Editing 2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 4

'''2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 4''' was a paintball tournament held on 14–15 October 2006 at Paintball Pete's field at Mount White, New South Wales, Australia. Twelve teams competed in the final round of the [[Australian X-Ball League]] season. X-Fighter$ Black won the Pro division, while Straight Edge won Division 1.[1]

== Organisation and format ==
The fourth round became the season finale after the cancellation of Round 3. The competition used 15-minute matches with two-minute intervals between points. Teams were scheduled to play ten preliminary matches, followed by semi-finals for the leading four teams in each division. First played fourth, and second played third.[1]

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

== Preliminary competition ==
[[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]] and Empire entered from the [[Australian Super 7s]] competition. Both initially had difficulty adapting to the X-Ball format but qualified for the Pro finals alongside X-Fighter$ Black and X-Fighter$ Red.[1]

X-Fighter$ Red qualified ahead of [[Jetts (Australia Paintball Team)|Jetts]] by one point. In Division 1, Straight Edge, Sinister, Gravity and Victorious reached the finals. The contemporary report also records Sinister defeating Empire 3–0 during preliminary play.[1]

== Results ==

=== Pro ===
X-Fighter$ Black defeated X-Fighter$ Red 2–1 in their semi-final, while SWAT defeated Empire 3–1.[1]

Empire won the third-place match against X-Fighter$ Red in sudden death after the score reached 2–2. X-Fighter$ Black defeated SWAT 4–0 in the final.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || X-Fighter$ Black
|-
| 2 || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]]
|-
| 3 || Empire
|-
| 4 || X-Fighter$ Red
|}

{| 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]]
|}

=== Division 1 ===
Straight Edge defeated Sinister in the final. The published report does not give the match score.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Straight Edge
|-
| 2 || Sinister
|-
| 3 || Gravity
|-
| 4 || Victorious
|}

== Season outcome ==
Although X-Fighter$ Black won the event, X-Fighter$ Red finished first in the overall Pro championship. Black finished second in the season standings, followed by Jetts and Carnivores. Straight Edge also won the Division 1 season championship.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 1]]

== References ==
# Holger Hummel, “The Finals: AXL Mt White, Round 04 2006”, ''Australian Paintball Magazine'', no. 6, 2006. Photographs by Ahmed Abbas.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Australia]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]