Editing 2019 NXL season

The '''2019 NXL season''' was the [[National Xball League]]'s United States national tournament season. Five events took place between March and November. [[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the professional season championship, finishing three points ahead of [[Moscow Red Legion]].[1]

== Calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| [[2019 NXL Las Vegas Open|Las Vegas Open]]
| 8–10 March 2019
| Craig Ranch Regional Park
| North Las Vegas, Nevada
|-
| [[2019 NXL Texas Open|Texas Open]]
| 3–5 May 2019
| Texas Motor Speedway
| Fort Worth, Texas
|-
| [[2019 NXL Philadelphia Open|Philadelphia Open]]
| 21–23 June 2019
| Valley Forge, 340 Dekalb Pike
| Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
|-
| [[2019 NXL Chicago Open|Chicago Open]]
| 13–15 September 2019
| Chicago Gaelic Park
| Oak Forest, Illinois
|-
| [[2019 NXL World Cup|World Cup]]
| 7–10 November 2019
| 6000 West Osceola Parkway
| Kissimmee, Florida
|}

Sources: official event information.[2][3][4][5][6]

== Formats ==

The national championship included Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball, alongside separate five-player, ten-player, three-player and mechanical competitions.[7][8][9][10][11]

The published Texas event regulations specified the following X-Ball playing times and mercy-rule leads:[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Playing time !! Mercy-rule lead
|-
| Professional || 15 minutes || Six points
|-
| Semi-Pro || 15 minutes || Five points
|-
| Division 2 || 15 minutes || Five points
|-
| Division 3 || 12 minutes || Four points
|-
| Division 4 || 12 minutes || Four points
|}

The professional field comprised 20 teams.[3] Additional competitions at World Cup included separate divisional championships, Mounds formats, pump, Classic five-player and women's three-player competition.[11]

== Professional competition ==

[[Edmonton Impact]] won Las Vegas, Moscow Red Legion won Texas, and San Antonio X-Factor won consecutive events at Philadelphia and Chicago. [[Houston Heat]] won World Cup.[7][8][9][10][11]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up
|-
| Las Vegas Open || Edmonton Impact || Houston Heat
|-
| Texas Open || Moscow Red Legion || [[ac Dallas|ac DALLAS]]
|-
| Philadelphia Open || San Antonio X-Factor || Moscow Red Legion
|-
| Chicago Open || San Antonio X-Factor || ac DALLAS
|-
| World Cup || Houston Heat || Moscow Red Legion
|}

Sources: official event placings.[7][8][9][10][11]

X-Factor went undefeated through six matches at Philadelphia.[12] Its subsequent Chicago victory contributed to the team's eventual three-point season championship margin.[13]

Houston Heat defeated Moscow Red Legion 7–6 in the World Cup final. Heat won the individual tournament, while X-Factor secured the professional season championship.[14]

=== Final professional standings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Season points
|-
| 1 || San Antonio X-Factor || 886
|-
| 2 || Moscow Red Legion || 883
|-
| 3 || Houston Heat || 870
|-
| 4 || ac DALLAS || 823
|-
| 5 || [[San Diego Dynasty]] || 764
|}

Source: final season standings.[1]

== Divisional event winners ==

Team names below follow the individual event records.

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Las Vegas[7] !! Texas[8] !! Philadelphia[9] !! Chicago[10] !! World Cup[11]
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball
| Ralph Boyz
| ac DIESEL
| Toulouse TonTons
| Toulouse TonTons
| Toulouse TonTons
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| STRUGGLE
| Grit
| Blastcamp Revolution
| Brawl
| Wisconsin Infamous
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| PaintballFIT.com
| PaintballFIT.com
| PaintballFIT.com
| CWE POWER
| PaintballFIT.com
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| Victoria
| Nasty X
| Nasty X
| Sac DMG
| New York BRAVE
|-
| Open ten-player
| Washington Winstons
| Washington Winstons
| Washington Winstons
| NRG Elite 10-Man
| NRG Elite 10-Man
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| Beer League Paintball
| Beer League Paintball
| ThunderCats 10 man
| Destiny Army
| Hostile Ground 3
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| RAMPAGE
| RAMPAGE
| Tampa Bay Revolution
| Veteran Militia
| Miami Reapers Black
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| Vikings Brasil
| The Anunnaki
| SDS
| OKC BREAKOUT
| West Coast Deplorables
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| Maui Mixed Plate Gold
| Shut Up They're Trying
| VB Assassins
| Shut Up They're Trying
| Hollywood Collision
|-
| Mechanical Open five-player
| Reverent Mercs Mech
| Scorpions
| Destiny_PB
| Destiny_PB
| —
|-
| Open three-player
| Backwoods Rednecks
| Backwoods Rednecks
| N J Jesters
| Caribbean
| N J Jesters
|-
| Amateur three-player
| LVPP OUTKAST
| XPX
| Eddie Daws Fan Club
| Destiny
| Robsquad
|}

