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The '''2026 NXL Mid-Atlantic Open''' was the second tournament of the 2026 [[National Xball League]] United States season. It took place from '''30 April–3 May 2026''' on grass property outside Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. [1][2]
The '''2026 NXL Mid-Atlantic Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] paintball tournament held from '''30 April to 3 May 2026''' at '''Dover Motor Speedway''' in Dover, Delaware. It featured professional and divisional Xball, professional three-player conference competitions, the MLPB Cup, an All-Star game and amateur and classic-format divisions.[1][2]


[[Tampa Bay Damage]] won professional five-player X-Ball, defeating [[Edmonton Impact]] 7–1 in the final. Royal City Seadogs won the East professional three-player conference, while Impact won the West conference. Damage also finished first in the separately recorded MLPB Cup three-player competition. [3][4]
[[Tampa Bay Damage]] won the professional five-player competition and the separately classified MLPB Cup. [[Royal City Seadogs]] and [[Edmonton Impact]] won the East and West professional three-player competitions respectively.[2][3]


== Venue and schedule ==
== Venue and programme ==
The tournament venue was Dover Motor Speedway, with the event address listed as 1201 Persimmon Tree Lane, Dover, Delaware. The playing fields occupied grass property outside the speedway. [1][2]


Thursday, 30 April, included professional three-player competition, team practices and an NXL All-Star match. The main five-player X-Ball tournament ran from Friday, 1 May, to Sunday, 3 May. [1][2]
The tournament was held at Dover Motor Speedway, with the event address listed as 1201 Persimmon Tree Lane, Dover, Delaware.[1]


The event programme also included a trade show and a Laps for Charity activity at the speedway on Saturday, 2 May. [2]
Thursday's programme included professional three-player Xball, the MLPB Cup, amateur three-player Xball and the NXL All-Star game. Professional five-player, Semi-Pro and Divisions 2–4 Xball were listed for Friday to Sunday, with Division 5 Xball scheduled for Friday and Saturday.[1]
 
Classic five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, classic seven-player for Saturday and amateur ten-player for Sunday. Additional five-player and three-player divisions competed during the weekend.[1]


== Formats ==
== Formats ==
Completed categories included professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–5 X-Ball; East and West professional three-player X-Ball; the MLPB Cup; Amateur three-player X-Ball; conventional divisional and women's five-player competition; Amateur, Intermediate and Novice three-player competition; Classic Open five-player and seven-player competition; and Amateur ten-player competition. [1][3]


The published registration settings listed:
{| class="wikitable"
* Professional five-player X-Ball: 15 minutes with a six-point mercy rule.
! Division or format
* Semi-Pro and Division 2 X-Ball: 15 minutes with a five-point mercy rule.
! Published playing conditions
* Division 3 and Division 4 X-Ball: 12 minutes with a four-point mercy rule.
|-
* Division 5 X-Ball: ten minutes with a three-point mercy rule.
| Professional five-player Xball
* Professional three-player X-Ball: 12 minutes with a five-point mercy rule.
| 15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
* Amateur three-player X-Ball: six minutes with a three-point mercy rule. [1]
|-
| Semi-Pro and Division 2 Xball
| 15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
|-
| Divisions 3–4 Xball
| 12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
|-
| Division 5 Xball
| 10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
|-
| Professional three-player Xball
| 12-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
|-
| MLPB Cup
| 12-minute three-player Xball
|-
| Amateur three-player Xball
| Six-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
|-
| All-Star game
| 20-minute Xball
|-
| Five-player
| Five-minute games
|-
| Classic seven-player
| Seven-minute games
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| Ten-minute games
|-
| Conventional three-player
| Three-minute games
|}
 
Source: official event registration.[1]


== Professional five-player X-Ball ==
== Professional five-player competition ==
Twenty teams entered professional X-Ball, with ten advancing from the preliminary stage. [1][4]


Tampa Bay Damage defeated CK Hurricanes 3–1 in the quarter-finals and Red Legion 4–3 in the semi-finals. Edmonton Impact advanced through the opening knockout round with a 5–1 victory over Seattle Uprising, then defeated Los Angeles Ironmen 3–2 and PaintballFIT 4–1. [4]
Twenty teams contested professional Xball. Ten advanced from the preliminary round, with the top two teams from each bracket qualifying alongside two wildcards.[3]


