Editing Malaysia Paintball League (MPL) (section)

== History ==

=== Background ===

Malaysia has supported several organised tournament paintball leagues since the early 2000s.

The [[Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit]] and [[Malaysian National Paintball League]] were among the country's earlier national competitions.

Later leagues introduced and developed additional formats, including X-Ball and race-format tournament paintball.

The Malaysia Paintball League represents part of this later period of domestic competition.

The league's precise founding date has not been independently established.

Publicly accessible records document its operation during 2025 and 2026.

=== The 2025 season ===

The 2025 Malaysia Paintball League season consisted of four published tournament legs.

The events were scheduled between January and November at venues in Selangor.

The league offered Open and Amateur divisions, with different game durations and race formats.

The published tournament calendar was:

{| class="wikitable"
! Leg
! Dates
! Venue
! State
|-
| Leg 1
| 4–5 January 2025
| [[Nemesis Legion Paintball Academy]]
| Selangor
|-
| Leg 2
| 22–23 February 2025
| Sri Awana Paintball
| Selangor
|-
| Leg 3
| 13–14 September 2025
| Sri Awana Paintball
| Selangor
|-
| Leg 4
| 1–2 November 2025
| Nemesis Legion Paintball Academy
| Selangor
|}

These dates and venues were published in the Malaysia Paintball tournament directory. [1][2][3][4]

=== The 2025 championship ===

The organisers announced the overall 2025 season champions during an appreciation event held on 24 January 2026 at The Spine, Kelana Jaya.

The published championship results identified:

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Overall champion
|-
| Open
| Nemesis Legion (NL Draco Paintball Club)
|-
| Amateur
| Unknown X
|}

The organisers also recognised individual players through Most Valuable Player awards.

Khubaib Shukri was named Open Division MVP, while Aiman Afandi was named Amateur Division MVP. [5]

=== The 2026 season ===

On 1 January 2026, MPL announced a four-leg tournament calendar.

The originally published dates were:

{| class="wikitable"
! Leg
! Originally announced dates
|-
| Leg 1
| 11–12 April 2026
|-
| Leg 2
| 9–10 May 2026
|-
| Leg 3
| 25–26 July 2026
|-
| Leg 4
| 19–20 September 2026
|}

The organisers opened registration for Leg 1 in February 2026. [5]

Subsequent reporting in ''Paintball Media Magazine'' in August 2026 listed Leg 3 for 19–20 September in Pahang and Leg 4 for 7–8 November in the Klang Valley.

These later dates differed from the original January announcement. [6]

The available records should therefore not be interpreted as confirmation that every event occurred on its originally announced date.