Editing 2006 Australian X-Ball League

'''2006 Australian X-Ball League''' was a season of the [[Australian X-Ball League]] paintball competition, featuring Pro and Division 1 categories. X-Fighter$ Red won the Pro season championship, while Straight Edge won Division 1. Round 3 was cancelled, and Round 4 was brought forward to conclude the season at Mount White, New South Wales, on 14–15 October 2006.[1]

== Season ==
Contemporary coverage reported that the AXL reached a maximum of 18 participating teams during 2006. MacDev was the principal sponsor, with Tomahawk, Sup'Air, Hot Shots and ZAP also named as sponsors.[1]

== Rounds ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Documentation and status !! Pro winner !! Division 1 winner
|-
| [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 1|Round 1]]
| Completed; results reported on 27 February 2006
| X-Fighters Red
| Gravity 1
|-
| [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 2|Round 2]]
| Australian forum discussion listings recovered; dates, venue and results remain unverified
| —
| —
|-
| [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 3|Round 3]]
| Cancelled
| Not contested
| Not contested
|-
| [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 4|Round 4]]
| Completed, 14–15 October 2006, Paintball Pete's, Mount White
| X-Fighter$ Black
| Straight Edge
|}

A dash indicates that a result has not been verified, rather than that no winner existed.[1][2][3]

=== Round 1 ===
A results report posted on the NZ P8NT forum on 27 February stated that the opening round had taken place over the preceding weekend. It supplied the following placings.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Pro !! Division 1
|-
| 1 || X-Fighters Red || Gravity 1
|-
| 2 || X-Fighters Black || Gravity 2
|-
| 3 || Blade || Straight Edge
|-
| 4 || Jetts || Foresaken
|}

Names follow the contemporary results, including the spelling “Foresaken”. The report did not provide individual match scores.[2]

=== Round 2 ===
The archived Bill's Paintball tournament index preserves discussions titled “AXL Rd 2”, “2nd round AXL”, “AXL Round 2” and “AXL Round 2 wrapup”. The wrap-up listing records 99 replies.[3]

The recovered index does not reproduce the posts. Round 2's dates, venue, placings and match scores have not yet been verified.

=== Round 3 cancellation ===
Holger Hummel's contemporary report stated that Round 3 was skipped following a change in law. He reported that the change was subsequently reversed following work by Diane King of MacDev, but did not identify the legislation or jurisdiction concerned. Round 4 was consequently brought forward.[1]

=== Round 4 ===
Twelve teams competed at Paintball Pete's field at Mount White on 14–15 October. Reffs Inc officiated the tournament.[1]

Temperatures approaching 40°C led organisers to reduce Saturday's preliminary programme from six matches per team to four. The remaining six preliminary matches were played on Sunday.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Pro !! Division 1
|-
| 1 || X-Fighter$ Black || Straight Edge
|-
| 2 || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]] || Sinister
|-
| 3 || Empire || Gravity
|-
| 4 || X-Fighter$ Red || Victorious
|}

==== Reported Pro finals scores ====
{| class="wikitable"
! Match !! Winning team !! Reported result !! Losing team
|-
| Semi-final || X-Fighter$ Black || 2–1 || X-Fighter$ Red
|-
| Semi-final || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]] || 3–1 || Empire
|-
| Third-place match || Empire || Won in sudden death after 2–2 || X-Fighter$ Red
|-
| Final || X-Fighter$ Black || 4–0 || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]]
|}

Straight Edge defeated Sinister in the Division 1 final. The contemporary report does not give that match's score.[1]

== Final season standings ==
=== Pro ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || X-Fighter$ Red
|-
| 2 || X-Fighter$ Black
|-
| 3 || Jetts
|-
| 4 || Carnivores
|}

X-Fighter$ Red won the season championship despite Black winning the concluding round.[1]

=== Division 1 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Straight Edge
|-
| 2 || Sinister
|}

The published standings additionally list “Gravity?” in third place. The question mark appears in the original report, so that placing remains qualified. No fourth-place Division 1 team or numerical championship points are supplied in the report.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2005 Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2007 Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# Holger Hummel, “The Finals: AXL Mt White, Round 04 2006”, ''Australian Paintball Magazine'', 2006, pp. 34–40. Photographs by Ahmed Abbas.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018194557/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-192.html AXL Round 1 Results], NZ P8NT forum. Results posted by “stick”, 27 February 2006; archived 18 October 2008.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309232451/http://www.billspaintball.com/vb3//archive/index.php/f-4-p-4.html Tourney – Chat and Results, page 4], Bill's Paintball Forums. Archived 9 March 2011; preserves the 2006 Round 2 discussion listings.

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