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The '''2017 NXL Chicago Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 8 to 10 September 2017 at Chicago Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, Illinois, United States. It followed the [[2017 NXL Atlantic City Open]] and preceded the season-ending World Cup.[1]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Ac Dallas|ac Dallas]] 4–3 in the final.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place at Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 West 147th Street, Oak Forest, from Friday, 8 September, to Sunday, 10 September 2017.[1]

A contemporary announcement from the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau promoted the event as the NXL's Midwest Paintball Championship. It advertised free parking, trade-show admission and viewing of divisional games, with separate tickets for the professional grandstands.[3]

== Competition formats ==
Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, with five-minute game times.[1]

The event also included Open ten-player and Intermediate mechanical five-player competition. Ten-player games were listed with ten-minute game times. Open Pump five-player competition was offered for registration but attracted no entries.[1][4]

Amateur and Novice two-player competitions were advertised with three-minute game times. Their results were recorded separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[1][5]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact lost its opening preliminary match 6–2 to Moscow Red Legion, then won its remaining six matches.[2]

Impact defeated Baltimore Revo, ac Dallas and Los Angeles Infamous to complete the preliminary round. In the knockout stages, the team defeated San Diego Dynasty 4–3 in the quarter-finals and Los Angeles Ironmen 4–2 in the semi-finals.[2]

The final produced a second meeting with ac Dallas, which Impact again won 4–3.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Moscow Red Legion || 2 || 6
|-
| Preliminary || Baltimore Revo || 6 || 0
|-
| Preliminary || ac Dallas || 4 || 3
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || 4 || 3
|-
| Quarter-final || San Diego Dynasty || 4 || 3
|-
| Semi-final || Los Angeles Ironmen || 4 || 2
|-
| Final || ac Dallas || 4 || 3
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in every completed division. The mechanical competition had three teams.[4][5]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || ac Dallas || Tampa Bay Damage || Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Semi-Pro || Sacramento DMG || New York Xtreme || MLKings || SHOCK
|-
| Division 2 || Gulf Coast Hurricanes || Wild Dogs Latinoamerica || NRG Elite || Ralph Boyz
|-
| Division 3 || Palm Beach Vipers || Royal City Seadogs || Capital Edge DMG || Camp Pendleton Raiders Silver
|-
| Division 4 || Project Mayhem || Royal City Seadogs II || Richmond Rage || Chicago Ambition
|}

=== Five-player and ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Sauceboyz || OUTBREAK || DC Justice || South Texas Grind
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Hostile Ground || Project Mayhem Black || TMG Ratpack || Coastal Virginia Afterburn
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Detroit Action IV || Twin City Tempest || Salt city Syndicate || Hostile Underground
|-
| Mechanical Intermediate five-player || THE eNMEy || Scorpions || Method || —
|-
| Open ten-player || DST Alumni || OUTLAWS || AAF 2 || Fox 4 Darkside
|}

=== Two-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Amateur || Dallas Wolfpack || The Inglorious Baxters || Casino Royale || Feltchers
|-
| Novice || Murder Inc. Black || Extreme Stingerz || Murder Inc. Grey || Long Island Eruption 2
|}

== Subsequent event ==
The final major event on the league's calendar was the [[2017 NXL World Cup]], scheduled for 2–5 November in Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2017 NXL Atlantic City Open]]
* [[2017 NXL World Cup]]
* [[Edmonton Impact]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5524/info PBLeagues – Chicago Open: official event information, dates, Chicago Gaelic Park venue, formats, registration divisions and calendar, 8–10 September 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/AsujtCA34zL3Kryw#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2017 Chicago Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/national-x-ball-league-s-midwest-paintball-championship-comes-chicago-gaelic Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau, published through Patch – “The National X-Ball League's Midwest Paintball Championship Comes to Chicago Gaelic Park”. Contemporary event announcement.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5524/rankings PBLeagues – Chicago Open: official final X-Ball, five-player, mechanical and ten-player placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5346/rankings PBLeagues – Illinois NXL Chicago Open: official Amateur and Novice two-player placings.]

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