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The '''2025 Arena Paintball March Race''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 22–23 March 2025 at [[Arena Paintball]], 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand. It was the opening round of the [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events|2025 Arena Paintball Race Series]].[1][2]<br />
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== Format ==<br />
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The tournament was advertised as a two-day competition featuring round-robin matches followed by semi-finals and finals. The format specified ten-minute games, a four-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit. Separate Cup and Plate finals were planned.[1]<br />
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The organiser capped entries at fourteen teams.<br />
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== Teams and pools ==<br />
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On 20 March 2025, Arena Paintball published a draw consisting of twelve teams divided into two pools.[3]<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Pool A<br />
! Pool B<br />
|-<br />
| Expendables<br />
| Ballistics Unit<br />
|-<br />
| PBHQ<br />
| BOP Blast<br />
|-<br />
| Reavers<br />
| Surge<br />
|-<br />
| Chaos<br />
| Crisis<br />
|-<br />
| KC Ripple<br />
| Lumberjacks<br />
|-<br />
| KC Lycans<br />
| Immortal Knights<br />
|}<br />
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The organiser published a revised fixture list on 21 March to resolve a scheduling conflict.[4]<br />
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== Event ==<br />
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Following the tournament, Arena Paintball published a report on 23 March thanking participating teams and acknowledging the event's live broadcast. The organiser also announced that two further rounds were planned for the 2025 season.[5]<br />
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Complete final tournament placings have not been established from the available sources.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events]]<br />
* [[2025 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race]]<br />
* [[2025 Arena Paintball Labour Weekend Race]]<br />
* [[Arena Paintball]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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# [https://web.archive.org/web/20250115162148/https://paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2025-race-events/ Paintball Direct – 2025 Race Events, archived 15 January 2025].<br />
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=950250103794611&type=3 Arena Paintball – 2025 tournament calendar, Facebook, 27 November 2024].<br />
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031241422362145&type=3 Arena Paintball – March tournament pools, Facebook, 20 March 2025].<br />
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031470515672569&type=3 Arena Paintball – Revised March tournament draw, Facebook, 21 March 2025].<br />
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/1033482528804701/ Arena Paintball – Post-tournament report, Facebook, 23 March 2025].<br />
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