Editing 2020 NXL Las Vegas Open

The '''2020 NXL Las Vegas Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 5 to 8 March 2020 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It opened the league's 2020 national season.[1]

[[Los Angeles Ironmen]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Russian Legion|Moscow Red Legion]] 7–5 in the final.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
The official event record lists the tournament dates as Thursday, 5 March, to Sunday, 8 March 2020. Professional competition was scheduled from Friday to Sunday.[1]

The venue was Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas.[1]

== 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. Open Pump and Classic five-player competitions were also held; Classic was advertised with a firing-rate limit of 5.5 balls per second.[1]

Five-player games were listed with five-minute game times. Open and Amateur ten-player divisions had ten-minute game times, while Open, Amateur and Novice three-player divisions had three-minute game times.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Los Angeles Ironmen won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating San Antonio X-Factor, New York Xtreme and TradeMyGun Outlaws, while losing 8–5 to Baltimore Revo.[2]

The Ironmen defeated X-Factor again, 8–6, in the quarter-finals before reversing their preliminary defeat to Revo with a 7–4 semi-final victory. In the final, the Ironmen defeated Moscow Red Legion 7–5.[2]

A contemporary report published by Infamous Paintball identified this as the Ironmen's first major tournament victory since the 2009 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Ironmen's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || San Antonio X-Factor || 7 || 4
|-
| Preliminary || Baltimore Revo || 5 || 8
|-
| Preliminary || New York Xtreme || 7 || 1
|-
| Preliminary || TradeMyGun Outlaws || 9 || 4
|-
| Quarter-final || San Antonio X-Factor || 8 || 6
|-
| Semi-final || Baltimore Revo || 7 || 4
|-
| Final || Moscow Red Legion || 7 || 5
|}

=== Individual award ===
Alex Rodriguez was identified as the event MVP and leading elimination scorer in Infamous Paintball's contemporary report. The report credited him with 55 eliminations across 66 points played, citing MyFanWagon statistics.[3]

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 15 competitions. Open ten-player had three teams and Open Pump had two.[4]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Los Angeles Ironmen || Moscow Red Legion || Edmonton Impact || Baltimore Revo
|-
| Semi-Pro || Camp Factory || Noobies || Colorado BLITZ || Annapolis A-Team
|-
| Division 2 || Killers || LockDown || PLUMLIFE || NRG Elite Alpha
|-
| Division 3 || HUNTERS || Phoenix Rising Black || Faction || ac Kansas City
|-
| Division 4 || Riverside Quake || Phoenix Rising Red || SLT || Shut up we're trying
|}

=== Five-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || NorCal Disruption || RAMPAGE || Armagedon || Veteran Militia
|-
| Division 4 || The Gummy Bears || Paradox || Albuquerque Bushwhackers || Immortal Kings
|-
| Division 5 || Ruthless Red || TOG Gray || Aloha Trajik || Maui Mixed Plate Gold
|-
| Classic, 5.5 bps || DESTINY_PE || Perico Papis || BTA Butchers || Underdogs
|-
| Open Pump || All Stars || Texas Legends Pump || — || —
|}

=== Ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || Washington Winstons || NRG Elite || DESTINY California || —
|-
| Amateur || Wicked || Hydra.Fit || Blitz || Tsunami
|}

=== Three-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || RUSSIAN ROULETTE || N J Jesters || PR KINGS || Ruthless Gang
|-
| Amateur || Lost Dutchman || The Claws || UNDR Bois || THOSE GUYS
|-
| Novice || Dark Soul || PDK || All Muffed Up || We Need Oxygen
|}

== Subsequent calendar disruption ==
The next announced national event was the [[2020 NXL Texas Open]], scheduled for 30 April–3 May. It was subsequently cancelled. A contemporary account published on 11 May records the league's cancellation announcement as dated 18 March 2020.[5]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2019 NXL Las Vegas Open]]
* [[2020 NXL Texas Open]]
* [[Los Angeles Ironmen]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6726/info PBLeagues – NXL Las Vegas Open 2020: official event information, dates, Craig Ranch venue and formats, 5–8 March 2020.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/CQsJWCfImROERjhS#games PBLeagues – Los Angeles Ironmen: official 2020 Las Vegas Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/field-notes-event-recap-edition-nxl-las-vegas-open-2020 Infamous Paintball – “Field Notes (Event Recap Edition) – NXL Las Vegas Open 2020”, 13 March 2020.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6726/rankings PBLeagues – Las Vegas Open: official final divisional placings.]
# [https://zenandtheartofpaintball.com/2020/05/11/the-age-of-covid-paintball-what-did-they-know-and-when-did-they-know-it/ Zen and the Art of Paintball – “The Age of Covid Paintball – What did they know and when did they know it?”, 11 May 2020.]

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