Editing 2016 Paintball World Cup Asia

The '''2016 Paintball World Cup Asia''' was an international paintball tournament held at Varsity Green, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Competition took place from 21 to 23 October 2016 as part of the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS).[1][2]

Malaysia's Duckside Aisawan won Division 1 ahead of Datis and Raskal Malaysia. The United States won the national-team competition, followed by Belgium and Thailand.[3]

== Venue and programme ==

The tournament took place at the University of Malaya's Varsity Green. Contemporary event coverage described it as World Cup Asia's tenth anniversary.[2]

The competition programme included a Pro RaceTo-4 category for national teams, Division 1 RaceTo-4, Division 2 RaceTo-3, Division 3 RaceTo-2 and Mechanical Division 4 RaceTo-1.[1][3]

== Divisional results ==

Duckside Aisawan won Division 1, SPEED won Division 2, and MPPP Jokerz won Division 3.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! First
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-4
| Duckside Aisawan
| Datis
| Raskal Malaysia
| STK
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-3
| SPEED
| [[Unknown (Malaysia Paintball Team)|Unknown]]
| Waxers Legion
| Medan Smokers Aisawan
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| MPPP Jokerz
| Kamikaze Kings
| Yin Yang
| Outlaws Uprising
|}

Placings are recorded in the PBLeagues event rankings.[3]

=== Division 1 standings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Duckside Aisawan
|-
| 2
| Datis
|-
| 3
| Raskal Malaysia
|-
| 4
| STK
|-
| 5
| Muddy Water Boys
|-
| 6
| Xtioneers
|-
| 7
| Nemesis Legion
|-
| 8
| Alumni X
|-
| 9
| DRX Aisawan
|-
| 10
| Team Labuyo
|-
| 11
| RAW Empire
|}

Final Division 1 standings are recorded by PBLeagues.[3]

== National-team competition ==

The national-team competition was listed as Pro RaceTo-4. The United States finished first, ahead of Belgium, Thailand and Turkey. Malaysia finished fifth.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| United States
|-
| 2
| Belgium
|-
| 3
| Thailand
|-
| 4
| Turkey
|-
| 5
| Malaysia
|-
| 6
| Australia
|-
| 7
| Singapore
|-
| 8
| Philippines
|-
| 9
| Brunei Pantas
|-
| 10
| Indonesia
|-
| 11
| India
|-
| 12
| Iran
|}

Final placings are recorded in the PBLeagues event rankings.[3]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[2015 Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Paintball in Malaysia]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4815/info Paintball World Cup Asia 2016: Event information], PBLeagues, competition dates 21–23 October 2016.
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8HCnKMi54 Paintball World Cup Asia 2016], Bob Tahar, event video and description, published 12 December 2016.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4815/rankings Rankings: Paintball World Cup Asia 2016], PBLeagues.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Kuala Lumpur]]
[[Category:2016 in paintball]]
[[Category:2010s in Malaysian paintball]]