2023 NXL Australia

2023 NXL Australia was the 2023 season of NXL Australia, an Australian tournament paintball league. The league calendar advertised regional rounds in Western Australia, ACT NSW and Victoria, followed by proposed national finals at Paintball Games Coldstream. RAW All Stars separately advertised two NXL M800 rounds in Queensland.[1][2]

Three Western Australian rounds are documented by participant reports. The Victorian five-player fixture scheduled for 7 May was cancelled after appearing under both Round 1 and Round 2. The national finals remained undated in the league calendar archived in December, and no national champion has been verified.[3][4][5][6][7]

Western Australia

WASP Paintball in Carabooda was the advertised venue for five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2.[1]

Event	Date	Status and documented results
WA Round 1	26 March	Completed. Westside Rampage won Division 2. Nomads separately reported finishing second at their first event of the year, with the division unspecified.[1][3][8]
WA Round 2	30 July	Completed. Nomads reported winning the second NXL event. Their reports give no division.[4][9][10]
WA Round 3 / WA Round 4	22 October	Completed. STK Australia finished first and STK Entourage second. Entourage reported six teams and identified Menace as an opponent. The division and Menace's final placing remain unverified.[5][11][12]

The league calendar listed Round 2 for 21 May, Round 3 for 23 July and Round 4 for 22 October. The later event-specific listings called the 30 July fixture Round 2 and the 22 October fixture Round 3. The two October labels refer to the same event. Whether separate fixtures took place on 21 May or 23 July remains unconfirmed.[1][9][11]

ACT NSW

Paintball Sports ACT in Pialligo was the advertised venue for all four rounds, with five-player competition in Division 2 and Division 3. The league calendar and venue listings document the schedule. Completion and results remain unconfirmed for all four rounds.[1][13][14][15][16]

Event	Advertised date	Status
ACT NSW Round 1	19 March	Unconfirmed.[1][13]
ACT NSW Round 2	30 April	Unconfirmed.[1][14]
ACT NSW Round 3	9 July	Unconfirmed.[1][15]
ACT NSW Round 4	17 September	Unconfirmed.[1][16]

Victoria

The league advertised five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2 at Paintball Games Coldstream. The RAW All Stars calendar initially advertised the Victorian opener for 26 February. The league calendar archived on 22 February moved it to 7 May and called the May fixture Round 1. The calendar archived on 28 February labelled 7 May Round 2, while the event listing promoted by the venue called it Round 1.[1][2][17][18][19]

Event	Advertised date	Status
Victoria Round 1 / Victoria Round 2	7 May	Cancelled. On 30 April, Paintball Skirmish Games cited insufficient team entries and announced a social scrimmage at Coldstream for 7 May as the alternative. The two round labels refer to the same cancelled fixture.[6][17][18][19]
Victoria Round 3	16 July	Completion unconfirmed. The venue announced a modified three-player NXL tournament for the same date and venue as the five-player listing. Whether the three-player event formally replaced the scheduled round remains unconfirmed.[1][20]
Victoria Round 4	24 September	Completion unconfirmed. An indexed GunzUp listing showed an NXL three-player event at the same venue on the same date. The format played and results remain unverified.[1][21]

Queensland RAW NXL M800 Series

RAW All Stars advertised Round 1 for 6–7 May at Rum City Paintball near Bundaberg and Round 2 for 29–30 July at Townsville Paintball in Alice River. These fixtures appeared on the RAW All Stars programme alongside the national league calendar's regional programme. RAW All Stars described the M800 event as supported by the national NXL series and run under its rules. Completion and results remain unconfirmed for both Queensland rounds.[1][2][22][23]

National finals

The national finals were proposed for Paintball Games Coldstream, with five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2. The calendar archived on 4 December 2023 still gave no date. Completion, placings and national titles remain unverified.[7]

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