Editing 2017 NXL Texas Open

The '''2017 NXL Texas Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 5 to 7 May 2017 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It followed the [[2017 NXL Las Vegas Open]] on the national calendar.[1]

[[Houston Heat]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Edmonton Impact]] 5–4 in the final.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place at Texas Motor Speedway, 3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth, from Friday, 5 May, to Sunday, 7 May 2017.[1]

== Competition formats ==
Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, with five-minute game times.[1]

The event also included Open ten-player and Intermediate mechanical five-player competition. Ten-player games were listed with ten-minute game times.[1][3]

Amateur and Novice two-player competitions were advertised with three-minute game times and recorded separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series. The separate event record identifies the competition date as 7 May.[1][4]

Open Pump five-player competition was offered for registration but attracted no entries and has no published results.[1][3]

== Professional competition ==
Houston Heat won all seven of its recorded matches. During the preliminary round, Heat defeated Tampa Bay Damage, Chicago Aftershock, Seattle Uprising and San Antonio X-Factor.[2]

Heat then defeated Los Angeles Infamous 5–1 in the quarter-finals and Tampa Bay Damage 6–2 in the semi-finals. In the final, Heat defeated Edmonton Impact 5–4.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Heat's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Tampa Bay Damage || 7 || 1
|-
| Preliminary || Chicago Aftershock || 8 || 3
|-
| Preliminary || Seattle Uprising || 8 || 2
|-
| Preliminary || San Antonio X-Factor || 5 || 4
|-
| Quarter-final || Los Angeles Infamous || 5 || 1
|-
| Semi-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 6 || 2
|-
| Final || Edmonton Impact || 5 || 4
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in each division. The mechanical division lists three teams.[3][5]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Houston Heat || Edmonton Impact || Tampa Bay Damage || San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| Semi-Pro || Sacramento DMG || Brooklyn Bears || New York Xtreme || Distortion
|-
| Division 2 || Ralph Boyz || Chi-Town Fury || NRG Elite || Houston Zone
|-
| Division 3 || TBD Jits || Camp Pendleton Raiders Black || Capital Edge DMG || Seattle Ninjas
|-
| Division 4 || Texas PhalanX Gray || Nasty Gold || Texas PhalanX Red || Tulsa Rage
|}

=== Five-player and ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 five-player || West Coast Sharks 3 || South Texas Grind || Storm Riders || Austin ChaoS
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Miami DVS || Miami Devious CRU || Tampa Bay Revolution || Bloody Knuckles
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Shut up we're trying || Pro Edge Army IIII || Skeleton Crew || OKC BREAKOUT
|-
| Mechanical Intermediate five-player || THE eNMEy || POSSUM || Capital Edge Daggers-Mech || —
|-
| Open ten-player || AAF 2 || Washington Winstons || Just Send It || Fox 4 Darkside
|}

=== Two-player competition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Amateur || The pluckers and wing || Greenwich Yacht Club || Jablo || The Gruesome Twosome
|}

The separate two-player results record also lists a Novice division, but does not assign finishing positions or ranking points to its listed teams. No Novice winner is therefore identified here.[5]

== Subsequent event ==
The next major event on the league's calendar was the [[2017 NXL Atlantic City Open]], scheduled for 23–25 June in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2017 NXL Las Vegas Open]]
* [[2017 NXL Atlantic City Open]]
* [[2016 NXL Texas Open]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5460/info PBLeagues – Texas Open: official event information, dates, Texas Motor Speedway venue, formats, registration divisions and calendar, 5–7 May 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/ClNzon1iZbDxVRbl#games PBLeagues – Houston Heat: official 2017 Texas Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5460/rankings PBLeagues – Texas Open: official final X-Ball, five-player, mechanical and ten-player placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/371 PBLeagues – NXL 2vs2 Series: calendar listing “Texas NXL Dallas Open” on 7 May 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5389/rankings PBLeagues – Texas NXL Dallas Open: Amateur two-player placings and the unplaced Novice team listing.]

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