PaintballFIT.com won four of the five Division 3 X-Ball events.[7][8][9][10][11]

Reverent Mercs won the Las Vegas Open pump competition, while Texas Legends Pump won at World Cup.[7][11]

=== Additional World Cup results ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Winner
|-
| Championship Division 3 X-Ball || TOG
|-
| Championship Division 4 X-Ball || SA Notorious
|-
| Championship Division 4/5 RaceTo-2 five-player || Coon and Friends
|-
| Mounds Open ten-player || Saberwolves
|-
| Mounds Open five-player || Extreme Rage
|-
| Classic five-player || Destiny_PE
|-
| Female Open three-player || PBLADIES
|-
| Division 5 three-player || SRP We Didnt Make Sunday
|}

Source: World Cup final rankings.[11]

== Season champions ==

The following teams finished first in the published season standings for divisions contested across multiple national events.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First-placed team !! Season points
|-
| Professional X-Ball || San Antonio X-Factor || 886
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || ac DIESEL || 453.19
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || CEP || 453.23
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || PaintballFIT.com || 484.48
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Ultra || 465.76
|-
| Open ten-player || Washington Winstons || 432.5
|-
| Amateur ten-player || Hostile Ground 3 || 351.25
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Veteran Militia || 431.3
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Veteran Militia Charlie || 399.87
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Shut Up They're Trying || 298.3
|-
| Mechanical Open five-player || Scorpions || 269.5
|-
| Open three-player || N J Jesters || 350.18
|-
| Amateur three-player || Fox 4 Darkside || 436.38
|-
| Division 5 three-player || Tacodile Supreme 2 || 176.34
|}

Names in this table follow the final season standings, which may differ from names retained in individual event records.

== Promotion and relegation ==

Scottsdale Elevation was relegated from the professional division following the 2019 season. The team finished last at four of the five events. Semi-Pro season champion ac Diesel earned promotion to the professional division.[15]

A separate change involved Columbus LVL and P.C. Katana. On 10 December 2019, LVL announced that it would enter the 2020 professional division following a merger with Katana. The announcement stated that some Katana members would remain on the roster.[16]

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2018 NXL season]]
* [[2020 NXL season]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2019 PBLeagues – National XBall League: 2019 season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6273/info PBLeagues – 2019 Las Vegas Open: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6248/info PBLeagues – 2019 Texas Open: event information and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6249/info PBLeagues – 2019 Philadelphia Open: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6250/info PBLeagues – 2019 Chicago Open: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6251/info PBLeagues – 2019 World Cup: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6273/rankings PBLeagues – 2019 Las Vegas Open: final rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6248/rankings PBLeagues – 2019 Texas Open: final rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6249/rankings PBLeagues – 2019 Philadelphia Open: final rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6250/rankings PBLeagues – 2019 Chicago Open: final rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6251/rankings PBLeagues – 2019 World Cup: final rankings.]
# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/x-factor-takes-1st-place-pro-dna Infamous Paintball – X-Factor Took 1st Place @ 2019 NXL Philadelphia Open, 24 June 2019.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/a-history-of-the-nxl-chicago-champions National Xball League – A History of the NXL Chicago Champions, 2019 section.]
# [https://paintball.media/houston-heat-wins-pro-div-at-2019-nxl-world-cup/ Paintball Media – Houston Heat Wins Pro Div At 2019 NXL World Cup, 11 November 2019.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/anywhere-but-here-relegation-looming National Xball League – Anywhere BUT here. Relegation looming, retrospective account of Scottsdale Elevation's relegation and ac Diesel's promotion.]
# [https://lvlupsports.com/2019/12/columbus-lvl-enters-professional-division-nxl-2020/ LVL UP Sports – Columbus LVL Enters Professional Division – NXL 2020, 10 December 2019.]

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