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== Competition formats ==

PSP's formats and division names changed during its history.

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! Format !! Use within PSP
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| Traditional five-player and ten-player || Continued from the NPPL-sanctioned tournament circuit and appeared alongside X-Ball at the 2003 World Cup.[3][4]
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| X-Ball || Multi-point competition offered through the professional NXL and PSP's divisional programme.[4][5]
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| Five-player X-Ball || Introduced in 2006 as best-of-three pairings of five-player games.[6]
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| RaceTo || Matches ended when a team reached its division's target score or the allocated time expired. The 2009 programme included RaceTo-7, RaceTo-5, RaceTo-4 and RaceTo-2.[9]
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RaceTo-2 retained a different rhythm from the longer formats, pairing teams for up to three points rather than using the continuous match structure of RaceTo-4, RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-7.[9]

The available categories varied by tournament. World Cup programmes also included competitions such as Masters and collegiate paintball.[4][8][11]