2019 NXL Asia

The 2019 NXL Asia season was a three-round paintball competition held in Malaysia between April and October 2019. The season concluded at Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru.[1][2][3]

Duckside Aisawan won the overall Open championship, Republik CMX won Amateur and EJPC Jr won Mechanical Open.[4]

Events

Round	Dates	Venue
Leg 1	26–28 April 2019	Listed by PBLeagues as 1 Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya; Canyon Paintball's media archive identifies Melaka
Leg 2	26–28 July 2019	Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Negeri Pulau Pinang, Gelugor, Penang
Leg 3	25–27 October 2019	Taman Daya Hockey Stadium, Johor Bahru

Dates and venue listings are preserved in the original PBLeagues event records.[1][2][3] The opening round's location remains disputed because Canyon Paintball labels its first-round media coverage as Melaka.[5]

Competition

All three rounds included Open X-Ball, Amateur X-Ball, Mechanical Open, Open ten-player, Open three-player and Mechanical Beginner three-player competitions.[1][2][3]

Open X-Ball used race-to-four with ten-minute matches. Amateur X-Ball used race-to-four with eight-minute matches. Mechanical Open was listed with seven-minute matches and a three-point mercy limit.[1][2][3]

Division entries

The published event classifications contain the following numbers of entries. These are division entries rather than counts of distinct clubs or players.[6][7][8]

Division	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
Open X-Ball	10	9	10
Amateur X-Ball	18	10	19
Mechanical Open	6	6	8
Open ten-player	9	7	9
Open three-player	6	8	14
Mechanical Beginner three-player	8	8	9
Total	57	48	69

Event winners

Division	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
Open X-Ball	Duckside Aisawan	Duckside Aisawan	Waxers Legion
Amateur X-Ball	Legends	Imperia	Anarki Legion
Mechanical Open	EJPC Jr	EJPC Jr	EJPC Jr
Open ten-player	Duckside X Aisawan	Riot Crew Extreme	OSB
Open three-player	Canyon Wise Folks	Anything Lah	Conflicting records
Mechanical Beginner three-player	Red Bullet	Duplicate first places in published record	FaveX

Event winners are recorded in PBLeagues, subject to the discrepancies described below.[6][7][8]

Results discrepancies

The second round's Mechanical Beginner record assigns first place to both HeadHunters and Thunder without explaining the duplicate positions.[7]

For the final round's Open three-player competition, the contemporary results graphic names Cranberries as champions, followed by Anything Lah, Canyon Wise Folks and Satu.[4] PBLeagues instead lists Annex first, Anything Lah second, BAD s third and Canyon Wise Folks fourth, with Cranberries fifth and Satu ninth.[8]

Overall champions

The results graphic published with the contemporary final-round report separately identifies the following season champions.[4]

Division	Overall champion
Open	Duckside Aisawan
Amateur	Republik CMX
Mechanical Open	EJPC Jr

EJPC Jr also won Mechanical Open at all three rounds.[6][7][8]

PBLeagues' surviving 2019 season standings page contains division headings and columns for the first two rounds, but no populated team rankings or points totals.[9]

Johor Bahru finale

The final round was organised by NXL Asia with support from COUGARS, a Johor Bahru sports and recreation organisation.[4]

A contemporary report described approximately seventy participating teams. PBLeagues records 69 division entries. The report attributed participation from Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and India to information supplied by the organisers.[4][8]

Waxers Legion won the Open event ahead of Riot Crew and Duckside Aisawan. Anarki Legion won Amateur ahead of Hor Hor and Kejahatan Aisawan. EJPC Jr won Mechanical Open ahead of CMX Hamoon and Naughty Frogs.[4][8]

See also

• NXL Asia
• 2018 NXL Asia
• 2019 NXL Asia Leg 1
• 2019 NXL Asia Leg 2
• 2019 NXL Asia Leg 3
• Paintball in Malaysia

References

1. NXLASIA Leg 1 of 3: event information, PBLeagues.
2. NXLASIA Leg 2 of 3: event information, PBLeagues.
3. NXLASIA Leg 3 of 3: event information, PBLeagues.
4. NXL ASIA Paintball JB Tournament Leg 3 of 3 Successfully Held, Jomtaralets, 30 October 2019. Contemporary report containing final-round results and overall champions.
5. NXL Asia, Canyon Paintball. Historical media archive identifying first-round coverage as Melaka.
6. NXLASIA Leg 1 of 3: places, PBLeagues.
7. NXLASIA Leg 2 of 3: places, PBLeagues.
8. NXLASIA Leg 3 of 3: places, PBLeagues.
9. 2019 season rankings, PBLeagues. Surviving page without populated team rankings or points totals.