Editing 2024 NXL World Cup

The '''2024 NXL World Cup''' was the final tournament of the [[2024 NXL season|2024 National Xball League season]], held in Kissimmee, Florida, from 6 to 10 November 2024. The event included professional and divisional X-Ball, women's competition, classic formats, youth competition and the Commander Cup.[1]

[[PaintballFIT]] won the professional World Cup, defeating [[Edmonton Impact]] 3–2 in the final. [[Red Legion]] finished first in the professional season standings. [[The Heroines]] won both the women's professional World Cup and the WNXL season championship.[2][3]

== Dates and venue ==
The published event dates were 6–10 November 2024. The tournament site was listed at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

Professional, WNXL and divisional X-Ball competition was scheduled from Thursday, 7 November, to Sunday, 10 November, with other formats operating on shorter schedules within the event.[1]

== Formats and Champions Cup ==
Professional X-Ball used 15-minute matches with a six-point mercy rule. WNXL, Semi-Professional and Division 2 used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule, while Division 5 and Masters used ten-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule.[1]

The professional field comprised 24 teams. Red Legion, San Antonio X-Factor, Houston Heat and SCALP formed the four-team championship bracket and qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The other 20 teams contested four preliminary brackets, with the top two from each advancing to an elimination round that supplied the remaining four quarter-finalists.[4]

Semi-Professional and Divisions 2–5 also had four-team championship brackets whose members qualified directly for their respective quarter-finals.[4]

The World Cup event championship was distinct from the season championship. World Cup awarded double ranking points, and the professional season standings incorporated all four preceding majors and World Cup.[3][5]

== Professional competition ==
PaintballFIT advanced from the preliminary round with three wins and one defeat. In the elimination rounds, the team defeated Tampa Bay Damage 5–1, Red Legion 5–4 and ac DIESEL 7–2.[2]

Edmonton Impact reached the final by defeating Seattle Uprising 3–2, San Antonio X-Factor 6–2 and San Diego Dynasty 4–2. PaintballFIT won the final 3–2.[2]

The official placings put ac DIESEL third, San Diego Dynasty fourth and Red Legion fifth.[6]

== Women's competition ==
Eleven teams contested WNXL X-Ball. Six advanced from the preliminary round, with the two bracket winners receiving byes to the semi-finals.[4]

The Heroines defeated Cheetahs 3–1 in the semi-finals, while Dallas Vibe beat FEMMES FATALE 3–2. The Heroines then defeated Dallas Vibe 3–2 in the final.[2]

The Heroines also secured the WNXL season championship with 393 points, ahead of Dallas Vibe on 382 and Cheetahs on 372.[3]

Dallas Dolls won WNXL Amateur five-player competition, while BR GIRLZ won the women's three-player category.[6]

== Event results ==
The following table records the winner of every category included in the event's published final placings.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Winner
|-
| Professional X-Ball || PaintballFIT
|-
| WNXL X-Ball || The Heroines
|-
| Semi-Professional X-Ball || Royal City Seadogs
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || BR Factory
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || Raleigh Razorbacks
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Stormy Rebels
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball || TPP Factory
|-
| Masters X-Ball || Aftershock
|-
| Commander Cup X-Ball || Air Force
|-
| WNXL Amateur five-player || Dallas Dolls
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Veteran Militia Zulu
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Panda Express Elite
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Orlando Invaders
|-
| Youth five-player || Hydra Kidz
|-
| Classic Mounds Open five-player || Image
|-
| Classic Mounds Open seven-player || Aftershock
|-
| Classic Mounds Open ten-player || Rushers
|-
| Amateur ten-player || Seattle Crusaders
|-
| Women's three-player || BR GIRLZ
|-
| Open three-player || PTN
|-
| Amateur three-player || Gulf Coast Ragtag
|-
| Intermediate three-player || Outlaw AP Green
|-
| Novice three-player || Smoke IV
|-
| Youth three-player || Fearsome Five
|}

College X-Ball appeared in the registration programme, but no corresponding result was included in the published final placings.[1][6]

== Season championships ==
Red Legion won the professional season championship with 1,046 points, ahead of San Antonio X-Factor on 913 and Edmonton Impact on 906. World Cup winner PaintballFIT finished sixth overall with 802 points.[3]

The principal divisional season champions were:[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champion !! Points
|-
| WNXL X-Ball || The Heroines || 393
|-
| Semi-Professional X-Ball || Leverage || 568
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || BR Factory || 485
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || Dynamic || 385
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Avid Factory || 373
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball || TPP Factory || 300
|-
| WNXL Amateur five-player || Sacramento Storm || 486
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Papeletto || 379
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Bricktown Bucks - Stick Up Kids || 351
|-
| Division 5 five-player || PBGateway 2 || 288
|-
| Youth five-player || Hydra Kidz || 300
|-
| Amateur ten-player || Maple Leaf Chiefs || 388
|-
| Classic five-player || Aftershock || 379
|-
| Classic seven-player || Aftershock || 393
|-
| Women's three-player || Tiki's Ohana Red || 261
|-
| Amateur three-player || Lost Dutchman || 379
|-
| Intermediate three-player || Outlaw AP Green || 386
|-
| Novice three-player || Hasbeens || 279
|}

== Promotion and relegation ==
The 2024 rules provided for the highest-ranked Semi-Professional team to earn promotion and the lowest-ranked professional team to be relegated.[5]

Leverage finished third at World Cup and won the Semi-Professional season championship, securing promotion for 2025. Royal City Seadogs won the World Cup event but finished second in the season standings.[3][7]

New York Xtreme finished last among the 20 teams in the United States professional season standings, with 121 points, occupying the relegation position.[3][5]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Women's National Xball League]]
* [[2024 NXL season]]
* [[2024 NXL Windy City Major]]
* [[2025 NXL Tampa Bay Open]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8338/info PBLeagues – World Cup: dates, venue, categories and formats, 6–10 November 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8338/scores PBLeagues – World Cup: match scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2024 PBLeagues – National XBall League: final 2024 season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8338/brackets PBLeagues – World Cup: brackets and qualification arrangements.]
# [https://www.seedsseriespaintball.com/uploads/4/6/4/6/46467803/nxl_rules_2024.pdf National Xball League – NXL Rules 2024, sections 5.9–5.12; copy hosted by SEEDS Series Paintball.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8338/rankings PBLeagues – World Cup: final placings.]
# [https://leveragepaintball.com/blogs/news/3rd-place-nxl-event-5-orlando-world-cup Leverage Paintball – 3rd Place NXL Event #5 Orlando – World Cup, 11 November 2024.]

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