Team Secret added another trophy to their locker, winning the most prestigious female CS event of the year - ESWC 2016. In the final, they defeated Selfless 2-1 (Mirage 16-9, Overpass 7-16, Train 16-6) to take the title and the $7,000 prize.

Since the inception of the team under the Secret fe name, the European squad has been victorious at both female tournaments they attended: Copenhagen Games 2016 in March and the StarLadder Female Stars Championship in June.

With the most notable North American female team and ESWC 2015 winner CLG Red dropping out in the RO6, it was up to their regional rivals Selfless fe to try to stop the recent EU dominance.

zAAz ended the tournament with a 1.42 rating 

In the best-of-three grand finals, Carolyn "⁠artStar⁠" Noquez had a good performance on Overpass to help her team get a comfortable map win, but, thanks to strong play from Michaela "⁠mimi⁠" Lintrup and Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie, Secret fe cruised to wins on Mirage and Train to secure their third title of the year.

ESWC 2016 FemaleBest of 3 Secret feMatchpage 2 1 31st October 2016 Selfless fe 16Mirage 9 7Overpass 16 16Train 6

Secret fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Zainab 'zAAz' TurkiezAAz	57 - 47	+10	91.4	1.29
Michaela 'mimi' Lintrupmimi	59 - 44	+15	83.9	1.21
Julia 'juliano' Kiranjuliano	46 - 40	+6	69.0	1.02
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkovavilga	49 - 47	+2	70.7	1.01
Anna 'Ant1ka' AnanikovaAnt1ka	44 - 44	0	68.0	0.96

Selfless fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Carolyn 'artStar' NoquezartStar	49 - 47	+2	76.0	1.05
Mounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieGooseBreeder	44 - 51	-7	74.2	1.03
Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoEMUHLEET	42 - 50	-8	65.3	1.01
Amanda 'rain' Smithrain	43 - 53	-10	70.5	0.94
Regan 'raerae' Slayraerae	44 - 54	-10	68.3	0.88

The final standings for ESWC 2016 female is as follows:

1. Secret fe - $7,000
2. Selfless fe - $4,000
3-4. Reason fe - $2,000
3-4. LDLC fe - $2,000
5-6. CLG Red
5-6. expert fe
7-8. Millenium fe
7-8. doyoueven fe
9-10. AlienTech fe
9-10. Property fe 

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Secret fe Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaZainab 'zAAz' TurkieJulia 'juliano' KiranMichaela 'mimi' LintrupAnna 'Ant1ka' Ananikova Selfless fe Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoAmanda 'rain' SmithCarolyn 'artStar' NoquezMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieRegan 'raerae' Slay Michaela 'mimi' Lintrup Age: 19 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 92 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez Age: 21 Team: Selfless fe Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 49 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 doyoueven fe Aurora 'aurora' LyngdalSonia 'Sonia' GarcíaAbigail 'Abiii' GloverNina 'Foxglove' KovácsAnastasia 'Nast1a' Evdokina AlienTech fe Jessica 'fly' PellegriniClaudia 'santininha' SantiniCamila 'cAmyy' NataleAmanda 'dinha' GomezGabriela 'gabs' Freindorfer LDLC fe Laura 'Nasty' DéjouAlexia 'aLx-' MengusAmélie 'aME' RaoulLaura 'CERIIZZN' Le BarsPerrine 'Lalita' Allesiardo CLG Red #273 Benita 'bENITA' NovshadianStephanie 'missharvey' HarveyChristine 'potter' ChiDiane 'di^' Tran Millenium fe Sandrine 'MiTsu' AvedissianDeborah 'TORKA' TeissonniereValérie 'SaAku' QuachClara 'Cla' RossiMeyssa 'Missa' Bellouati expert fe Ivelina 'HellRose' DanovaJulia 'Julie' StrunkowskiGina 'Jinjin' KleinenKelly 'KllyVe' VerhaegenLisa 'Shifty' Catino Reason fe Kristina 'Bloody Elf' GalichenkoTatyana 'Sindi' GrachevaAlexandra 'Riley' KsenzikDarya 'dshq' MishutinaTanya 't4tty' Vorontsova Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie Age: 25 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.68 Property fe Julie 'Monkey D Julie' RicouTerri 'KiTTy-KaT' MulveyKristina 'zon1Q' StevanovićMarion 'MAR1ON' Lopez