Editing HBI W (Sweden Paintball Team)

'''HBI W''' is a Swedish women's paintball team with an international playing roster. The team competed in the [[Women's National Xball League]] (WNXL) division at the 2023 European Championships and the 2024 Portugal Invitational. [1][2]

Portuguese reporting identifies HBI W as a Swedish team, while its [[PBLeagues]] profile lists its home town as Europe and its home field as Paintball Estepona. [1][2]

== History ==

=== Registration ===

HBI W's PBLeagues profile records registration on 15 August 2023. This is a database registration date rather than a confirmed founding date. [1]

=== 2023 European Championships ===

At the 2023 European Championships, held from 30 August to 3 September, HBI W entered the women's WNXL Xball division. [1]

The team opened its preliminary campaign with victories over Halcyon by 4–2 and Drakaina by 3–2. Defeats against Belladonna by 1–4 and Karma by 2–5 left HBI W with two wins and two losses. [3]

HBI W met Drakaina again in the semi-finals on 3 September, losing 3–4. The team finished fourth among five entries. [1][3]

[[Malta Paintball]]'s account documents the participation of Jovana with HBI W. The PBLeagues membership listing identifies the player as Jovana Roncevic and also lists [[Chris Cioffi]] among the team's staff. [1][4]

=== 2024 Portugal Invitational ===

HBI W competed at the Portugal Invitational at Megacampo in Mafra from 17 to 19 May 2024. Contemporary Portuguese reporting highlighted Maria Isabel Sousa, known as Izza, who represented HBI W alongside players from several European countries. [2]

The team lost its preliminary matches against Belladonna by 1–6, Drakaina by 2–3 and Karma by 0–5. In the Sunday semi-final, HBI W lost 0–5 to Drakaina and finished fourth among four teams. [1][5]

== Documented players and staff ==

The PBLeagues Members listing identifies 16 players and four staff. These are historical membership records, rather than a single event roster or confirmation of current membership. Names are reproduced as listed. [1]

=== Players ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
|-
| A Star Harford
|-
| Alessia Federiconi
|-
| Alicia Valdivia
|-
| Andreina Blanco
|-
| Camilla Von Rummelhoff
|-
| Gerkary Bracho
|-
| Jovana Roncevic
|-
| Katie Kelley
|-
| Katie Gobourn
|-
| Katja Aigner
|-
| Krista Titus
|-
| Maria Isabel Sousa
|-
| Marta Wietrzykowska
|-
| Micol Letizia
|-
| Sara Pedersen
|-
| Vilayphone Hoang
|}

=== Staff ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Listed role
|-
| Alessandro Petraccini || Staff
|-
| [[Chris Cioffi]] || Staff
|-
| Dominic Dunham || Staff
|-
| Erik Bergseie || Staff
|}

The listing does not specify the duties performed by individual staff members. [1]

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Tournament !! Division !! Position
|-
| 2023 || [[NXL European Championships]] || WNXL Xball || 4th of 5. [1]
|-
| 2024 || [[NXL Portugal Invitational]] || WNXL Xball || 4th of 4. [1]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Women's National Xball League]]
* [[NXL Europe]]
* [[Women's paintball]]
* [[HBI Malta (Malta Paintball Team)]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/team/n1XpLnCis64qNqSz HBI W: team profile, tournament history and Members listing]. PBLeagues. Membership details checked on 27 October 2026.
# [https://www.beirabaixatv.pt/castelo-branco-4659 Paintball Europeu – Participação Feminina]. ''Beira Baixa TV'', 21 May 2024. Portuguese-language report identifying HBI W as Swedish and documenting Maria Isabel Sousa's participation.
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/GmXFSTdL2ChV0nfz HBI W at the 2023 European Championships]. PBLeagues, official match results.
# [https://www.maltapaintball.org/news/jovana-reaches-the-womens-semi-finals-at-the-2023-nxl-european-championships Jovana Reaches the Women's Semi-Finals at the 2023 NXL European Championships]. Malta Paintball, account carrying a dateline of 5 September 2023.
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/QpZqWOJmGpK1ntsc HBI W at the 2024 Portugal Invitational]. PBLeagues, official match results.

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/team/n1XpLnCis64qNqSz HBI W on PBLeagues]

[[Category:Swedish paintball teams]]
[[Category:Women's paintball]]