Editing 2015 NXL Virginia Beach Open

The '''2015 NXL Virginia Beach Open''' was the second tournament of the revived [[National Xball League]]'s inaugural season. It took place from 7–9 August 2015 at the Hunt Club in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. [[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional competition, defeating [[San Antonio X-Factor]] 5–4 in the final.[1][2][3]

The tournament was originally announced as the '''NXL Mid-Atlantic Open'''. Contemporary publicity retained that name, while the official event and results records identify it as the Virginia Beach Open.[1][4][5]

== Naming and venue ==

The NXL's initial 2015 calendar listed a Mid-Atlantic Open for 7–9 August, with its venue to be announced.[4]

On 19 June, Paintball Media reported that the league's second tournament would take place in Virginia Beach at the Hunt Club. A contemporary event listing titled “NXL Mid-Atlantic Open” subsequently gave the same dates and Hunt Club venue.[5][6]

The official registration record identifies the tournament as the Virginia Beach Open and gives the venue address as 2388 London Bridge Road, Virginia Beach.[1]

== Formats ==

The programme included professional and divisional timed X-Ball, traditional five-player competition, open pump five-player and open ten-player paintball.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Published format !! Game time
|-
| Professional || X-Ball || 16 minutes
|-
| Semi-professional || X-Ball || 16 minutes
|-
| Division 2 || X-Ball || 16 minutes
|-
| Division 3 || X-Ball || 16 minutes
|-
| Division 4 || X-Ball || 16 minutes
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Five-player || 5 minutes
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Five-player || 5 minutes
|-
| Open pump || Five-player || 5 minutes
|-
| Open ten-player || Ten-player || 10 minutes
|}

Formats and time limits follow the official event listing.[1]

The NXL used timed matches rather than PSP's RaceTo system. Its announced rules prohibited outside coaching.[4]

== Professional competition ==

Sixteen teams entered the professional division.[1]

Impact won all four preliminary matches, defeating upTon 187 cRew 6–5, Boom 6–1, Seattle Thunder 3–2 and Los Angeles Infamous 6–2.[3]

In the elimination rounds, Impact again defeated upTon 187 cRew, this time 4–3, before beating ac Dallas 7–1 in the semi-final. Impact completed its unbeaten tournament with a 5–4 victory over X-Factor in the final.[3]

=== Final placings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Edmonton Impact
|-
| 2 || San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| 3 || San Diego Dynasty
|-
| 4 || ac Dallas
|}

Source: official event placings.[2]

== Divisional results ==

The following tables list the leading four finishers in every remaining competition with published results. The pump competition had only two teams.[1][2]

=== X-Ball ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Semi-professional || Seattle Uprising || New York Outlaws || Distortion || St. Louis Hustle
|-
| Division 2 || Miami Rage || Brooklyn Bears || Birmingham Prime || Raleigh Bloodhounds
|-
| Division 3 || Proedge Army || Houston Hate || Texas PhalanX || Augusta Desolators
|-
| Division 4 || DBS Supersonics || DZ AllStars II || Ohio Power || One Nation 2
|}

=== Five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || Maryland Militia || Total Eclipse || Storm Riders || One Nation Elite
|-
| Division 4 || Scumdogs || Miami Devious EFX || HoneyBadgers || Storm Riders Red
|}

=== Open pump five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || The Loony Toons
|-
| 2 || Super Strokers
|}

=== Open ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Inman Eagles
|-
| 2 || Washington Winstons
|-
| 3 || Rogue
|-
| 4 || Old Skool Krew
|}

All divisional placings follow the official event results.[2]

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2015 NXL Great Lakes Open]]
* [[2015 NXL World Cup]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4238/info APPA/PBLeagues — Virginia Beach Open: dates, Hunt Club venue, registration programme and formats, 7–9 August 2015.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4238/rankings APPA/PBLeagues — Virginia Beach Open: final tournament placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/JUz5UBE57Hi5u1pg#games APPA/PBLeagues — Edmonton Impact: Virginia Beach Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://paintball.media/the-new-nxl-everything-you-need-to-know/ John Amodea, Paintball Media — “The New NXL: Everything You Need To Know”, 1 May 2015. Includes the original Mid-Atlantic Open calendar entry and announced formats.]
# [https://paintball.media/event/nxl-mid-atlantic-open/ Paintball Media — “NXL Mid-Atlantic Open”: contemporary listing for 7–9 August 2015 at the Hunt Club, Virginia Beach.]
# [https://paintball.media/nxl-announced-2nd-locationdates/ John Amodea, Paintball Media — “NXL Announced 2nd Location/Dates”, 19 June 2015.]

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