Damage won the final 7–1. [4]
Tampa Bay Damage defeated CK Hurricanes 3–1 in the quarter-finals and Red Legion 4–3 in the semi-finals. Edmonton Impact reached the final through victories over Seattle Uprising, Los Angeles Ironmen and PaintballFIT.[3]
 
Damage defeated Impact '''7–1''' in the final.[3]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Opponent
! Position
! Team
|-
|-
| Opening knockout round || TonTon Arsenal || 6–0 || Perris ASG Aftermath
| 1
| [[Tampa Bay Damage]]
|-
|-
| Opening knockout round || Edmonton Impact || 5–1 || Seattle Uprising
| 2
| [[Edmonton Impact]]
|-
|-
| Quarter-final || Red Legion || 7–1 || TonTon Arsenal
| 3
| [[Red Legion]]
|-
|-
| Quarter-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 3–1 || CK Hurricanes
| 4
| [[PaintballFIT]]
|}
 
Source: official final rankings.[2]
 
=== Professional playoff results ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Winners
! Score
! Opponents
|-
|-
| Quarter-final || Edmonton Impact || 3–2 || Los Angeles Ironmen
| Semi-final
| Tampa Bay Damage
| 4–3
| Red Legion
|-
|-
| Quarter-final || PaintballFIT || 4–3 || San Diego Dynasty
| Semi-final
| Edmonton Impact
| 4–1
| PaintballFIT
|-
|-
| Semi-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 4–3 || Red Legion
| Final
| Tampa Bay Damage
| 7–1
| Edmonton Impact
|}
 
Source: official scores.[3]
 
== Professional three-player competition ==
 
The event held separate East and West professional three-player competitions. Bracket winners advanced to the semi-finals.[3]
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Conference
! Winners
! Final score
! Runners-up
|-
|-
| Semi-final || Edmonton Impact || 4–1 || PaintballFIT
| East
| Royal City Seadogs
| 7–2
| Orlando Red Legion
|-
|-
| Final || Tampa Bay Damage || 7–1 || Edmonton Impact
| West
| Edmonton Impact
| 3–2
| Los Angeles Ironmen
|}
|}
Source: PBLeagues match results. [4]


== Professional three-player X-Ball ==
Source: official playoff brackets.[3]
Twenty-four teams entered professional three-player X-Ball, divided equally between East and West conferences. Each conference produced its own champion. [1][3]
 
These conference results were separate from the MLPB Cup division.[1][2]
 
== MLPB Cup ==
 
The '''MLPB Cup''' was registered within the Mid-Atlantic Open as a four-team three-player Xball competition with a 12-minute match format.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Conference !! Champion !! Final score !! Runner-up
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| 2
| San Antonio X-Factor
|-
|-
| East || Royal City Seadogs || 7–2 || Orlando Red Legion
| 3
| Edmonton Impact
|-
|-
| West || Edmonton Impact || 3–2 || Los Angeles Ironmen
| 4
| Royal City Seadogs
|}
|}
Source: PBLeagues match results. [4]


=== MLPB Cup ===
Source: official MLPB Cup rankings.[2]
The event records separately listed a four-team MLPB Cup three-player X-Ball competition. Tampa Bay Damage finished first, followed by San Antonio X-Factor, Edmonton Impact and Royal City Seadogs. These placings were separate from the East and West conference championships. [1][3]
 
=== Television coverage ===


== Women's competition ==
ESPN's programming announcement included a programme titled '''Pro Paintball 3v3 National Championship''' in its ESPN8: The Ocho schedule for 8 August 2026.[4]
Women's competition was held in the conventional WNXL five-player category. Sparrows finished first, TCP Diamond Machine second and NJ High Rollers third. The event's registration and final results did not list professional WNXL X-Ball or WNXL three-player X-Ball categories. [1][3]
 
Contemporary paintball coverage identified Dover Motor Speedway as the venue and advertised a championship matchup between Tampa Bay Damage and San Antonio X-Factor.[5]
 
The August television listing should be distinguished from the tournament's April–May competition dates.[1][4]
 
== All-Star game ==
 
The event included an NXL All-Star game on Thursday, 30 April. NXL All-Stars East finished first, ahead of NXL All-Stars West.[1][2]
 
