'ANa' DumbravăVictoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Vašková