Unknown (Malaysia Paintball Team)
Unknown, also styled UNKNOWN and UNKN?WN, is a Malaysian paintball team associated with Selangor. Its recorded competition history includes woodsball, tactical paintball and tournament speedball.[1][2][5][6]
The team has competed in UWL Malaysia, Malaysia Woodsball League, Tactical Paintball Championship, Paintball World Cup Asia, Singapore Paintball Series, NXL Asia and NXL Europe.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
History
[edit]Origins and woodsball
[edit]A retrospective account shared on the team's Facebook page dates its origins to woodsball at Bukit Cherakah in 2009 and states that it began participating in speedball in 2010.[1]
The international Ultimate Woodsball League's published 2010 world rankings placed Unknown fourth with 209.5 seed points from two recorded events, the highest position among the Malaysian entries.[2]
The Tactical Paintball Championship organiser's 2011 overall results listed Unknown 1 first, ahead of JTF Bravo and Mud Legion.[3]
In the 2012 Malaysia Woodsball League, Unknown won the Open category at the Kijal and Paintball Valley rounds.[4]
Asian tournament competition
[edit]Unknown's historical PBLeagues record includes appearances in the Paintball Asia League Series, World Cup Asia, Singapore Paintball Series, Renegade Paintball Championship and NXL Asia.[5]
The team finished runner-up in Division 2 at World Cup Asia in 2014 and 2016. It won Open X-Ball at the first leg of the 2015 Singapore Paintball Series.[5]
Malaysian X-Ball League and Europe
[edit]Unknown finished third, second and third respectively in Division 2 X-Ball at the three 2024 Malaysian X-Ball League rounds.[6]
The team competed in Division 4 X-Ball at the NXL European Championships in Dreux, France, finishing seventh of eighteen teams in 2025 and tenth of nineteen in 2026.[6][7]
Unknown was fifteenth in the published 2026 NXL Europe Division 4 season rankings.[8]
Team records
[edit]PBLeagues maintains two Unknown profiles. The historical record, registered on 7 May 2013, lists Ampang, Selangor, as its hometown and MAPAAC in Petaling Jaya as its home field. A later record, registered on 20 February 2024, lists Shah Alam and NLPA.[5][6]
These are database registration dates rather than team founding dates.
Selected tournament results
[edit]| Year | Competition | Division or classification | Placing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ultimate Woodsball League | World ranking | 4th | [2] |
| 2011 | Tactical Paintball Championship | Overall, listed as Unknown 1 | 1st | [3] |
| 2012 | Malaysia Woodsball League — Kijal | Open | 1st | [4] |
| 2012 | Malaysia Woodsball League — Paintball Valley | Open | 1st | [4] |
| 2013 | PALS Leg 2 / Malaysian Open / MPOC Leg 3 | Division 3 | 7th of 18 | [5] |
| 2013 | NAZA World Cup Asia | Division 2 | 5th of 28 | [5] |
| 2014 | Paintball World Cup Asia | Division 2 | 2nd of 22 | [5] |
| 2015 | Singapore Paintball Series Leg 1 | Open X-Ball | 1st of 10 | [5] |
| 2015 | Singapore Paintball Series / PALS Leg 2 | Division 2 | 6th of 12 | [5] |
| 2015 | Paintball World Cup Asia | Division 2 | 10th of 28 | [5] |
| 2016 | Paintball World Cup Asia | Division 2 | 2nd of 17 | [5] |
| 2017 | ASEAN Paintball Championships / Renegade Leg 1 | Division 2 | 5th of 9 | [5] |
| 2017 | Renegade Paintball Championship Leg 2 | Division 2 | 5th of 6 | [5] |
| 2017 | Renegade Paintball Championship Leg 3 | Division 2 | 2nd of 9 | [5] |
| 2019 | NXL Asia Leg 3 | Open | 4th of 9 | [5] |
| 2024 | Malaysian X-Ball League Leg 1 | Division 2 X-Ball | 3rd of 14 | [6] |
| 2024 | Malaysian X-Ball League Leg 2 | Division 2 X-Ball | 2nd of 8 | [6] |
| 2024 | Malaysian X-Ball League Leg 3 | Division 2 X-Ball | 3rd of 8 | [6] |
| 2025 | NXL European Championships | Division 4 X-Ball | 7th of 18 | [6] |
| 2026 | NXL European Championships | Division 4 X-Ball | 10th of 19 | [7] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Team history shared by TEAM UNKN?WN, Facebook. Retrospective account describing the team's woodsball origins, move into speedball and association with NLPA and Mudtrekker.
- 2010 Team Standings, Ultimate Woodsball League. Archived 2 June 2011.
- TPC 2011 – Champions, Tactical Paintball Championship Malaysia, preserved in the organiser's archive. Archived 19 July 2012.
- Results, Malaysia Woodsball League. Includes the Kijal and Paintball Valley results for 2012. Archived 2 September 2012.
- UNKNOWN — historical team profile, PBLeagues. Records the 2013 registration, Ampang hometown, MAPAAC home field and tournament results from 2013 to 2019.
- UNKNOWN — later team profile, PBLeagues. Records the 2024 registration, Shah Alam hometown, NLPA home field, 2024 MXBL results and 2025 European Championship result.
- 2026 European Championships — rankings, PBLeagues. Official Division 4 X-Ball results.
- 2026 Season Rankings: NXL Europe, PBLeagues.