== Divisional and classic results ==


== Divisional results ==
The following table records the winners of the remaining divisions listed in the official final results.
The following table lists the winners in every other completed tournament category. [3]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Category !! Winner
! Division
! Winners
|-
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || Blast Camp
| Semi-Pro Xball
| Blast Camp
|-
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || AG Knights
| Division 2 Xball
| AG Knights
|-
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || Legacy Gorillas
| Division 3 Xball
| Legacy Gorillas
|-
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || New Jersey Filthy 4
| Division 4 Xball
| New Jersey Filthy 4
|-
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball || New Jersey Filthy 5
| Division 5 Xball
| New Jersey Filthy 5
|-
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Papeletto
| Division 3 five-player
| Papeletto
|-
|-
| Division 4 five-player || INTENT
| Division 4 five-player
| INTENT
|-
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Ragtags
| Division 5 five-player
| Ragtags
|-
|-
| Amateur ten-player || MB55
| WNXL five-player
| Sparrows
|-
|-
| Classic Open seven-player || Team Smoke
| Classic Open five-player
| Image
|-
|-
| Classic Open five-player || Image
| Classic Open seven-player
| Team Smoke
|-
|-
| Amateur three-player X-Ball || Team Smoke
| Amateur ten-player
| MB55
|-
|-
| Amateur three-player || Shitters
| Amateur three-player Xball
| Team Smoke
|-
|-
| Intermediate three-player || ThunderCats
| Amateur three-player
| Shitters
|-
|-
| Novice three-player || NJ CRASH
| Intermediate three-player
| ThunderCats
|-
| Novice three-player
| NJ CRASH
|}
|}


Blast Camp defeated Preferred mob 3–1 in the Semi-Pro final. [4]
Source: official final rankings.[2]


== All-Star competition ==
== Women's competition ==
An NXL All-Star X-Ball match between East and West teams formed part of the Thursday programme. The registration information listed a 20-minute match. [1][2]
 
The event's women's competition was the WNXL five-player division. Sparrows finished first, TCP Diamond Machine second and NJ High Rollers third.[2]
 
Professional WNXL five-player Xball was not listed among the event's registered divisions.[1]


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Major League Paintball]]
* [[2026 NXL season]]
* [[2026 WNXL season]]
* [[2026 NXL Tampa Bay Open]]
* [[2026 NXL Tampa Bay Open]]
* [[2026 NXL Midwest Open]]
* [[2026 NXL Midwest Open]]


== References ==
== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/info PBLeagues – Mid-Atlantic Open: dates, Dover venue, entries and formats, 30 April–3 May 2026.]
 
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/mid-atlantic-open National Xball League – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open: venue description and event programme.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/info PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open: dates, venue, programme, divisions and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/rankings PBLeagues – Mid-Atlantic Open: final divisional, conference and MLPB Cup placings, 2026.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/rankings PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open final rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/scores PBLeagues – Mid-Atlantic Open: match results and knockout brackets, 2026.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/scores PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open scores and playoff brackets.]
# [https://espnpressroom.com/press-release/espn8-the-ocho-returns-for-its-10th-anniversary-august-6-9/ ESPN Press Room – ESPN8: The Ocho returns for its 10th Anniversary August 6–9, 20 July 2026.]
# [https://skullmonkeyspb.com/blog/mlpb-3-man-paintball-espn-2026 Skull Monkeys Paintball – 2026 MLPB Pro 3v3 National Championship on ESPN, 4 August 2026.]


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/mid-atlantic-open Official event page]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/rankings Complete final placings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/scores Match results]


[[Category:National Xball League events]]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/info Official event information]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/rankings Official final rankings]
[[Category:Paintball in Delaware]]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/9319/scores Official match results]
[[Category:2020s in American paintball]]
 
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[[Category:2026 in paintball]]
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 2 November 2026

The 2026 NXL Mid-Atlantic Open was a National Xball League paintball tournament held from 30 April to 3 May 2026 at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. It featured professional and divisional Xball, professional three-player conference competitions, the MLPB Cup, an All-Star game and amateur and classic-format divisions.[1][2]

Tampa Bay Damage won the professional five-player competition and the separately classified MLPB Cup. Royal City Seadogs and Edmonton Impact won the East and West professional three-player competitions respectively.[2][3]

Venue and programme

[edit]

The tournament was held at Dover Motor Speedway, with the event address listed as 1201 Persimmon Tree Lane, Dover, Delaware.[1]

Thursday's programme included professional three-player Xball, the MLPB Cup, amateur three-player Xball and the NXL All-Star game. Professional five-player, Semi-Pro and Divisions 2–4 Xball were listed for Friday to Sunday, with Division 5 Xball scheduled for Friday and Saturday.[1]

