Malaysian X-Ball League
The Malaysian X-Ball League (MXBL) is a tournament paintball league in Malaysia. Its documented events include multi-round competitions at Canyon Paintball in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.[1]
MXBL competition is documented from January 2020. Later records include a completed 2023 season and events in 2024, 2025 and 2026.[1][2][3]
History
Early records
PBLeagues records an event titled MXBL 2019 on 11 January 2020 in Petaling Jaya. Duckside Aisawan won its Division 1 competition, finishing first among six teams.[1][2]
The database also lists an MXBL event on 8 February 2020, a Division 2 event on 13 September, and a combined Division 1 and Division 3 event on 27 September.[1]
On 2 October 2023, Canyon Paintball published a message marking the completion of that year's Malaysian X-Ball League season and announcing preparations for 2024.[3]
2024 season
Main article: 2024 Malaysian X-Ball League
The 2024 season comprised three rounds at Canyon Paintball, held on 27–28 April, 27–28 July and 19–20 October.[1]
Competition included Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. Kamikaze Kings won Division 2 at both the second and third rounds.[4][5]
2025 season
Main article: 2025 Malaysian X-Ball League
Three Malaysian rounds were held at Canyon Paintball on 26–27 April, 9–10 August and 25–26 October 2025.[6][7][8]
The opening and third rounds advertised Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. The second round listed Division 2 and Division 3.[6][7][8]
2026 season
Main article: 2026 Malaysian X-Ball League
Documented rounds took place at Canyon Paintball on 25–26 April and 22–23 August 2026. Both featured Division 2 and Division 3.[9][10]
SSG won Division 2 at the opening event, while Canyon Assassins won the second round. Division 3 winners were YaZvezda Light and RVG respectively.[11][12]
Season articles
| Season | Documented Malaysian rounds |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Three |
| 2025 | Three |
| 2026 | Two |
Competition format
MXBL uses timed X-Ball competition with divisional mercy limits. Published formats vary by year and event.
| Events | Division | Advertised match time | Mercy limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 rounds offering Division 1 | Division 1 | 12 minutes | 5 |
| 2025 rounds and 2026 Leg 1 | Division 2 | 10 minutes | 4 |
| 2025 rounds and 2026 Leg 1 | Division 3 | 8 minutes | 3 |
| 2026 Leg 2 | Division 2 | 12 minutes | 4 |
| 2026 Leg 2 | Division 3 | 10 minutes | 3 |
These formats are recorded in the individual event listings.[6][7][8][9][10]
Links with other competitions
PBLeagues groups the NXL Asia events held in 2018 and 2019 within the same league archive as later MXBL events. The MXBL event listings also publish a contact address using the nxlasia.my domain.[1][6]
The archive includes TXBL Pattaya 2025, held in Thailand on 21–23 February, alongside the three Malaysian rounds.[1] Its inclusion in that archive does not establish whether the Thai event contributed to Malaysian championship standings.
See also
- NXL Asia
- 2019 NXL Asia
- Canyon Paintball
- Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
- Malaysian National Paintball League
- Paintball in Malaysia
References
- Malaysian X Ball League: league archive, PBLeagues. Event listings for NXL Asia and MXBL.
- Duckside: team competition record, PBLeagues. Records Duckside Aisawan's Division 1 victory at the event titled MXBL 2019, held on 11 January 2020.
- Canyon Paintball Malaysia: public post archive, LocalGymsAndFitness. Reproduces Canyon Paintball's season-completion announcement dated 2 October 2023.
- MXBL Leg 2 2024: rankings, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 3 2024: rankings, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 1 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 2 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 3 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 1 2026: event information, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 2 2026: event information, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 1 2026: rankings, PBLeagues.
- MXBL Leg 2 2026: rankings, PBLeagues. The retrieved page displays final divisional rankings.