2023 NXL Sunshine State Major

The 2023 NXL Sunshine State Major was a paintball tournament held from 10 to 12 March 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It opened the National Xball League (NXL) United States season. San Diego Dynasty won the professional tournament, defeating Tampa Bay Damage 4–2 in the final. Destiny won the Women's National Xball League (WNXL) competition.[1][2][3]

Dates and venue

The official event dates were 10–12 March 2023. The venue was listed as NXL World Cup, 6000 W Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

Competition formats

The programme included professional and WNXL X-Ball, semi-professional and Division 2–5 X-Ball, divisional and youth five-player competition, WNXL amateur five-player competition, Classic five-player and seven-player competitions, amateur 10-player competition and three-player competition.[1]

Competition	Published format
Professional X-Ball	15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
WNXL, semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball	15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
Division 3 and Division 4 X-Ball	12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
Division 5 X-Ball	10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
Divisional, youth and WNXL amateur five-player	Five-minute games
Open Classic five-player	Five-minute games
Open Classic seven-player	Seven-minute games
Amateur 10-player	10-minute games
Amateur and novice three-player	Three-minute games

Source: official event information.[1]

Professional competition

San Diego Dynasty defeated San Antonio X-Factor 3–0 in the quarter-finals before overcoming New York Xtreme in overtime in the semi-finals. Marcello Margott eliminated three opposing players during the deciding overtime point.[2]

Tampa Bay Damage defeated Edmonton Impact 2–1 in the other semi-final to reach the championship match.[2]

Dynasty established a 2–0 lead in the final before Damage recovered to tie the match. Dynasty then won the remaining two points to secure a 4–2 victory. The event marked professional tournament victories for the team's recent additions Harrison Frye and Chris Schehr.[2]

WNXL competition

Destiny won its first WNXL event after finishing runner-up at all three tournaments in the league's inaugural 2022 season.[2]

The team completed the preliminary round with three wins and one defeat, then defeated Femme Fatales 4–0 in the semi-finals. Destiny faced Cheetahs in the final and secured the tournament title.[2][3]

Divisional competition

PaintballFIT.com defeated Blast Camp in overtime to win the semi-professional tournament. Trenton Mason won the deciding one-on-one against Nathan Aboulhosn and received the divisional most valuable player award.[2]

Dynamic won Division 2 X-Ball, defeating Shut up we're trying 3–2 in the final.[2]

Results

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 17 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[3]

Competition	First	Second
Professional X-Ball	San Diego Dynasty	Tampa Bay Damage
WNXL X-Ball	DESTINY	Cheetahs
Semi-professional X-Ball	PaintballFIT.com	Blast Camp
Division 2 X-Ball	Dynamic	Shut up we're trying
Division 3 X-Ball	gg_Factory D3	TPP-Crew
Division 4 X-Ball	NJ BOMBSQUAD	L.A. Wildcards
Division 5 X-Ball	Embry-Riddle Eagles Black	Hawaiian Homegrown
Amateur 10v10	Extreme Rage	Hydra Mentality
Open Classic seven-player	PHILIPPINES	Extreme Rage
WNXL amateur five-player	Carbon	Suricatos Women
Open Classic five-player	Extreme Rage	florida annihilators
Division 3 five-player	Gulf Coast RAGTAG ARMY	Veteran Militia
Division 4 five-player	TPP Eruption	Templar Knights
Division 5 five-player	Reapers	Strange
Youth five-player	Infamous Kidz	Dangerous Toys
Amateur three-player	Punish-em	GLK Factory
Novice three-player	Smoke D5	The Knights

References