Editing 2018 NXL Las Vegas Open

The '''2018 NXL Las Vegas Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 9 to 11 March 2018 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It opened the league's five-event United States national season.[1]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[San Antonio X-Factor]] 6–1 in the final.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place at Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas, from Friday, 9 March, to Sunday, 11 March 2018.[1]

== Competition formats ==
The professional division had 20 teams. Its advertised format was 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule.[1]

Semi-Pro and Division 2 were listed as 15-minute RaceTo-5 competitions. Divisions 3 and 4 were listed as 12-minute RaceTo-4 competitions.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5. Other competitions included Open Pump five-player, Open Mechanical five-player, Open and Amateur ten-player, and Open and Amateur three-player.[1]

Five-player games were advertised with five-minute game times, ten-player games with ten-minute game times, and three-player games with three-minute game times. The event record does not list a two-player division.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact won all seven of its recorded matches. During the preliminary round, Impact defeated Chicago Aftershock, MLKings, Baltimore Revo and Los Angeles Infamous.[2]

Impact then defeated ac Dallas 4–3 in the quarter-finals and San Diego Dynasty 6–0 in the semi-finals. In the final, Impact defeated San Antonio X-Factor 6–1.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Chicago Aftershock || 7 || 1
|-
| Preliminary || MLKings || 7 || 2
|-
| Preliminary || Baltimore Revo || 6 || 0
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || 6 || 3
|-
| Quarter-final || ac Dallas || 4 || 3
|-
| Semi-final || San Diego Dynasty || 6 || 0
|-
| Final || San Antonio X-Factor || 6 || 1
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 14 competitions. Open ten-player had three teams.[3][4]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || San Antonio X-Factor || San Diego Dynasty || Baltimore Revo
|-
| Semi-Pro || San Diego Aftermath || Indianapolis Mutiny || ac Diesel || NRG Elite
|-
| Division 2 || Camp Pendleton Raiders || Gulf Coast Hurricanes || Palm Beach Vipers || AAF
|-
| Division 3 || TOG || Raw Material || NCI Black || Baltimore Revo II
|-
| Division 4 || PaintballFIT.com || Warpath || Hawaiian Heat || Noobies
|}

=== Five-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || TNB || NJ Jesters Red || Clap City All Stars || MEXICO
|-
| Division 4 || A.M.H || Az goats || Cen Cal Alliance || Murder Inc Grey
|-
| Division 5 || Austin Chaos D5 || Most Corrupt || LVPP Storm || Psychotics 2
|-
| Open Pump || LA Hitmen.com || Auto cocker parts || L.A. Aztecas || DREAM TEAM
|-
| Open Mechanical || Scorpions || Shocker CVO || Black Sunday LV || Toxic Shock
|}

=== Ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || Boom || Washington Winstons || NV || —
|-
| Amateur || Tsunami || Twisted Factory Utah || Revolution 3rd String ALL Stars || Desert Edge 10 man
|}

=== Three-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || UNDR BOIS || Aardvarks || Weber County Frostbite || Poso
|-
| Amateur || Veteran Militia Bravo || LOS BOLSONES || Impulsive || Nj jesters silver
|}

== Subsequent event ==
The next event on the United States national calendar was the [[2018 NXL Texas Open]], scheduled for 4–6 May in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2017 NXL Las Vegas Open]]
* [[2018 NXL Texas Open]]
* [[Edmonton Impact]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5760/info PBLeagues – Las Vegas Open: official event information, dates, Craig Ranch venue, competition formats and national calendar, 9–11 March 2018.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/lJB2vLW6RQOhdib1#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2018 Las Vegas Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5760/rankings PBLeagues – Las Vegas Open: official final divisional placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2018 PBLeagues – 2018 National XBall League season rankings: individual event placings and season records.]

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