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The '''2016 NXL World Cup''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 3 to 6 November 2016 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It concluded the league's five-event national season.[1]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Moscow Red Legion]] 9–4 in the final. Impact also finished as professional season champions, with 972 points.[2][3][4]

== Dates and venue ==
The official event record gives the venue address as 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida. The overall competition dates were Thursday, 3 November, to Sunday, 6 November 2016; professional competition was scheduled from Friday to Sunday.[1]

== Competition formats ==
The registration record lists 476 registered and paid entries, including the collegiate competition.[1]

Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were listed with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside a separate D500 division advertised with paint included.[1]

Additional competitions included Open Pump five-player, Open and Amateur ten-player, and Amateur two-player. Open Pump was listed with five-minute game times, ten-player competition with ten-minute game times, and two-player competition with four-minute game times.[1]

College competition used five-player RaceTo-2. Division 2 traditional five-player competition was advertised but attracted no entries.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating Houston Heat, Seattle Uprising and Los Angeles Infamous, while losing 4–3 to Chicago Aftershock.[2]

Impact then defeated ac Dallas 9–2 in the quarter-finals and Houston Heat 6–2 in the semi-finals. In the final, Impact defeated Moscow Red Legion 9–4.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Houston Heat || 4 || 3
|-
| Preliminary || Seattle Uprising || 3 || 2
|-
| Preliminary || Chicago Aftershock || 3 || 4
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || 8 || 2
|-
| Quarter-final || ac Dallas || 9 || 2
|-
| Semi-final || Houston Heat || 6 || 2
|-
| Final || Moscow Red Legion || 9 || 4
|}

== Results ==
The tables below show the leading four published placings in each competition. D500 had shared first and third places.[4][5]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || Moscow Red Legion || San Antonio X-Factor || Houston Heat
|-
| Semi-Pro || Distortion || P.C. Katana || Sacramento DMG || MLKings
|-
| Division 2 || Toronto Chargers || Birmingham Prime || Camp Pendleton Raiders || Cleveland Imperial
|-
| Division 3 || Noobies || PLUMLIFE || TB Jits || Lucky 15s Staffordshire
|-
| Division 4 || XPX Factory || KickN Factory || Carolina Tradition || Stingray All Stars
|}

=== Five-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || Pekin Prestige || Storm Riders || West Coast Allegiance || DESTINY
|-
| Division 4 || Vicious Bunnys || East Coast Regulators || Blast Camp Revolution || Whiteout
|-
| Division 5 || Clean Up Crew || Revolution || Adrenalin Army D5 || WFC
|-
| D500 || West Coast Sharks 5 and WFC2 Red (joint first) || — || Florida boys and Nrg 500 (joint third) || —
|}

=== Other formats ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open ten-player || Quintons Army || Capital Edge Daggers || Washington Winstons || Miami Rage
|-
| Amateur ten-player || MAF || AAF 2 || NRG Elite 10-Man || Schlatchet Die Gebrmutter
|-
| Open Pump five-player || Dirtbags || NPI || West Coast Sharks 1 || Next Pump Invasion
|-
| Amateur two-player || The Moist Cubes || The Gruesome Twosome || Mickeys Entourage || Ohio Power 2man
|}

=== Collegiate competition ===
The separately recorded ''College Class AA @ NXL World Cup'' competition took place on 6 November and had ten teams. Georgia State University Panthers finished first.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Georgia State University Panthers || University of South Florida Bulls || Clemson University Tigers || Embry-Riddle Eagles
|}

== Season championships ==
World Cup completed the national season, following the Las Vegas, Texas, Nashville and Great Lakes Opens. Event winners and season champions were separate honours.[4]

Edmonton Impact finished first in the professional season standings with 972 points, ahead of Los Angeles Infamous on 814 and San Antonio X-Factor on 799.[4]

The final standings list the following first-placed teams in divisions contested across multiple national events:[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First-placed team !! Season points
|-
| Professional X-Ball || Edmonton Impact || 972
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || P.C. Katana || 451.05
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || Bay State Bandits || 443.41
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || Annapolis A-Team || 443.36
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Camp Pendleton Raiders Black || 414.24
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Armagedon GUA || 321.78
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Baltimore Savage || 405.58
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Az goats || 177.5
|-
| Open Pump five-player || West Coast Sharks 1 || 360
|-
| Open ten-player || Washington Winstons || 317.5
|}

The Division 5 standings mark Texas PhalanX Red as unplaced after moving to another division, despite its 300-point total. Az goats is the first-placed eligible team in the published standings.[4]

Amateur ten-player, Amateur two-player and the separate D500 competition appear with World Cup as their only event in the published season tables. Their standings therefore do not represent championships accumulated across several tournaments.[4]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2016 NXL Great Lakes Open]]
* [[2015 NXL World Cup]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4885/info PBLeagues – World Cup: official event information, dates, venue, registration totals and formats, 3–6 November 2016.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/sh8WK1PO8GdAOGb1#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2016 World Cup match schedule and scores.]
# [https://www.paintballwincount.com/impact-wins-world-cup-nxl-2016 Rusty Glaze, Paintball Win Count – “Impact WINS World Cup – NXL 2016”. Report confirming the 9–4 professional final result.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2016 PBLeagues – 2016 National XBall League season rankings: final standings, event placings and classification notes.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4885/rankings PBLeagues – World Cup: official final divisional placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4915/rankings PBLeagues – College Class AA @ NXL World Cup: official final placings, 6 November 2016.]

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