2024 NXL World Cup

The 2024 NXL World Cup was the final tournament of the 2024 National Xball League season, held in Kissimmee, Florida, from 6 to 10 November 2024. The event included professional and divisional X-Ball, women's competition, classic formats, youth competition and the Commander Cup.[1]

PaintballFIT won the professional World Cup, defeating Edmonton Impact 3–2 in the final. Red Legion finished first in the professional season standings. The Heroines won both the women's professional World Cup and the WNXL season championship.[2][3]

Dates and venue

The published event dates were 6–10 November 2024. The tournament site was listed at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

Professional, WNXL and divisional X-Ball competition was scheduled from Thursday, 7 November, to Sunday, 10 November, with other formats operating on shorter schedules within the event.[1]

Formats and Champions Cup

Professional X-Ball used 15-minute matches with a six-point mercy rule. WNXL, Semi-Professional and Division 2 used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule, while Division 5 and Masters used ten-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule.[1]

The professional field comprised 24 teams. Red Legion, San Antonio X-Factor, Houston Heat and SCALP formed the four-team championship bracket and qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The other 20 teams contested four preliminary brackets, with the top two from each advancing to an elimination round that supplied the remaining four quarter-finalists.[4]

Semi-Professional and Divisions 2–5 also had four-team championship brackets whose members qualified directly for their respective quarter-finals.[4]

The World Cup event championship was distinct from the season championship. World Cup awarded double ranking points, and the professional season standings incorporated all four preceding majors and World Cup.[3][5]

Professional competition

PaintballFIT advanced from the preliminary round with three wins and one defeat. In the elimination rounds, the team defeated Tampa Bay Damage 5–1, Red Legion 5–4 and ac DIESEL 7–2.[2]

Edmonton Impact reached the final by defeating Seattle Uprising 3–2, San Antonio X-Factor 6–2 and San Diego Dynasty 4–2. PaintballFIT won the final 3–2.[2]

The official placings put ac DIESEL third, San Diego Dynasty fourth and Red Legion fifth.[6]

Women's competition

Eleven teams contested WNXL X-Ball. Six advanced from the preliminary round, with the two bracket winners receiving byes to the semi-finals.[4]

The Heroines defeated Cheetahs 3–1 in the semi-finals, while Dallas Vibe beat FEMMES FATALE 3–2. The Heroines then defeated Dallas Vibe 3–2 in the final.[2]

The Heroines also secured the WNXL season championship with 393 points, ahead of Dallas Vibe on 382 and Cheetahs on 372.[3]

Dallas Dolls won WNXL Amateur five-player competition, while BR GIRLZ won the women's three-player category.[6]

Event results

The following table records the winner of every category included in the event's published final placings.[6]

Competition	Winner
Professional X-Ball	PaintballFIT
WNXL X-Ball	The Heroines
Semi-Professional X-Ball	Royal City Seadogs
Division 2 X-Ball	BR Factory
Division 3 X-Ball	Raleigh Razorbacks
Division 4 X-Ball	Stormy Rebels
Division 5 X-Ball	TPP Factory
Masters X-Ball	Aftershock
Commander Cup X-Ball	Air Force
WNXL Amateur five-player	Dallas Dolls
Division 3 five-player	Veteran Militia Zulu
Division 4 five-player	Panda Express Elite
Division 5 five-player	Orlando Invaders
Youth five-player	Hydra Kidz
Classic Mounds Open five-player	Image
Classic Mounds Open seven-player	Aftershock
Classic Mounds Open ten-player	Rushers
Amateur ten-player	Seattle Crusaders
Women's three-player	BR GIRLZ
Open three-player	PTN
Amateur three-player	Gulf Coast Ragtag
Intermediate three-player	Outlaw AP Green
Novice three-player	Smoke IV
Youth three-player	Fearsome Five

College X-Ball appeared in the registration programme, but no corresponding result was included in the published final placings.[1][6]

Season championships

Red Legion won the professional season championship with 1,046 points, ahead of San Antonio X-Factor on 913 and Edmonton Impact on 906. World Cup winner PaintballFIT finished sixth overall with 802 points.[3]

The principal divisional season champions were:[3]

Division	Season champion	Points
WNXL X-Ball	The Heroines	393
Semi-Professional X-Ball	Leverage	568
Division 2 X-Ball	BR Factory	485
Division 3 X-Ball	Dynamic	385
Division 4 X-Ball	Avid Factory	373
Division 5 X-Ball	TPP Factory	300
WNXL Amateur five-player	Sacramento Storm	486
Division 3 five-player	Papeletto	379
Division 4 five-player	Bricktown Bucks - Stick Up Kids	351
Division 5 five-player	PBGateway 2	288
Youth five-player	Hydra Kidz	300
Amateur ten-player	Maple Leaf Chiefs	388
Classic five-player	Aftershock	379
Classic seven-player	Aftershock	393
Women's three-player	Tiki's Ohana Red	261
Amateur three-player	Lost Dutchman	379
Intermediate three-player	Outlaw AP Green	386
Novice three-player	Hasbeens	279

Promotion and relegation

The 2024 rules provided for the highest-ranked Semi-Professional team to earn promotion and the lowest-ranked professional team to be relegated.[5]

Leverage finished third at World Cup and won the Semi-Professional season championship, securing promotion for 2025. Royal City Seadogs won the World Cup event but finished second in the season standings.[3][7]

New York Xtreme finished last among the 20 teams in the United States professional season standings, with 121 points, occupying the relegation position.[3][5]

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