2018 NXL Las Vegas Open

The 2018 NXL Las Vegas Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 9 to 11 March 2018 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It opened the league's five-event United States national season.[1]

Edmonton Impact won the professional tournament, defeating San Antonio X-Factor 6–1 in the final.[2]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas, from Friday, 9 March, to Sunday, 11 March 2018.[1]

Competition formats

The professional division had 20 teams. Its advertised format was 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule.[1]

Semi-Pro and Division 2 were listed as 15-minute RaceTo-5 competitions. Divisions 3 and 4 were listed as 12-minute RaceTo-4 competitions.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5. Other competitions included Open Pump five-player, Open Mechanical five-player, Open and Amateur ten-player, and Open and Amateur three-player.[1]

Five-player games were advertised with five-minute game times, ten-player games with ten-minute game times, and three-player games with three-minute game times. The event record does not list a two-player division.[1]

Professional competition

Edmonton Impact won all seven of its recorded matches. During the preliminary round, Impact defeated Chicago Aftershock, MLKings, Baltimore Revo and Los Angeles Infamous.[2]

Impact then defeated ac Dallas 4–3 in the quarter-finals and San Diego Dynasty 6–0 in the semi-finals. In the final, Impact defeated San Antonio X-Factor 6–1.[2]

Round	Opponent	Impact's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Chicago Aftershock	7	1
Preliminary	MLKings	7	2
Preliminary	Baltimore Revo	6	0
Preliminary	Los Angeles Infamous	6	3
Quarter-final	ac Dallas	4	3
Semi-final	San Diego Dynasty	6	0
Final	San Antonio X-Factor	6	1

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 14 competitions. Open ten-player had three teams.[3][4]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Edmonton Impact	San Antonio X-Factor	San Diego Dynasty	Baltimore Revo
Semi-Pro	San Diego Aftermath	Indianapolis Mutiny	ac Diesel	NRG Elite
Division 2	Camp Pendleton Raiders	Gulf Coast Hurricanes	Palm Beach Vipers	AAF
Division 3	TOG	Raw Material	NCI Black	Baltimore Revo II
Division 4	PaintballFIT.com	Warpath	Hawaiian Heat	Noobies

Five-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	TNB	NJ Jesters Red	Clap City All Stars	MEXICO
Division 4	A.M.H	Az goats	Cen Cal Alliance	Murder Inc Grey
Division 5	Austin Chaos D5	Most Corrupt	LVPP Storm	Psychotics 2
Open Pump	LA Hitmen.com	Auto cocker parts	L.A. Aztecas	DREAM TEAM
Open Mechanical	Scorpions	Shocker CVO	Black Sunday LV	Toxic Shock

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Boom	Washington Winstons	NV	—
Amateur	Tsunami	Twisted Factory Utah	Revolution 3rd String ALL Stars	Desert Edge 10 man

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	UNDR BOIS	Aardvarks	Weber County Frostbite	Poso
Amateur	Veteran Militia Bravo	LOS BOLSONES	Impulsive	Nj jesters silver

Subsequent event

The next event on the United States national calendar was the 2018 NXL Texas Open, scheduled for 4–6 May in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

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