2018 NXL World Cup

The 2018 NXL World Cup was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 8 to 11 November 2018 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It concluded the league's five-event United States national season.[1]

Houston Heat defeated Moscow Red Legion 5–4 in the professional final. Heat also won the professional season championship, finishing with 873 points, two ahead of Edmonton Impact.[2][3]

Dates and venue

Competition took place from Thursday, 8 November, to Sunday, 11 November 2018 at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

Competition formats

Professional X-Ball used 15-minute games with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Pro and Division 2 used 15-minute games with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute games with a four-point mercy rule.[1]

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

Separate championship divisions were held for Division 3 X-Ball, Division 4 X-Ball and Division 4/5 five-player RaceTo-2. These appear as NAC competitions in the official scores and were distinct from the corresponding open-entry divisions.[1][5]

Professional competition

Houston Heat won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating Sacramento DMG, Scottsdale Elevation and Chicago Aftershock, while losing 6–5 to San Antonio X-Factor.[2]

Heat then won four consecutive elimination matches. The team defeated Los Angeles Infamous 5–4 in the opening knockout round, Los Angeles Ironmen 3–2 in the quarter-finals and ac Dallas 6–3 in the semi-finals.[2]

In the final, Heat defeated Moscow Red Legion 5–4 to win World Cup and secure the professional season title.[2][3]

Round	Opponent	Heat's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Sacramento DMG	7	4
Preliminary	Scottsdale Elevation	6	0
Preliminary	Chicago Aftershock	4	2
Preliminary	San Antonio X-Factor	5	6
Opening knockout round	Los Angeles Infamous	5	4
Quarter-final	Los Angeles Ironmen	3	2
Semi-final	ac Dallas	6	3
Final	Moscow Red Legion	5	4

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in every recorded competition, except Open Pump, which lists three teams.[3][4][5]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Houston Heat	Moscow Red Legion	Edmonton Impact	ac Dallas
Semi-Pro	Indianapolis Mutiny	Montreal Image	San Diego Aftermath	Royal City Seadogs
Division 2	Gulf Coast Hurricanes	TBD Jits	Noobies	CEP
Division 3	Raw Material	TOG	Killers	JUNGLE CATS
Division 4	DSO	TB Notorious	BRAWL	Miami Lost Boys

Five-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Veteran Militia	Armagedon GUA	Miami Devious	Veteran Militia India
Division 4	TBD AH-SO	Psychopaths	RAMPAGE	The Deplorables
Division 5	DeaD RaBBiTs	WHILS PAINTBALL	Renegades	WFC2
Open Pump	SOS	Texas Legends Pump	Batteries Not Included	—

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Boom	Nrg 10 Man	MLKings	REIGN
Amateur	T.B.L	T Town Damage	Paintball Charleston	Evans Ironmen

Mounds competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open five-player	All Americans	RECOIL Factory	Scorpions	florida annihilators
Open ten-player	Saberwolves	All Americans	Annihilators green	Fox 4 Darkside - Blue

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	G.O.A.T.S	Death Stalkers	Tampa Bay Pelicans	TAS All-Stars
Amateur	WKIT	Seattle Ninjas Black	Seattle Ninjas 69	Veteran Militia Kilo

NAC championship competitions

These were separately scored championship divisions, rather than the main World Cup divisional competitions.[5]

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3 X-Ball	LVPP Icemen NAC	Phenomenon NAC	New England Express NAC	Gulf Coast Hurricanes NAC
Division 4 X-Ball	Dead Rabbits NAC	DSO NAC	Plumlife NAC	Aggression Paintball NAC
Division 4/5 five-player RaceTo-2	Take Notes NAC	Chubby Chasers NAC	E-LEGION NAC	Dekoi NAC

Season championships

World Cup completed the national season following the Las Vegas, Texas, Atlantic City and Chicago Opens. Event victories and season championships were separate honours.[3]

Houston Heat finished first in the professional standings with 873 points, ahead of Edmonton Impact on 871. Semi-Pro was also closely contested: San Diego Aftermath finished with 473.08 points, ahead of World Cup winners Indianapolis Mutiny on 472.59.[3]

The final standings list the following leaders in divisions contested at multiple national events:[3]

Division	Season leader	Points
Professional X-Ball	Houston Heat	873
Semi-Pro X-Ball	San Diego Aftermath	473.08
Division 2 X-Ball	Camp Pendleton Raiders	430.05
Division 3 X-Ball	VINTAGE	452.66
Division 4 X-Ball	Noobies	426.80
Division 3 five-player	Veteran Militia	362.14
Division 4 five-player	Cen Cal Alliance	326.99
Division 5 five-player	Austin Chaos D5	392.50
Open ten-player	Washington Winstons	270.71
Amateur ten-player	Tsunami	169.14
Open Mechanical five-player	Scorpions	255
Open three-player	G.O.A.T.S	229.29
Amateur three-player	LOS BOLSONES	357.14

The Open Pump standings list SOS and LA Hitmen.com with 100 points each. SOS won World Cup, while LA Hitmen.com won the Las Vegas Open.[3]

The Mounds and NAC championship divisions appear with World Cup as their only event in the published national standings. Their results should therefore be distinguished from titles accumulated across several national rounds.[3]

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