2024 NXL Las Vegas Major

The 2024 NXL Las Vegas Major was a paintball tournament held from 8 to 10 March 2024 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It opened the National Xball League (NXL) United States season. San Diego Dynasty defeated New Orleans Hurricanes 5–4 in the professional final, while Dallas Vibe won the Women's National Xball League (WNXL) competition.[1][2]

Dates and venue

The official event dates were 8–10 March 2024. The venue was Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

The official registration and results records used the title Las Vegas Major.[1][3]

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 seven-player competition, amateur 10-player competition, pump five-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 seven-player	Seven-minute games
Amateur 10-player	10-minute games
Open pump five-player	Five-minute games
Amateur, intermediate and novice three-player	Three-minute games

Source: official event information.[1]

The registration programme also advertised professional and amateur 10-player categories with 12-minute games. These were separate from the Sunday amateur 10-player category. No additional final placings for those advertised categories appear in the published event standings.[1][3]

Professional and WNXL competition

San Diego Dynasty defeated New Orleans Hurricanes 5–4 in the professional final.[2]

Dallas Vibe defeated New Jersey High Rollers 3–2 in the WNXL final. Ten teams entered the WNXL competition.[1][2]

The official broadcast archive preserved coverage of the professional final between Dynasty and the Hurricanes.[4]

Divisional competition

Leverage defeated Royal City Seadogs 3–2 in the semi-professional final. Vegas Brawlers won Division 2 X-Ball, defeating BR Factory 5–3.[2]

Sacramento Storm won the separate WNXL amateur five-player competition ahead of NJ High Rollers.[3]

Results

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 18 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[3]

Competition	First	Second
Professional X-Ball	San Diego Dynasty	New Orleans Hurricanes
WNXL X-Ball	Dallas Vibe	New Jersey High Rollers
Semi-professional X-Ball	Leverage	Royal City Seadogs
Division 2 X-Ball	Vegas Brawlers	BR Factory
Division 3 X-Ball	East Coast Raptors	Texas Titans
Division 4 X-Ball	Woodkings	PAG Factory
Division 5 X-Ball	Shut Up They're Trying	Gunnerz
Amateur 10v10	Chicago Aftershock	Wicked
Open Classic seven-player	Image	BTA Butchers
WNXL amateur five-player	Sacramento Storm	NJ High Rollers
Open pump five-player	Hollywood Sports Park	PumpHub
Division 3 five-player	Veteran Militia	RAMPAGE
Division 4 five-player	Seattle Crusaders	Fatality
Division 5 five-player	Desert Edge D5	SNCS - AMBUSH
Youth five-player	IKONIK	CountDown Kidz
Amateur three-player	Outlaw AP Warriors	Notorious
Intermediate three-player	San Diego Team Velocity	Stealth
Novice three-player	Barbie Boys	CountDownCity

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