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The '''2023 NXL Sunshine State Major''' was a paintball tournament held from 10 to 12 March 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It opened the [[National Xball League]] (NXL) United States season. [[Dynasty|San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Tampa Bay Damage]] 4–2 in the final. Destiny won the Women's National Xball League (WNXL) competition.[1][2][3]

== Dates and venue ==

The official event dates were 10–12 March 2023. The venue was listed as NXL World Cup, 6000 W Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

== Competition formats ==

The programme included professional and WNXL X-Ball, semi-professional and Division 2–5 X-Ball, divisional and youth five-player competition, WNXL amateur five-player competition, Classic five-player and seven-player competitions, amateur 10-player competition and three-player competition.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Published format
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| 15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
|-
| WNXL, semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball
| 15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 3 and Division 4 X-Ball
| 12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| 10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
|-
| Divisional, youth and WNXL amateur five-player
| Five-minute games
|-
| Open Classic five-player
| Five-minute games
|-
| Open Classic seven-player
| Seven-minute games
|-
| Amateur 10-player
| 10-minute games
|-
| Amateur and novice three-player
| Three-minute games
|}

Source: official event information.[1]

== Professional competition ==

San Diego Dynasty defeated San Antonio X-Factor 3–0 in the quarter-finals before overcoming New York Xtreme in overtime in the semi-finals. Marcello Margott eliminated three opposing players during the deciding overtime point.[2]

Tampa Bay Damage defeated Edmonton Impact 2–1 in the other semi-final to reach the championship match.[2]

Dynasty established a 2–0 lead in the final before Damage recovered to tie the match. Dynasty then won the remaining two points to secure a 4–2 victory. The event marked professional tournament victories for the team's recent additions Harrison Frye and Chris Schehr.[2]

== WNXL competition ==

Destiny won its first WNXL event after finishing runner-up at all three tournaments in the league's inaugural 2022 season.[2]

The team completed the preliminary round with three wins and one defeat, then defeated Femme Fatales 4–0 in the semi-finals. Destiny faced Cheetahs in the final and secured the tournament title.[2][3]

== Divisional competition ==

PaintballFIT.com defeated Blast Camp in overtime to win the semi-professional tournament. Trenton Mason won the deciding one-on-one against Nathan Aboulhosn and received the divisional most valuable player award.[2]

Dynamic won Division 2 X-Ball, defeating Shut up we're trying 3–2 in the final.[2]

== Results ==

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 17 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! First
! Second
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| WNXL X-Ball
| DESTINY
| Cheetahs
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| PaintballFIT.com
| Blast Camp
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| Dynamic
| Shut up we're trying
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| gg_Factory D3
| TPP-Crew
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| NJ BOMBSQUAD
| L.A. Wildcards
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| Embry-Riddle Eagles Black
| Hawaiian Homegrown
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| Extreme Rage
| Hydra Mentality
|-
| Open Classic seven-player
| PHILIPPINES
| Extreme Rage
|-
| WNXL amateur five-player
| Carbon
| Suricatos Women
|-
| Open Classic five-player
| Extreme Rage
| florida annihilators
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Gulf Coast RAGTAG ARMY
| Veteran Militia
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| TPP Eruption
| Templar Knights
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| Reapers
| Strange
|-
| Youth five-player
| Infamous Kidz
| Dangerous Toys
|-
| Amateur three-player
| Punish-em
| GLK Factory
|-
| Novice three-player
| Smoke D5
| The Knights
|}

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2023 NXL Lone Star Major]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7927/info PBLeagues – NXL Sunshine State Major: dates, venue, registration and competition formats, 2023.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/dynasty-wins-the-sunshine-state-major-behind-mvp-performance-from-marcello-margott National Xball League – Dynasty wins the Sunshine State Major behind MVP Performance from Marcello Margott, written in partnership with Iconic Paintball by Quinn Nadu, 7 April 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7927/rankings PBLeagues – NXL Sunshine State Major: final standings, 2023.]

[[Category:National Xball League events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball in Florida]]
[[Category:2020s in American paintball]]
[[Category:2023 in paintball]]

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