Editing 2015 Paintball World Cup Asia (section)

== Open X-Ball ==

The Open X-Ball competition, also described as the Nations Cup in contemporary coverage, featured twenty national teams.[2][6] The United States finished first, followed by France, Belgium and South Africa. Host nation Malaysia finished eleventh.[2]

The United States team included [[Marcello Margott]], [[Ryan Greenspan]], [[Tim Montressor]] and Greg Siewers. Nicholls' report described vocal support for the Malaysian national team from the home crowd.[6]

Australia opened its campaign with a 4–2 victory over Sweden and a 4–0 win against the Philippines, but was eliminated following defeats by Austria and Norway on the second day.[6]

=== Knockout results ===

The United States defeated Norway in the quarter-final and South Africa in the semi-final before beating France 4–0 in the final. Belgium defeated South Africa 4–1 for third place.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team
|-
| Quarter-final || United States || 3–2 || Norway
|-
| Quarter-final || France || 2–1 || Thailand
|-
| Quarter-final || Belgium || 4–0 || Iran
|-
| Quarter-final || South Africa || 3–2 || Austria
|-
| Semi-final || United States || 2–1 || South Africa
|-
| Semi-final || France || 4–1 || Belgium
|-
| Third-place match || Belgium || 4–1 || South Africa
|-
| Final || United States || 4–0 || France
|}

=== Final placings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || United States
|-
| 2 || France
|-
| 3 || Belgium
|-
| 4 || South Africa
|-
| 5 || Austria
|-
| 6 || Iran
|-
| 7 || Thailand
|-
| 8 || Norway
|-
| 9 || Mexico
|-
| 10 || Germany
|-
| 11 || Malaysia
|-
| 12 || Australia
|-
| 13 || Sweden
|-
| 14 || New Zealand
|-
| 15 || Canada
|-
| 16 || Indonesia
|-
| 17 || Singapore
|-
| 18 || India
|-
| 19 || Philippines
|-
| 20 || Brunei
|}

Final placings are recorded in the PBLeagues event rankings.[2]