ex-CLG Red, Shimmer claim ESL Impact League S3 Finals spots

The two teams topped the North American league to book tickets to Dallas.

ex-CLG Red and Shimmer have become the fourth and fifth teams to secure spots at the ESL Impact League Season 3 Finals that will take place in Dallas, Texas, USA from June 2-4. The pair of teams join NAVI Javelins, 9 Pandas Fearless, and Nigma Galaxy, who all advanced through the European online stage to qualify for the LAN finals.

ex-CLG Red were part of Group A in the North American league, where they dropped just one map to Shimmer while going undefeated in series play to top the group and head into the Play-In bracket as the higher seed. There, they made quick work of EG Gold, securing Ancient 16-11 before cruising to a 16-4 finish on their own pick of Overpass to qualify for the finals.

GooseBreeder dominated on Overpass with a 2.00 rating

Shimmer, meanwhile, secured a pair of 2-0 victories over Saints and byte in Group A, and were pitted against Detonate SparX in the Play-In bracket. The Julie "⁠Bouchard⁠" Bouchard's side had topped Group B with a completely unblemished record with 2-0 wins across the board, but faltered in the qualifying match as Shimmer reverse-swept the series (9-16 Anubis, 16-1 Nuke, 16-12 Ancient) to qualify.

Only three spots at the Impact League LAN finals are left up for grabs — two will go to the winners of the Play-In matches in the South American league, while the team occupying the last spot will be revealed at a later date. You can find the deciding matchups for the South American league below:

Date	Matches
ESL Impact League Season 3 South America
16/04/2023	FURIA fe 22:30 Black Dragons fe	Match
17/04/2023	B4 fe 01:30 MIBR fe	Match

The current team list for the ESL Impact Season 3 Finals is as follows:

NAVI Javelins
9 Pandas Fearless
ex-CLG Red
South America

Nigma Galaxy
Shimmer
South America
TBD