Editing 2009 MXball Cancún Open

The '''2009 MXball Cancún Open''', promoted as the '''International Cancun Open Paintball Tournament 2009''', was a proposed [[MXball]] tournament in Cancún, Mexico. Its revised programme scheduled five-player Open [[X-Ball]] competition for 24–25 January 2009.[1] The organisers announced its postponement on 14 January, before the scheduled dates.[2]

== Announced plans ==
On 25 November 2008, the account KF, posting as MXball staff on LiveTheSport, presented the tournament as part of a revived MXball project and directed teams to register through the [[American Paintball Players Association|APPA]].[1]

A further announcement by KF on 6 January 2009 described a reduced programme with the following advertised arrangements:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Announced arrangement
|-
| Dates || 24–25 January 2009
|-
| Division || Open
|-
| Format || Five-player X-Ball
|-
| Entry fee || US$500
|-
| Cash prize fund || US$24,000, covering first to fifth places
|-
| Registration || APPA
|}

The update also stated that PSP professional referees were expected to officiate and that Aeroméxico was offering travel discounts.[1] These were announced provisions for the proposed event, rather than evidence of services delivered at a completed tournament.

== Postponement ==
On 14 January 2009, the MXball promotion-staff account Takas@mxball3 posted a notice on PBNation announcing that MXball's sporting directors had decided to postpone the event because of the financial situation. The notice expressed an intention to pursue the event again but supplied no replacement dates.[2]

On 15 January, KF explained on LiveTheSport that the number of paid teams had not increased sufficiently, substantial expenditure had already been incurred and changes to the programme had failed to attract an adequate response. He described the decision as a cancellation, while leaving open another attempt if conditions became suitable.[3]

The recovered records therefore document an announced tournament followed by postponement and cancellation statements. They do not establish that the proposed January competition was played, that the advertised prizes were awarded or that a rescheduled edition took place.

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125100306/http://livethesport.com:80/ltsforo/showthread.php?s=c952b7b8e8b89012819415184ccc273a&t=1797 LiveTheSport: ''Mxball3.com'', announcements by KF dated 25 November 2008 and 6 January 2009, archived on 25 January 2009].
# [https://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=2957673&page=3 PBNation: ''Cancun Open news'', post 56, ''postponed cancun open'', by Takas@mxball3, 14 January 2009].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125111701/http://livethesport.com:80/ltsforo/showthread.php?s=c952b7b8e8b89012819415184ccc273a&t=1797&page=2 LiveTheSport: ''Mxball3.com'', explanation by KF dated 15 January 2009, archived on 25 January 2009].

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Mexico]]