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][2]

MXBL competition is documented from January 2020. Later records include a completed 2023 season and events in 2024, 2025 and 2026.[1][3][4]

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][3]

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.[4]

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]

Waxers Legion finished first in the Division 1 season standings with 201 points. Kamikaze Kings won Division 2 with 293.08 points, while Sausages won Division 3 with 277.41 points.[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]

Canyon Wise Guys won both Division 1 rounds and finished first overall with 200 points. SSG won Division 2 with 234 points, while Unknown X won Division 3 with 263.08 points.[9]

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.[10][11]

SSG won Division 2 at the opening event, while Canyon Assassins won the second round. Division 3 winners were YaZvezda Light and RVG respectively.[12][13]

Season winners

The following teams finished first in the published PBLeagues season standings.[5][9]

Season	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
2024	Waxers Legion	Kamikaze Kings	Sausages
2025	Canyon Wise Guys	SSG	Unknown X

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][10][11]

Links with other competitions

PBLeagues groups the NXL Asia events held in 2018 and 2019 within the same league archive as later MXBL events. MXBL event information also publishes a contact address using the nxlasia.my domain.[1][2]

The archive includes TXBL Pattaya 2025, held in Thailand on 21–23 February.[1] The published 2025 MXBL season standings calculate totals from the three Malaysian rounds.[9]

References

Malaysian X Ball League: league archive, PBLeagues.
MXBL: Malaysia X Ball League 2025 Leg 1, MalaysiaPB.
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.
2024 season rankings: Malaysian X Ball League, PBLeagues.
MXBL Leg 1 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
MXBL Leg 2 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
MXBL Leg 3 2025: event information, PBLeagues.
2025 season rankings: Malaysian X Ball League, 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.

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