Editing 2018 NXL Atlantic City Open

The '''2018 NXL Atlantic City Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 22 to 24 June 2018 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was the third event on the league's United States national calendar.[1]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Ac Dallas|ac Dallas]] 5–2 in the final.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place at Bader Field, 545 North Albany Avenue, Atlantic City, from Friday, 22 June, to Sunday, 24 June 2018.[1]

Social Paintball's contemporary highlight coverage independently identifies Bader Field as the venue.[3]

== Competition formats ==
The 20-team professional division was advertised as 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Pro and Division 2 used 15-minute games with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute games with a four-point mercy rule.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside Open Mechanical five-player. Five-player games were listed with five-minute game times.[1]

Open and Amateur ten-player divisions were listed with ten-minute game times. Open and Amateur three-player divisions had three-minute game times. No two-player or pump competition appears in the event's registration or final results records.[1][4]

Open ten-player and Open Mechanical each had one registered entrant. Their published first-place listings should therefore be distinguished from victories in contested divisions.[1][4]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating Seattle Uprising, Boom and New York Xtreme, while losing 4–3 to Baltimore Revo.[2]

Impact then defeated Houston Heat 3–2 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 3–1 in the semi-finals. In the final, Impact defeated ac Dallas 5–2.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Seattle Uprising || 4 || 3
|-
| Preliminary || Boom || 6 || 0
|-
| Preliminary || New York Xtreme || 3 || 2
|-
| Preliminary || Baltimore Revo || 3 || 4
|-
| Quarter-final || Houston Heat || 3 || 2
|-
| Semi-final || San Antonio X-Factor || 3 || 1
|-
| Final || ac Dallas || 5 || 2
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in each division, or all listed teams where fewer than four were entered.[4]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || ac Dallas || San Diego Dynasty || San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| Semi-Pro || Indianapolis Mutiny || Colorado BLITZ || ac Diesel || Baltimore Nasty
|-
| Division 2 || Carolina Crisis || TBD Jits || Noobies || Louisville Xtreme
|-
| Division 3 || Royal City Seadogs II || SA Notorious FSU || DZ AllStars II || Seattle Ninjas
|-
| Division 4 || Annapolis A-Team RBC || REVO 3 || Noobies || NJ Bomb Squad
|}

=== Five-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || Richmond Rage || TNB || Shock2 || All Out
|-
| Division 4 || Super Fast || Murder Inc. Black || Regulators || Chubby chasers
|-
| Division 5 || Austin Chaos D5 || Angry Penguins || Baby We Brave || NYC WARRIORS
|-
| Open Mechanical || Scorpions (sole entrant) || — || — || —
|}

=== Ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || Washington Winstons (sole entrant) || — || — || —
|-
| Amateur || TJ Evans Turrets || California Golden Seals || Faded Image || Blue Barracudas
|}

=== Three-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || Wild Dogs || Buc-ee's Florida boys || SOS || —
|-
| Amateur || XPX || Destiny X || Fox Brothers BATTALION 3 || cep
|}

== Subsequent event ==
The next event on the United States national calendar was the [[2018 NXL Chicago Open]], scheduled for 14–16 September in Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2018 NXL Texas Open]]
* [[2018 NXL Chicago Open]]
* [[2017 NXL Atlantic City Open]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5969/info PBLeagues – Atlantic City Open: official event information, dates, Bader Field venue, formats, registration divisions and national calendar, 22–24 June 2018.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/y5GddEsJOxv0szHS#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2018 Atlantic City Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2018/07/17/2018-nxl-atlantic-city-open-pro-paintball-highlight-video/ Israel L., Social Paintball – “2018 NXL Atlantic City Open Pro Paintball Highlight Video”, 17 July 2018.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5969/rankings PBLeagues – Atlantic City Open: official final divisional placings.]

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