ESL Impact Season 5 to feature $150K prize pool

Season 5 of the ESL Impact circuit will feature a $150,000 prize pool.

Credit: ESL FACEIT Group

The ESL FACEIT Group announced that Season 5 of its women’s Counter-Strike circuit ESL Impact will include 28 teams from across four regions competing for the bulk of the $150,000 prize pool.

The competition begins Wednesday and the in-person finals will take place at DreamHack Dallas from May 31-June 2, with $123,000 of the prize pool at stage.

Team Pigeon, formerly known as Nigma Galaxy, will return seeking to extend their run of seven consecutive ESL Impact LAN victories.

North America, Europe and South America will host group stage competition to qualify for the Grand Finals. The stage will consist of a single round-robin, with all matches being best-of-three. The winners and runners-up from each region will advance to the Global Finals.

Asia will conduct a Wildcard Online Qualifier from March 9-11 with another spot up for grabs in the single bracket also consisting of best-of-three matches.

TEAMS ATTENDING
Europe:
–1win Gang
–BIG EQUIPA
–Fearless Cheetahs – Formerly 9Pandas Fearless
–GamerLegion Prism
–NAVI Javelins
–Ninjas in Pyjamas
–Team Pigeons – Formerly Nigma Galaxy
–Astralis (From EU Qualifier)
–ENCE Athena (From EU Qualifier)
–Guild Esports (From EU Qualifier)
–Team Spirit Female (From EU Qualifier)
–VP.Angels (From EU Qualifier)

North America:
–FlyQuest RED
–Limitless Angels
–Shimmer
–Team Karma
–cleanup crew (From NA Qualifier)
–COVEN (From NA Qualifier)
–Nouns fe (From NA Qualifier)
–WG Bandits (From NA Qualifier)

South America:
–Atrix Esports
–Fluxo Demons
–FURIA
–MIBR
–Divina (From SA Qualifier)
–GENKID4M4 (From SA Qualifier)
–KG Network (From SA Qualifier)
–w7m Esports (From SA Qualifier)

PRIZE MONEY
Region Total: $27,000
EU Region: $9,500
NA Region: $7,800
SA Region: $9,700

FINALS PRIZE POOL
Total: $123,000
1st Place: $50,000
2nd Place: $25,000
2rd-4th: $13,000
5th-6th: $7,000
7th-8th: $4,000

ESL Impact Season 5 will be streamed live on FACEIT Watch along with the group’s Twitch and YouTube channels.

–Field Level Media

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