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== Competition organisations ==

Major League Paintball oversees several tournament properties.

{| class="wikitable"
! Organisation
! Description
|-
| [[National Xball League]]
| Professional and amateur tournament competition in the United States
|-
| [[Women's National Xball League]]
| Women's professional X-Ball competition
|-
| [[NXL Europe]]
| European professional and amateur tournament circuit
|-
| [[International Classic Paintball League]]
| Mechanical-marker competition, including traditional five-player and 10-player formats
|}

These leagues operate different competition formats and maintain their own tournament histories.[1]

=== National Xball League ===

The NXL organises major professional and amateur tournaments in the United States.

Its annual programme includes regional major events and the season-ending Paintball World Cup.

Competition divisions include professional, semi-professional and amateur [[X-Ball]], alongside other formats.[10]

=== Women's National Xball League ===

The WNXL was established in 2021 to provide dedicated professional competition for women's paintball teams.

It operates alongside NXL tournaments and subsequently expanded into European competition.

MLPB identifies the WNXL as part of its wider programme to increase women's participation in competitive paintball.[6]

=== International Classic Paintball League ===

The ICPL organises traditional mechanical-marker tournament competition.

Its principal formats include five-player and 10-player paintball on woodland, [[Hyperball]] and artificial earth-mound fields.

The league's major championship event is the ICPL Classic Cup.[7]