Editing 2023 NXL World Cup

The '''2023 NXL World Cup''' was a paintball tournament held from 8 to 12 November 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It concluded the [[National Xball League]] (NXL) United States season. [[Dynasty|San Diego Dynasty]] won its fourth consecutive professional World Cup and the professional season championship. Dallas Vibe won the Women's National Xball League (WNXL) tournament, while Cheetahs secured the WNXL season title.[1][2][3][4]

== Dates and venue ==

The official event dates were 8–12 November 2023. The venue was listed as NXL World Cup, 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

The professional programme opened with a 7/3 exhibition on Wednesday, 8 November. Champions Cup competition began on Thursday.[2]

== Champions Cup format ==

The professional Champions Cup featured 24 teams. San Diego Dynasty, Tampa Bay Damage and Houston Heat received preliminary-round byes as the leading United States teams, joined by European champions Toulouse TonTons.[2]

The other 20 teams contested the opening stage for places in the knockout rounds. The four teams with byes entered the championship knockout competition at the quarter-finals.[2]

Professional matches used 15-minute games with a six-point mercy rule.[1]

== Other competition formats ==

The programme included WNXL, semi-professional, Division 2–5 and Masters X-Ball; divisional, youth and WNXL amateur five-player competitions; Classic Mounds formats; amateur 10-player competition; and three-player categories.[1]

WNXL, semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule. Division 5 and Masters used 10-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule.[1]

The programme also included the Commander Cup and a separate 7/3 exhibition.[1][3]

== Professional competition ==

San Diego Dynasty defeated Edmonton Impact 3–2 in the professional final. Marcello Margott won a late one-against-three situation to secure Dynasty's fourth consecutive World Cup victory.[2][5]

Dynasty also finished first in the professional season standings with 1,146 points.[4]

== WNXL competition ==

Dallas Vibe defeated Cheetahs 4–2 in the WNXL final.[5]

Cheetahs nevertheless won the season championship, finishing runner-up at all three WNXL events and accumulating 384 ranking points.[4]

== Semi-professional competition ==

PaintballFIT.com defeated Blast Camp 6–1 in the semi-professional final, completing a season in which it won all five NXL events.[2][5]

The team finished with 600 season points and earned promotion to the professional division for 2024.[2][4]

== Event results ==

The following tables distinguish World Cup event results from the overall season standings. Team names follow the official event record.[3]

=== X-Ball and exhibition competitions ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! First
! Second
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| Edmonton Impact
|-
| WNXL X-Ball
| Dallas Vibe
| Cheetahs
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| PaintballFIT.com
| Blast Camp
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| New York Wrecking Crew
| Dynamic
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| tppcrew
| Just Us
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| Jackpot
| Air Capital Threat
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| Dynamic
| Ryukyu Kings
|-
| Masters X-Ball
| Papeletto Team
| Philippine Titos
|-
| Commander Cup X-Ball
| Navy
| Army
|-
| 7/3 exhibition
| New York Xtreme
| Brooklyn Bears
|}

=== Other competition winners ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Winner
|-
| Classic Mounds Open 10v10
| All Americans
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| Rejects
|-
| Classic Mounds Open seven-player
| Extreme Rage
|-
| Classic Mounds Open five-player
| PHILIPPINES
|-
| WNXL amateur five-player
| San Francisco Sirens
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Papeletto Legends
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| TPP Wookies
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| WAR
|-
| Youth five-player
| Infamous Kidz
|-
| WNXL three-player
| Black Magic
|-
| Open three-player
| Killers
|-
| Amateur three-player
| MurdaGoons 2023
|-
| Intermediate three-player
| BDC
|-
| Novice three-player
| Deep Impact
|-
| Youth three-player
| Salty Smurfs
|}

== Season championships ==

World Cup event winners and season champions were not necessarily the same teams. The following table records the leaders of competitions contested across multiple events.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Season champion
! Ranking points
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| 1,146
|-
| WNXL X-Ball
| Cheetahs
| 384
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| PaintballFIT.com
| 600
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| New York Wrecking Crew
| 486
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| tppcrew
| 400
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| Jackpot
| 393
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| All Mixed Up Gold AMU
| 282
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| Extreme Rage
| 392
|-
| Classic Mounds seven-player
| Extreme Rage
| 396
|-
| Classic Mounds five-player
| Spread Eagle Tavern
| 388
|-
| WNXL amateur five-player
| Suricatos Women
| 582
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Veteran Militia
| 382
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| TKO Texas KnockOut
| 388
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| SMSC
| 253.64
|-
| Youth five-player
| Infamous Kidz
| 300
|-
| Amateur three-player
| MurdaGoons 2023
| 393
|-
| Novice three-player
| Smoke D5
| 272
|-
| Youth three-player
| Salty Smurfs
| 300
|}

== Promotion and relegation ==

PaintballFIT.com's semi-professional championship secured promotion to the professional division. Latin Saints were relegated after finishing the season without a match victory.[2]

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[2023 NXL Windy City Major]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8196/info PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: dates, venue, registration and competition formats, 2023.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/nxl-world-cup-recap-dynasty-wins-historic-fourth-straight-pbfit-perfect-pro-paintball National Xball League – NXL World Cup Recap, Dynasty Wins Historic Fourth Straight, PBFit Perfect, written by Quinn Nadu, 22 November 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8196/rankings PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: final event standings, 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – National XBall League: 2023 season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8196/scores PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: match scores, 2023.]

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