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The '''2025 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament scheduled for 31 May–1 June 2025 at [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. It was the second round of the [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events|2025 Arena Paintball Race Series]].[1][2]

The tournament was also advertised in the Feilding and District events calendar.[2]

== Format ==

The organiser advertised a ten-minute game format with a four-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.[1]

Unlike the two-pool draw used for the opening round, the second event was organised as a full round robin.

According to the draw published on 17 May 2025, the top four teams would progress to the Cup finals, while the next four would compete in the Plate finals.[3]

== Teams ==

The published Round 2 draw identified the following ten teams:[3]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team
|-
| Ballistics Unit
|-
| BOP Blast
|-
| Expendables
|-
| KC Ripple
|-
| Lumberjacks
|-
| PBHQ
|-
| Reavers
|-
| Sharks
|-
| Surge
|-
| Titans
|}

The draw confirms the listed entrants but does not establish their final tournament placings.

== Results ==

The published tournament arrangements provided for separate Cup and Plate finals. Complete final results have not been established from the available sources.

== See also ==

* [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball March Race]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball Labour Weekend Race]]
* [[Arena Paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20250115162148/https://paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2025-race-events/ Paintball Direct – 2025 Race Events, archived 15 January 2025].
# [https://feilding.co.nz/articles/whats-on/arena-paintball-race-tournament.html Feilding & District Promotion – Arena Paintball Race Tournament, 31 May–1 June 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1075266014626352&type=3 Arena Paintball – Round 2 tournament draw and finals format, Facebook, 17 May 2025].

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