2014 Paintball Asia League Series

The 2014 Paintball Asia League Series was a season of the international Paintball Asia League Series (PALS). The published season standings include tournaments in Bangkok, Thailand, and Langkawi, Malaysia.[1]

Aisawan finished first in Division 1, SPEED Aisawan headed Division 2 and Virgin Aisawan headed Division 3. The published standings counted only each team's highest event score in these divisions.[1]

In New Zealand, the South Auckland Paintball Club (SAPC) operated a PALS-endorsed competition and offered its Open Series winners PALS-sponsored entry to 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia, with accommodation sponsored by Asylum Paintball.[7][8]

International calendar

Dates	Event	Venue
28–30 March 2014	2014 PALS Thailand	Expressway Paintball Field, Bangkok, Thailand
7–9 November 2014	2014 Paintball World Cup Asia	Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre, Langkawi, Malaysia

Dates and venues are recorded in the PBLeagues event information.[2][3]

Round winners

The following teams won the individual tournament divisions.[4][5]

Event	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Mechanical Division 4
Thailand	Aisawan	EPC HePMhA	SPEED Overshoot	—
World Cup Asia	Aisawan	SPEED Aisawan	Virgin Aisawan	G-Army Langkawi

New Zealand: SAPC pathway

Endorsement and competition

The South Auckland Paintball Club organised its 2014 Open and Novice series at Asylum Paintball in Auckland. Its published series information recorded endorsement from the heads of PALS/APPBF and Millennium Series/EPBF.[7]

SAPC advertised its Open competition for PALS Divisions 1–3 and its Novice competition for Division 4. The formats were five-player Race to 4 for Open and Race to 1 for Novice, using PALS/APPBF rules.[7]

Sponsored World Cup Asia entry

On 26 January 2014, Michael Earley, publishing as MikeE, announced that the SAPC Open Series winners would receive free entry into Division 2 at World Cup Asia in Langkawi. PALS sponsored the entry fee and Asylum Paintball sponsored accommodation.[8]

The club's end-of-season report reconfirmed the sponsored entry and accommodation. The statement, signed by SAPC president Vitaly V. Miheev on 27 September and published on 30 September 2014, also announced that the president would serve as an official tournament coordinator at World Cup Asia.[9]

These records document an endorsed domestic competition and sponsored pathway to World Cup Asia, separate from the international rounds. They do not establish the winning team's eventual attendance or results.[7][8][9]

Season standings

The PBLeagues standings specify that only the highest event score counts in Divisions 1–3. Lower event scores are marked as dropped.[1]

For example, Xtioneer's 85 points from Bangkok counted towards its Division 1 total, while its 20 points from World Cup Asia were dropped.[1]

Division 1

The complete published Division 1 standings are shown below.[1]

Position	Team	Bangkok points	World Cup Asia points	Counted total
1	Aisawan	100	100	100
2	STK	70	90	90
3	Xtioneer	85	20	85
4	Datis	10	80	80
5	Raskal Malaysia	55	70	70
6	Nemesis Legion	—	60	60
7	Beez Waxers	—	50	50
8	Hellbourne	40	40	40
9	East Side Raw	—	30	30
10	Demonic	25	—	25
11	Lost Boyz	—	10	10

Division 2

The leading five teams in the published Division 2 standings were as follows.[1]

Position	Team	Bangkok points	World Cup Asia points	Counted total
1	SPEED Aisawan	70	100	100
2	EPC HePMhA	100	—	100
3	Unknown	—	95.5	95.5
4	Republik CMX	—	91	91
5	Duckside	—	86.5	86.5

SPEED Aisawan and EPC HePMhA both had counted totals of 100 points; PBLeagues lists them first and second respectively.[1]

Division 3

The leading five teams in the published Division 3 standings were as follows.[1]

Position	Team	Bangkok points	World Cup Asia points	Counted total
1	Virgin Aisawan	85	100	100
2	SPEED Overshoot	100	94.71	100
3	MPPP Jokerz	—	97.35	97.35
4	Imperia	25	92.06	92.06
5	Ariyaman Ladies	—	89.41	89.41

Virgin Aisawan and SPEED Overshoot both had counted totals of 100 points; PBLeagues lists them first and second respectively.[1]

Other categories

The season rankings also contain Mechanical Division 4 and Open X-Ball tables, each with results from World Cup Asia only. G-Army Langkawi headed Mechanical Division 4, while France headed the national-team Open X-Ball table.[1]

Paintball World Cup Asia

Thai teams won Divisions 1, 2 and 3 at the Langkawi event. The following final scores are recorded in the tournament schedule.[6]

Category	Winning team	Final score	Runner-up
Division 1	Aisawan	2–1	STK
Division 2	SPEED Aisawan	3–0	Unknown
Division 3	Virgin Aisawan	2–1	MPPP Jokerz
Open X-Ball	France	4–1	United States

See also

• Paintball Asia League Series
• 2013 Paintball Asia League Series
• 2015 Paintball Asia League Series
• South Auckland Paintball Club
• Asylum Paintball
• Paintball in Malaysia
• Paintball in Thailand
• Paintball in New Zealand

References

1. 2014 Season Rankings: Paintball Asia League Series, PBLeagues. Published standings, event points, dropped scores and counted totals.
2. PALS 2014 Leg 1 – Bangkok: Event information, PBLeagues, 28–30 March 2014.
3. Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Event information, PBLeagues, 7–9 November 2014.
4. PALS 2014 Leg 1 – Bangkok: Places, PBLeagues, divisional placings.
5. Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Places, PBLeagues, divisional and national-team placings.
6. Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Schedule and recorded scores, PBLeagues, 7–9 November 2014.
7. 2014 SAPC Open + Novice Series, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, archived club website. PALS classifications, formats, endorsement and series prizes.
8. SAPC Inc – Sending Kiwis to Paintball World Cup Asia 2014, Michael Earley, published as MikeE, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, 26 January 2014.
9. 2014 End of Season Round Up, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, published 30 September 2014. Statement signed Vitaly V. Miheev, SAPC President, 27 September 2014.