Classic five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, classic seven-player for Saturday and amateur ten-player for Sunday. Additional five-player and three-player divisions competed during the weekend.[1]

Formats

[edit]
Division or format Published playing conditions
Professional five-player Xball 15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
Semi-Pro and Division 2 Xball 15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
Divisions 3–4 Xball 12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
Division 5 Xball 10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
Professional three-player Xball 12-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
MLPB Cup 12-minute three-player Xball
Amateur three-player Xball Six-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
All-Star game 20-minute Xball
Five-player Five-minute games
Classic seven-player Seven-minute games
Amateur ten-player Ten-minute games
Conventional three-player Three-minute games

Source: official event registration.[1]

Professional five-player competition

[edit]

Twenty teams contested professional Xball. Ten advanced from the preliminary round, with the top two teams from each bracket qualifying alongside two wildcards.[3]

Tampa Bay Damage defeated CK Hurricanes 3–1 in the quarter-finals and Red Legion 4–3 in the semi-finals. Edmonton Impact reached the final through victories over Seattle Uprising, Los Angeles Ironmen and PaintballFIT.[3]

Damage defeated Impact 7–1 in the final.[3]

Position Team
1 Tampa Bay Damage
2 Edmonton Impact
3 Red Legion
4 PaintballFIT

Source: official final rankings.[2]

Professional playoff results

[edit]
Round Winners Score Opponents
Semi-final Tampa Bay Damage 4–3 Red Legion
Semi-final Edmonton Impact 4–1 PaintballFIT
Final Tampa Bay Damage 7–1 Edmonton Impact

Source: official scores.[3]

Professional three-player competition

[edit]

The event held separate East and West professional three-player competitions. Bracket winners advanced to the semi-finals.[3]

Conference Winners Final score Runners-up
East Royal City Seadogs 7–2 Orlando Red Legion
West Edmonton Impact 3–2 Los Angeles Ironmen

Source: official playoff brackets.[3]

These conference results were separate from the MLPB Cup division.[1][2]

MLPB Cup

[edit]

The MLPB Cup was registered within the Mid-Atlantic Open as a four-team three-player Xball competition with a 12-minute match format.[1]

Position Team
1 Tampa Bay Damage
2 San Antonio X-Factor
3 Edmonton Impact
4 Royal City Seadogs

Source: official MLPB Cup rankings.[2]

Television coverage

[edit]

ESPN's programming announcement included a programme titled Pro Paintball 3v3 National Championship in its ESPN8: The Ocho schedule for 8 August 2026.[4]

Contemporary paintball coverage identified Dover Motor Speedway as the venue and advertised a championship matchup between Tampa Bay Damage and San Antonio X-Factor.[5]

The August television listing should be distinguished from the tournament's April–May competition dates.[1][4]

All-Star game

[edit]

The event included an NXL All-Star game on Thursday, 30 April. NXL All-Stars East finished first, ahead of NXL All-Stars West.[1][2]

Divisional and classic results

[edit]

The following table records the winners of the remaining divisions listed in the official final results.

Division Winners
Semi-Pro Xball Blast Camp
Division 2 Xball AG Knights
Division 3 Xball Legacy Gorillas
Division 4 Xball New Jersey Filthy 4
Division 5 Xball New Jersey Filthy 5
Division 3 five-player Papeletto
Division 4 five-player INTENT
Division 5 five-player Ragtags
WNXL five-player Sparrows
Classic Open five-player Image
Classic Open seven-player Team Smoke
Amateur ten-player MB55
Amateur three-player Xball Team Smoke
Amateur three-player Shitters
Intermediate three-player ThunderCats
Novice three-player NJ CRASH

Source: official final rankings.[2]

Women's competition

[edit]

The event's women's competition was the WNXL five-player division. Sparrows finished first, TCP Diamond Machine second and NJ High Rollers third.[2]

Professional WNXL five-player Xball was not listed among the event's registered divisions.[1]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open: dates, venue, programme, divisions and formats.
  2. PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open final rankings.
  3. PBLeagues – 2026 Mid-Atlantic Open scores and playoff brackets.
  4. ESPN Press Room – ESPN8: The Ocho returns for its 10th Anniversary August 6–9, 20 July 2026.
  5. Skull Monkeys Paintball – 2026 MLPB Pro 3v3 National Championship on ESPN, 4 August 2026.
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