2019 NXL Philadelphia Open

The 2019 NXL Philadelphia Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 21 to 23 June 2019 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the third event on the league's United States national calendar.[1]

San Antonio X-Factor won the professional tournament, defeating Moscow Red Legion 7–6 in the final.[2]

Dates and venue

Despite its Philadelphia title, the tournament took place in Blue Bell. The official event record identifies the venue as Valley Forge, at 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell.[1]

Contemporary sports-tourism reporting identifies the site as Montgomery County Community College and describes the event as a partnership involving the college and the Valley Forge Sports Team.[3]

Competition ran from Friday, 21 June, to Sunday, 23 June 2019.[1]

Competition formats

The 20-team professional division was advertised as 15-minute X-Ball 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, alongside Open Mechanical five-player. These competitions were listed with five-minute game times.[1]

Open and Amateur ten-player divisions had ten-minute game times. Three-player competition was offered in Open, Amateur and Novice divisions, with three-minute game times.[1]

Professional competition

San Antonio X-Factor won all seven of its recorded matches. During the preliminary round, the team defeated P.C. Katana, Sacramento DMG, TradeMyGun Outlaws and Moscow Red Legion.[2]

X-Factor then defeated Baltimore Revo 2–1 in the quarter-finals and Seattle Uprising 4–2 in the semi-finals. The final produced a second meeting with Red Legion, which X-Factor won 7–6.[2]

Round	Opponent	X-Factor's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	P.C. Katana	6	3
Preliminary	Sacramento DMG	7	1
Preliminary	TradeMyGun Outlaws	4	1
Preliminary	Moscow Red Legion	6	4
Quarter-final	Baltimore Revo	2	1
Semi-final	Seattle Uprising	4	2
Final	Moscow Red Legion	7	6

Individual award

Archie Montemayor received the Golden Barrel award. A contemporary report published by Infamous Paintball also identified him as the finals and event MVP, crediting him with 52 confirmed eliminations.[4]

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 14 competitions. Open ten-player had three teams.[5]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	San Antonio X-Factor	Moscow Red Legion	San Diego Dynasty	Seattle Uprising
Semi-Pro	Toulouse TonTons	Columbus LVL	Gulf Coast Hurricanes	ac Diesel
Division 2	Blastcamp Revolution	CEP	Brawl	GRIT
Division 3	PaintballFIT.com	Garden State G.O.A.T.s	SA Notorious FsU	Space Cadets
Division 4	Nasty X	Sac DMG	Clutch	Victoria

Five-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Tampa Bay Revolution	Take Notes	Veteran Militia	Twisted Vibe
Division 4	SDS	BAMF OG	Immortal Kings	Lower Middle Class
Division 5	VB Assassins	Veteran Militia Echo	Nasty Teal	BOMBSQUAD GOLD
Open Mechanical	Destiny_PB	13th Predators	Apex Legionnaires	Scorpions

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Washington Winstons	Ricos Raiders	Philly Golden Seals	—
Amateur	ThunderCats 10 man	Just Us 2	Montco Mustangs	Ninja Squad

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	N J Jesters	Caribbean	Tufel Hunden VM Bois	Buc-ee's Florida boys
Amateur	Eddie Daws Fan Club	Fox 4 Darkside	Young Gunz	Rampage 3man
Novice	Buffalo CashOut	Tacodile Supreme 2	Relentless Supreme	MVP EQuiLiBriUm

Subsequent event

The next event on the United States national calendar was the 2019 NXL Chicago Open, scheduled for 13–15 September in Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

References