2018 NXL Chicago Open

The 2018 NXL Chicago Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 14 to 16 September 2018 at Chicago Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, Illinois, United States. It was the fourth event on the league's United States national calendar.[1]

Moscow Red Legion won the professional tournament, defeating Los Angeles Ironmen 5–2 in the final. San Diego Aftermath won Semi-Pro, its third victory in that division during the season.[2][3]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 West 147th Street, Oak Forest, from Friday, 14 September, to Sunday, 16 September 2018.[1]

Competition formats

The 20-team professional division was advertised as 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Pro and Division 2 used 15-minute games with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute games with a four-point mercy rule.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside Open Mechanical five-player. These competitions were listed with five-minute game times.[1]

Open and Amateur ten-player divisions had ten-minute game times. Open and Amateur three-player divisions had three-minute game times. No two-player or pump competition appears in the event's registration or final results records.[1][4]

Professional competition

Moscow Red Legion won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating Los Angeles Infamous, P.C. Katana and Seattle Thunder, while losing 5–3 to San Diego Dynasty.[2]

Red Legion then defeated San Antonio X-Factor 4–3 in the quarter-finals and Houston Heat 6–1 in the semi-finals. In the final, Red Legion defeated Los Angeles Ironmen 5–2.[2]

Contemporary coverage published by Paintball Ruined My Life on 17 September confirmed Red Legion's professional victory and Aftermath's Semi-Pro win.[3]

Round	Opponent	Red Legion's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Los Angeles Infamous	7	5
Preliminary	P.C. Katana	5	4
Preliminary	Seattle Thunder	7	1
Preliminary	San Diego Dynasty	3	5
Quarter-final	San Antonio X-Factor	4	3
Semi-final	Houston Heat	6	1
Final	Los Angeles Ironmen	5	2

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 13 competitions. Open Mechanical five-player had three teams.[4]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Moscow Red Legion	Los Angeles Ironmen	Houston Heat	Baltimore Revo
Semi-Pro	San Diego Aftermath	Baltimore Nasty	Indianapolis Mutiny	Royal City Seadogs
Division 2	Camp Pendleton Raiders	Capital Edge DMG	Preferred mob	Louisville Xtreme
Division 3	Blastcamp Revolution	Scumdogs	NRG Elite Alpha	Padres
Division 4	PaintballFIT.com	Noobies	TCP Factory	REVO 3

Five-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Veteran Militia	412 KREW	JUNGLE CATS	POSTAL
Division 4	Thunderstruck	Chicago Damage Inc.	Brofessionals	Whiteout II
Division 5	Austin Chaos D5	MW Triumph	Warped HQ	Extreme Stingerz
Open Mechanical	Steve the Pirates Wrecking Crew	Scorpions	SOS	—

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	FCK Cancer Allstarz	Washington Winstons	Beer League Paintball	Gunfighters
Amateur	GOATMOB	Struggle Paintball	Cincinnati Devastation	Midwest Bandits

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	CD3 BSB	Casino Royale	Wild Dogs	Death Stalkers
Amateur	Destiny X	N J Jesters	Seattle Ninjas 69	Seattle Ninjas Black

Subsequent event

The final event on the United States national calendar was the 2018 NXL World Cup, scheduled for 8–11 November in Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

References