Editing 2017 NXL Australia Finals

'''2017 NXL Australia Finals''' was the first national championship of [[NXL Australia]], held on 11 June 2017 at [[Paintball Games Coldstream]] in Victoria, Australia. [[RAW Empire (Australian Paintball Team)|RAW Empire]] won the tournament, followed by [[South East Cartel (Australian Paintball Team)|South East Cartel]] and [[Hustle (Australian Paintball Team)|Hustle]].[1][2][3]

== Event details ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Item
! Details
|-
| Series
| [[NXL Australia]]
|-
| Event
| First NXL Australia Championships
|-
| Date
| 11 June 2017
|-
| Venue
| [[Paintball Games Coldstream]]
|-
| Location
| Coldstream, Victoria, Australia
|-
| Winners
| [[RAW Empire (Australian Paintball Team)|RAW Empire]]
|}

The original league website proposed holding the national championships in Canberra in 2017. The completed championship was held at Coldstream, whose operators Daniel and Amanda Cumming were thanked in South East Cartel's contemporary event report for preparing the venue.[1][4]

== Competition ==

South East Cartel reported winning its preliminary matches apart from a draw against RAW Empire. The two teams finished the preliminary stage equal first and met again in the championship final, which RAW Empire won.[1]

Birch Photography's contemporary caption independently identifies RAW Empire and South East Cartel as the teams contesting first and second place. A subsequent post by Hustle player Daniel Dansey confirms Hustle's third-place finish.[2][3]

Other participating teams named in Cartel's report were [[Apparition (Australian Paintball Team)|Apparition]], [[HK Reaper Crew (Australian Paintball Team)|HK Reaper Crew]] and [[Asylum (Australian Paintball Team)|Asylum]].[1]

== Results ==

The following placings are confirmed by contemporary reports.[1][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[RAW Empire (Australian Paintball Team)|RAW Empire]]
|-
| 2
| [[South East Cartel (Australian Paintball Team)|South East Cartel]]
|-
| 3
| [[Hustle (Australian Paintball Team)|Hustle]]
|}

== See also ==

* [[NXL Australia]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==

# [https://www.facebook.com/SECartel/posts/1466903843370984 South East Cartel — “NXL Australia Finals are over!”] Contemporary report identifying the 11 June 2017 championship, Coldstream venue, finalists, podium and other participating teams.
# [https://www.facebook.com/birchphotography23/posts/australia-nxl-finals-for-1st-and-2nd-place-raw-empire-v-south-east-cartel/1797115990543800/ Birch Photography — “Australia NXL Finals for 1st and 2nd Place RAW Empire v South East Cartel”], 12 June 2017. Written caption.
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BV4SUFOgp-U/ Daniel Dansey — “NXL finals 2017, placed 3rd!”], Instagram, 28 June 2017.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160730030821/http://nxlaustralia.com.au:80/index.asp NXL Australia — original league website], archived 30 July 2016. Describes the proposed 2016–2017 season and Canberra national championships.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Australia]]
[[Category:Paintball in Victoria]]
[[Category:2010s in Australian paintball]]