Editing 2020 NXL Australia Victoria Round 1

'''2020 NXL Australia Victoria Round 1''' was a [[NXL Australia]] paintball tournament advertised for 14–15 March 2020 at [[Paintball Games Coldstream]] in Victoria, Australia. Contemporary photography and a Melbourne Mutiny result report confirm that competition took place. Melbourne Mutiny finished second, but complete divisional standings have not been established.[1][2][3]

== Dates and venue ==
PBLeagues listed the tournament for Saturday, 14 March, to Sunday, 15 March 2020 at Paintball Games Coldstream, 3–5 Maxwells Road, Coldstream, Victoria. The league's official events calendar advertised the same dates and venue.[1][4]

Birch Photography published a Division 2 preview on 14 March 2020. Jackson Chandler subsequently published a report identifying Melbourne Mutiny's second-place finish at “NXL VIC R1”, with Coldstream identified as the location.[2][3]

== Divisions and registrations ==
The advertised competition comprised three divisions:[1][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Advertised format
! PBLeagues registrations
|-
| Division 1
| Five-man X-ball, win-by-four
| 6
|-
| Division 2
| Five-man X-ball, win-by-three
| 5
|-
| Division 3
| X-ball, win-by-two
| 0
|}

PBLeagues records the following entries. Registration does not independently establish that every listed team played.[6]

=== Division 1 ===
* [[ADL Assassins (Australian Paintball Team)|ADL Assassins]]
* [[Apparition (Australian Paintball Team)|Apparition]]
* [[Hustle (Australian Paintball Team)|Hustle]]
* [[Melbourne Mutiny (Australian Paintball Team)|Melbourne Mutiny]]
* [[Order 66 (Australian Paintball Team)|Order 66]]
* [[South East Cartel (Australian Paintball Team)|South East Cartel]]

=== Division 2 ===
* [[Bomb Voyage (Australian Paintball Team)|Bomb Voyage]]
* [[Launceston Aspire (Australian Paintball Team)|Launceston Aspire]], registered as Launceston Aspire Inc
* [[Lumberjacks (Australian Paintball Team)|Lumberjacks]]
* SEC Grey
* VRG

== Results ==
Jackson Chandler's contemporary report records Melbourne Mutiny finishing second at the event. PBLeagues lists the team in Division 1.[3][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Place
! Team
! Evidence
|-
| Division 1
| 2nd
| [[Melbourne Mutiny (Australian Paintball Team)|Melbourne Mutiny]]
| Contemporary result report; divisional entry recorded by PBLeagues.[3][6]
|}

The surviving PBLeagues score page states “No Games Completed” and contains no match scores. Its team listing is alphabetical and does not establish final placings.[5][6]

Complete Division 1 standings and Division 2 results have not been verified. Division 3 was advertised, but its completion has not been established.

== See also ==
* [[2020 NXL Australia]]
* [[2020 NXL Australia Victoria Round 2]]
* [[NXL Australia]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6732/info PBLeagues — NXL Australia Victoria Round 1: advertised dates, venue, formats and registration totals.]
# [https://www.facebook.com/birchphotography23/posts/2422138414708218 Birch Photography — “Preview NXL Vic Australia Div 2”, 14 March 2020.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xIaMWhOvn/ Jackson Chandler — “NXL VIC R1”: contemporary report of Melbourne Mutiny's second-place finish, March 2020.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20201021191500/https://nxlaustralia.com.au/events/ NXL Australia — Events: Victoria Round 1 advertised for 14–15 March at Paintball Games Coldstream. Archived 21 October 2020.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6732/scores PBLeagues — NXL Australia Victoria Round 1: divisional formats and score page stating “No Games Completed”.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6732/teams PBLeagues — NXL Australia Victoria Round 1: registered teams by division.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Australia]]
[[Category:Paintball in Victoria]]
[[Category:2020s in Australian paintball]]