The European team bested their nemesis FURIA fe convincingly in the final.

Nigma Galaxy solidified their status as the dominant women CS:GO team with a comfortable 2-0 victory in the ESL Impact Valencia final, besting FURIA fe 16-8 on Dust2 and 16-11 on Vertigo.

In what was a repeat of the previous Impact final, we had a repeat result as well, although in more dominant fashion as this time FURIA fe couldn’t take a map from the eventual champions.

ANa once again led the way throughout the tournament for Nigma Galaxy

Ultimately Nigma Galaxy were good value for the trophy having not dropped a single map on their way to victory; the closest they were run was in a 16-11 victory against FURIA fe on Vertigo in the final.

ESL Impact Valencia 2022Best of 3 Nigma GalaxyMatchpage 2 0 3rd July 2022 FURIA fe 16Dust2 8 16Vertigo 11

Nigma Galaxy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexandra 'twenty3' Timoninatwenty3	42 - 32	+10	89.6	1.30
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkovavilga	39 - 33	+6	89.7	1.28
Ana 'ANa' DumbravăANa	41 - 31	+10	81.2	1.26
Victoria 'tory' Kazievatory	37 - 31	+6	74.7	1.20
Katarína 'Kat' VaškováKat	35 - 32	+3	73.2	1.14

FURIA fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Olga 'Olga' RodriguesOlga	34 - 42	-8	80.0	0.96
Gabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoGaBi	33 - 35	-2	71.2	0.95
Izabella 'izaa' Galleizaa	34 - 42	-8	73.4	0.87
Karina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashikaahSENSEI	30 - 39	-9	60.8	0.81
Mariana 'mari' Prestemari	28 - 36	-8	62.6	0.80

As with the Impact Season 1 Finals in Dallas Ana "⁠ANa⁠" Dumbravă was Nigma's best rated player throughout the tournament, but they also had Ksenia "⁠vilga⁠" Kluenkova, Victoria "⁠tory⁠" Kazieva and Katarína "⁠Kat⁠" Vašková in the top-eight rated players such was their dominance.

Despite underperforming in a losing effort in the final Olga "⁠Olga⁠" Rodrigues of FURIA fe was actually the highest rated player at the event, posting a 1.41 across 6 maps.

Two teams that made top four in Dallas were unable to make it out of groups this time around, with CLG Red falling to MIBR fe in Group B whilst NAVI Javelins grabbed a playoff spot at the expense of BIG EQUIPA in Group A, requiring overtime on two maps to do so.

The final standings for ESL Impact Valencia are as follows:

1. Nigma Galaxy ($50,000)
2. FURIA fe ($20,000)
3-4. NAVI Javelins ($10,000)
3-4. MIBR fe ($10,000)
5-6. CLG Red ($3,000)
5-6. BIG EQUIPA ($3,000)
7-8. GODSENT fe ($2,000)
7-8. Mindfreak ($2,000)

Mindfreak #212 Caralina 'cAra' EangVivienne 'BiBiAhn' QuachEmily 'Emiinent' ReaAnn 'mish' FuentesEmily 'Emi' Lauw Victoria 'tory' Kazieva Age: 24 Team: Nigma Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 60 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 GODSENT fe Aurora 'aurora' LyngdalMarita 'Minnie' Siljan SørensenThea 'pullox' EvensenMayline-Joy 'ASTRA' ChampliaudAnna 'Ann4' Laurinoviča Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova Age: 30 Team: Nigma Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 253 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Ana 'ANa' Dumbravă Age: 23 Team: Nigma Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 107 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 BIG EQUIPA #179 Aida 'Aidy' GarciaMarta 'D7' AsensioAna 'Zana' QueirozJennifer 'JennyR' Irina Brea RodriguezAida 'Aida' Simão FURIA fe #174 Olga 'Olga' RodriguesGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoIzabella 'izaa' GalleKarina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashiMariana 'mari' Preste MIBR fe #222 Julieta 'khizha' GrilliaMariana 'LyttleZ' SabiaLuana 'Arkynha' ArchanjoJosiane 'josi' IzidorioBeatriz 'hera' Silva CLG Red #175 Diane 'di^' TranMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieEmma 'Emy' ChoeJuliana 'Juli' TosicKelsie 'uhKelsie' Click Nigma Galaxy #141 Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaAna 'ANa' DumbravăVictoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Vašková NAVI Javelins #208 Karolina 'Liina' KasprzykWiktoria 'vicu' JanickaHania 'Hanka' PudlisDanuta 'Danuu' GrajkowskaAngelika 'Angelka' Kozłowska Katarína 'Kat' Vašková Age: 24 Team: Nigma Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 26 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.59 Olga 'Olga' Rodrigues Age: 28 Team: FURIA fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65