Editing 2016 NXL Australia

'''2016 NXL Australia''' covers the regional paintball competitions and associated pre-season events documented under the [[NXL Australia]] name during 2016. The league's advertised national season ran from July 2016 to June 2017, while [[Paintball Sports ACT]] separately advertised a four-event NXL calendar beginning in March 2016.[1][2][3]

Confirmed competition records include [[2016 NXL Australia Queensland Round 1|Queensland Round 1]] on 10 July and the [[2016 RAW Paintball Final Round|final RAW Paintball event]] on 9 October. Other surviving organiser records establish advertised arrangements without independently confirming completion.[4][5]

== Organisation ==
The national league connected regional competitions whose qualifying teams would progress to a national championship. Its published arrangements allowed teams to compete in more than one regional series, with each series maintaining its own qualification process.[1]

The league advertised race-to-two competition, a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and rules based on the World Paintball Organisation framework, allowing for local variations.[1]

== Regional events ==
The following table distinguishes confirmed completion from events documented through advance schedules. It is not a complete results register.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Event article
! Venue
! Documented status
|-
| 13 March 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia ACT Round 1|ACT Round 1]]
| [[Paintball Sports ACT]]
| Advertised opening five-player event; completion and results unconfirmed.[2][3]
|-
| 5 June 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia ACT Round 2|ACT Round 2]]
| Paintball Sports ACT
| Advertised five-player event; completion and results unconfirmed.[2][3]
|-
| 10 July 2016
| [[2016 NXL Australia Queensland Round 1|Queensland Round 1]]
| [[Tactical Operations Paintball|TAC OPS]], Rosewood
| Completion confirmed by Instinct's participant report; partial results available.[4]
|-
| 24 July 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia WA Round 1|WA Round 1]]
| Event-specific venue unverified
| Listed on WASP's calendar; completion and results unconfirmed.[6]
|-
| 11 September 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia ACT Round 3|ACT Round 3]]
| Paintball Sports ACT
| Advertised five-player event; completion and results unconfirmed.[2][3]
|-
| 11 September 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia WA Round 2|WA Round 2]]
| Event-specific venue unverified
| Listed on WASP's calendar; completion and results unconfirmed.[6]
|-
| 9 October 2016
| [[2016 RAW Paintball Final Round|RAW Paintball final round]]
| Event-specific venue unverified
| Completion confirmed by the organiser; published figures are RAW season standings, not round results.[5]
|-
| 6 November 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia ACT Round 4|ACT Round 4]]
| Paintball Sports ACT
| Advertised fourth five-player event; completion and results unconfirmed.[2][3]
|}

=== Victorian competition ===
[[RAW Paintball]] announced that its third round of 2016 would also be the first Victorian NXL Australia round. The announcement linked eligibility to participation in RAW and registration with NXL Australia.[5]

The recovered announcement does not establish that round's exact date or results. RAW's later report confirms that its calendar-year series concluded on 9 October 2016.[5]

== Associated pre-season events ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date or documentary limit
! Event article
! Venue
! Documented status
|-
| Held before publication on 21 March 2016; exact date unverified
| [[2016 NXL Australia Queensland Pre-season Training Event|Queensland pre-season training event]]
| [[Tactical Operations Paintball|Tactical Ops Paintball]]
| Brisbane Prodigy's contemporary caption confirms participation in a training event; no competitive results established.[7]
|-
| 1 May 2016 — scheduled
| [[2016 NXL Australia WA Pre-season Event|WA pre-season event]]
| [[WASP Paintball|WASP Dizzy Lamb Park]]
| Advertised feeder event preceding the July series; completion and results unconfirmed.[8]
|}

== Verified competition results ==
=== Queensland Round 1 ===
[[Instinct (Australian Paintball Team)|Instinct]] reported finishing second in its preliminary pool before defeating [[Prodigy (Australian Paintball Team)|Prodigy]] in the third-place play-off on 10 July 2016.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event
! Placing
! Team
! Recorded outcome
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2016 NXL Australia Queensland Round 1|Queensland Round 1]]
| 3rd
| [[Instinct (Australian Paintball Team)|Instinct]]
| Won the third-place play-off
|-
| 4th
| [[Prodigy (Australian Paintball Team)|Prodigy]]
| Lost the third-place play-off
|}

The participant report does not identify the division name or match score.[4]

== Related RAW season standings ==
RAW published the following cumulative standings after its final event on 9 October. These cover the RAW calendar-year series, which became associated with NXL Australia from its third round. They are not national NXL standings or results for the October event.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! RAW season points
|-
| 1
| [[South East Cartel (Australian Paintball Team)|South East Cartel]]
| 384
|-
| 2
| [[Hustle (Australian Paintball Team)|Hustle]]
| 352
|-
| 3
| [[High Rollaz (Australian Paintball Team)|High Rollaz]]
| 320
|-
| 4
| [[NRG (Australian Paintball Team)|NRG]]
| 280
|-
| 5
| [[Apparition (Australian Paintball Team)|Apparition]]
| 272
|-
| 6
| [[The Avengers (Australian Paintball Team)|The Avengers]]
| 264
|-
| 7
| [[Asylum (Australian Paintball Team)|Asylum]]
| 228
|-
| 8
| [[Rush (Australian Paintball Team)|Rush]]
| 160
|-
| 9
| [[Apathy (Australian Paintball Team)|Apathy]]
| 148
|-
| 10
| [[HK Reaper Crew (Australian Paintball Team)|HK Reaper Crew]]
| 44
|-
| 11
| Asylum2
| 28
|}

Source: RAW Paintball's published 2016 season standings.[5]

== See also ==
* [[NXL Australia]]
* [[2017 NXL Australia Finals]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160730030821/http://nxlaustralia.com.au:80/index.asp NXL Australia — national competition structure, rules and July 2016–June 2017 season arrangements, archived 30 July 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160302065313/http://www.paintballs.com.au/tournament-2/ Paintball Sports ACT — Tournament Paintball, archived 2 March 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160302065313im_/http://www.paintballs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PBS_Site_NCPL_NXL_2016_Dates.jpg Paintball Sports ACT — 2016 NCPL and NXL tournament calendar, archived 2 March 2016.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHwCHviBVdt/ Instinct Paintball Team — participant report identifying Queensland Round 1 as 10 July 2016, Instagram, July 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20170217034212/http://rawpaintball.com.au/news.html R.A.W. Paintball — News, including the first Victorian NXL round announcement and final 2016 RAW standings, archived 17 February 2017.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303132023im_/http://www.wasppaintball.com.au/files/8814/5275/9459/WASP-Paintball-2016-event-calendar.jpg WASP Paintball — 2016 Calendar, archived 3 March 2016.]
# [https://www.facebook.com/BrisbaneProdigy/videos/brisbane-prodigy-at-the-nxl-pre-season-training-event-held-at-tactical-ops-paint/954889607920397/ Brisbane Prodigy — NXL pre-season training event at Tactical Ops Paintball, Facebook video caption, 21 March 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303130656/http://www.wasppaintball.com.au/events/nxl-australia-pre-season-event/ WASP Paintball — NXL Australia Pre Season Event, advertising 1 May at WASP Dizzy Lamb Park, archived 3 March 2016.]

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