2017 NXL World Cup

The 2017 NXL World Cup was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 2 to 5 November 2017 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It concluded the league's five-event national championship season, with associated two-player competition beginning on 1 November.[1][2]

Edmonton Impact defeated San Diego Dynasty 4–3 in the professional final and finished as professional season champions. The victory gave Impact consecutive NXL World Cup and professional season championships.[3][4][5]

Dates and venue

The main tournament took place at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, from Thursday, 2 November, to Sunday, 5 November 2017. Professional competition was scheduled from Friday to Sunday.[1]

The separately recorded two-player World Championship programme ran from 1 to 5 November, with a play-in competition on 1 November.[2][6]

Competition formats

Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside Open Pump five-player competition.[1]

Other formats included Open and Amateur ten-player, Mounds competition capped at 5.5 balls per second, Amateur three-player capped at 5.5 balls per second, and collegiate five-player RaceTo-2.[1]

The two-player programme included an Amateur championship, an Amateur play-in, and Female Amateur, Novice and Youth divisions. These results were maintained separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[2][6]

Professional competition

Edmonton Impact lost its opening preliminary match 6–3 to Los Angeles Ironmen before defeating Boom, Los Angeles Infamous and Seattle Uprising.[3]

In the knockout rounds, Impact defeated Tampa Bay Damage 5–3 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 6–0 in the semi-finals. Impact then defeated San Diego Dynasty 4–3 in the final.[3]

In a contemporary interview with Planet Eclipse, Impact owner and coach Bart Yachimec described the team establishing a 4–0 lead in the final before Dynasty recovered. He also discussed the team's response to its opening defeat and the contribution of coach Dave Bains.[5]

Round	Opponent	Impact's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Los Angeles Ironmen	3	6
Preliminary	Boom	6	1
Preliminary	Los Angeles Infamous	7	0
Preliminary	Seattle Uprising	4	2
Quarter-final	Tampa Bay Damage	5	3
Semi-final	San Antonio X-Factor	6	0
Final	San Diego Dynasty	4	3

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in each competition, except where fewer teams were listed.[4][7][8][9][10]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Edmonton Impact	San Diego Dynasty	San Antonio X-Factor	Los Angeles Infamous
Semi-Pro	Sacramento DMG	New York Xtreme	San Diego Aftermath	Louisville Asylum
Division 2	NRG Elite	NorthSide Empire	LA Boom	Wild Dogs Latinoamerica
Division 3	Carolina Crisis	TBD Jits	LockDown D3	Tsunami
Division 4	Project Mayhem	Miami Lost Boys	HVP Wrecking Crew	Garden State Goats

Five-player and three-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3 five-player	Armagedon GUA	Desocabras	Miami Devious EFX	West Coast Sharks 3
Division 4 five-player	TEAM SPEED GOLD	Murder Inc Grey	Miami Devious Red	Vicious Bunnys
Division 5 five-player	Shut up we're trying	OKC BREAKOUT	BTA 2	Honey Badgers
Open Pump five-player	Batteries Not Included	Northwest Rogue pump	Imperial Knights	PBSL JAX
Amateur 5.5 bps three-player	CT Redemption	A Team 3	JWC	Wicked 420

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	OUTLAWS	AAF 2	Trauma	Mackerel Enthusiasts
Amateur	DST Alumni	All Americans	Absolute Chaos	STRUGGLE 3

Mounds competitions

The separately recorded Mounds event lists the following placings.[8]

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Mounds 5.5 bps five-player	THE eNMEy	Xtreme	Annihilators	Mercenaries
Mounds 5.5 bps ten-player	All Americans	Fox 4 Darkside - Blue	POSTAL	Fight Club

A separate Sunday Mounds ten-player listing contains only Tour de Force, placed first without ranking points. That listing does not establish a contested competition.[8]

Two-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Amateur World Championship	Boe	JustyRones	Elite	The BizzNiss
Female Amateur	Charming Destiny	Chicas Locas	Pro Edge Ladies	Deadly Tacos
Novice	MOB 2v2	Young Guns	Vikings Ragnarok	Xsanity
Youth	Los Cubanasos	HAVOC	WCS YG	—
Amateur play-in	7 BELOW	Just Us	TNB	Fierce Outkast

The play-in results were separate from the World Championship final placings.[6][9]

Collegiate competition

The separately recorded College Class AA @ NXL World Cup competition had four teams.[10]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
University of South Florida Bulls	Virginia Tech Hokies	Embry-Riddle Eagles	University of Tennessee Volunteers

Season championships

World Cup completed the national season following the Las Vegas, Texas, Atlantic City and Chicago Opens. Edmonton Impact finished first in the professional standings with 933 points, ahead of San Antonio X-Factor on 808.[4]

The published final standings identify the following first-placed teams in divisions contested across multiple national events:[4]

Division	Season champions	Points
Professional X-Ball	Edmonton Impact	933
Semi-Pro X-Ball	Sacramento DMG	464
Division 2 X-Ball	NRG Elite	430.06
Division 3 X-Ball	TBD Jits	427.61
Division 4 X-Ball	Project Mayhem	406.63
Division 3 five-player	West Coast Sharks 3	401.42
Division 4 five-player	LVPP OUTKAST	408.83
Division 5 five-player	Detroit Action IV	263.71
Open ten-player	AAF 2	455.79
Open Pump five-player	Batteries Not Included	170
Mechanical Intermediate five-player	THE eNMEy	400

The mechanical championship was accumulated at the four preceding opens; the final standings do not list a World Cup round in that division. The separately recorded Mounds competitions should not be treated as that championship's World Cup round.[4][8]

Amateur ten-player and Amateur 5.5 bps three-player appear with World Cup as their only event in the national season tables. Their event victories therefore do not represent titles accumulated across several national rounds.[4]

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