Editing 2021 NXL Windy City Major

The '''2021 NXL Windy City Major''' was a paintball tournament held from 17 to 19 September 2021 at Chicago Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, Illinois, United States. It formed part of the [[National Xball League]] (NXL) United States season. [[Dynasty|San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional competition, defeating [[San Antonio X-Factor]] 7–4 in the final.[1][2][3]

== Dates and venue ==

The official event dates were 17–19 September 2021. The venue was Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 West 147th Street, Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

The tournament followed the [[2021 NXL Golden State Open]] and preceded the [[2021 NXL World Cup]] on the league's United States calendar.[1]

== Competition formats ==

The programme included professional and semi-professional X-Ball, Division 2–5 X-Ball, Division 3–5 five-player competition, amateur 10-player competition, Classic five-player competition and three-player competition.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Published format
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| 15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
|-
| Semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball
| 15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 3 and Division 4 X-Ball
| 12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| 10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 3–5 five-player
| Five-minute games
|-
| Classic five-player
| Five-minute games; 5.5 balls-per-second classification
|-
| Amateur 10-player
| 10-minute games
|-
| Open, amateur and novice three-player
| Three-minute games
|}

Source: official event information.[1]

== Professional competition ==

San Diego Dynasty won all four preliminary matches before progressing to the final against San Antonio X-Factor. Dynasty won the final 7–4. Los Angeles Infamous finished third and Baltimore Revo fourth.[2][3][4]

Columbus LVL also completed the preliminary round with a 4–0 record, reaching the Sunday playoffs for the first time. Its victories included a 5–4 overtime win against Edmonton Impact on Friday.[4][5]

The contemporary NXL event report highlighted Alex Fraige's attacking play for Dynasty, alongside the contributions of Ryan Greenspan, Yosh Rau, Marcello Margott and Blake Yarber.[4]

== Divisional competition ==

Blast Camp defeated New Orleans Hurricanes 6–3 in the semi-professional final. Austin Notorious won Division 2 X-Ball with a 7–6 victory against MX DEAD LEGION.[3]

Shut up we're trying defeated Blastcamp Revolution 5–3 in Division 3 X-Ball. Coalition won the Division 4 final against Brooklyn Raptors 5–1.[3]

== Results ==

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 14 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! First
! Second
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| Blast Camp
| New Orleans Hurricanes
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| Austin Notorious
| MX DEAD LEGION
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| Shut up we're trying
| Blastcamp Revolution
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| Coalition
| Brooklyn Raptors
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| Tropic Thunder
| BOMBSQUAD
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| Extreme Rage
| Boss Paintball Products
|-
| Classic five-player
| Annihilators
| N J Jesters
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Tbd somos lobos
| Marked Militia
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| P.R. Crew
| 787 CHAOS
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| Hostile Ground 2
| Tropic Thunder 5
|-
| Open three-player
| XPX
| MurdaGoons.com
|-
| Amateur three-player
| 406s Finest
| Mafia
|-
| Novice three-player
| PR ALLSTARZ
| Free Parts
|}

=== Division 5 X-Ball records ===

The published final standings place Tropic Thunder first, BOMBSQUAD second and LA Allstars-NQPR third. The match-score page separately records L.A. Wildcards defeating Tropic Thunder 6–5 in the final. The results table above follows the final standings.[2][3]

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2021 NXL Golden State Open]]
* [[2021 NXL World Cup]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7286/info PBLeagues – NXL Windy City Major: dates, venue, registration and competition formats, 2021.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7286/rankings PBLeagues – NXL Windy City Major: final standings, 2021.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7286/scores PBLeagues – NXL Windy City Major: match scores, 2021.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/2021-nxl-windy-city-major-event-recap National Xball League – 2021 NXL Windy City Major Event Recap, written by Quinn Nadu, 24 September 2021.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/2021-nxl-windy-city-major-friday-recap National Xball League – 2021 NXL Windy City Major Friday Recap, September 2021.]

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