2025 NXL Atlantic City Open
The 2025 NXL Atlantic City Open was the second tournament of the 2025 National Xball League season, held at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from 2 to 4 May 2025.[1]
PaintballFIT won the professional division, defeating TonTon FSU 3–2 after overtime and a one-on-one decider. Preferred mob won the Semi-Professional division.[2][3][4]
Venue and dates
[edit]The tournament took place at Bader Field, 545 North Albany Avenue, Atlantic City, from 2 to 4 May 2025.[1]
Competition formats
[edit]The published programme specified 15-minute professional X-Ball matches with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Professional and Division 2 used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule, while Division 5 used ten-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule.[1]
Additional categories included divisional and youth five-player competition, Classic Open five-player and seven-player competition, Open and Amateur ten-player categories, and Amateur, Intermediate and Novice three-player competition.[1]
Professional competition
[edit]Twenty teams entered the professional division, with ten advancing from the preliminary round. San Antonio X-Factor, Baltimore Arsenal and Red Legion each won all four preliminary matches.[2]
PaintballFIT qualified with two wins and two defeats. Its preliminary losses came against X-Factor and ac DIESEL, both of which it subsequently defeated in the elimination rounds.[2][4]
PaintballFIT beat ac DIESEL 6–0 and X-Factor 7–1 before defeating Red Legion 4–2 in the semi-finals. TonTon FSU defeated San Diego Dynasty 3–2 in the other semi-final.[2]
Final
[edit]PaintballFIT defeated TonTon FSU 3–2. The match required overtime and a subsequent one-on-one decider, in which Scott Stewart eliminated Axel Gaudin.[2][4]
The victory was PaintballFIT's third consecutive professional tournament title, following the 2024 NXL World Cup and 2025 NXL Tampa Bay Open.[4]
Red Legion finished third and Dynasty fourth in the official event standings.[3]
Women's competition
[edit]No professional WNXL X-Ball division appeared in the programme or final standings.[1][3]
The women's five-player category recorded one entry, NJ High Rollers. The placings page listed the team without ranking points; this listing does not establish a contested women's tournament result.[1][3]
Results
[edit]The table lists the first two finishers in categories with multiple teams in the published final standings.[3]
| Division | First | Second |
|---|---|---|
| Professional X-Ball | PaintballFIT | TonTon FSU |
| Semi-Professional X-Ball | Preferred mob | BR Factory |
| Division 2 X-Ball | Rejects | Noobies |
| Division 3 X-Ball | AG Knights | L.A. Wildcards |
| Division 4 X-Ball | Filthy | Team No Name |
| Division 5 X-Ball | Protocol | Filthy Few |
| Amateur ten-player | PHILIPPINES | Hydra Mentality |
| Classic Open seven-player | Image | Team Smoke |
| Classic Open five-player | Image | Papeletto Team |
| Division 3 five-player | NMI | High Rollers |
| Division 4 five-player | Quebec Paintball | Blasphemy |
| Division 5 five-player | New York Khaos | Noobies |
| Youth five-player | Hydra Kidz | Filthy Kids |
| Amateur three-player | Sinners | Filthy Vikings |
| Intermediate three-player | Pony Princess | A.S.A. Paintball |
| Novice three-player | Shooting Blanks | Hasbeens II |
Open ten-player competition had one registered team, Annapolis A-Team, which was listed first with 100 ranking points. There was no second-place team in that category.[1][3]