Editing 2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 1

'''2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 1''' was the opening tournament of the [[Australian X-Ball League]], held on 5–6 February 2005 at Rockhampton Showground in Rockhampton, Queensland. Perth Assault won the franchise competition ahead of [[Wellington Hybrid]], while Tsunami won Open X.[1][2][3]

== Event details ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Details
|-
| Series || [[Australian X-Ball League]]
|-
| Season || [[2005 Australian X-Ball League|2005]]
|-
| Round || 1
|-
| Dates || 5–6 February 2005
|-
| Venue || Rockhampton Showground
|-
| Location || Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
|-
| Divisions || Franchise and Open X
|}

== Organisation ==
MacDev advertised the opening event at Rockhampton Showground, with two official X-Ball fields on grass. The event programme also advertised clinics with Dynasty players Brad Maughan and Ryan Greenspan.[1]

On 8 February, an announcement by “James” on Bill's Paintball Forums linked to the official results and congratulated Assault and Tsunami on their victories.[2]

== Franchise results ==
MacDev's official scoreboard published six matches involving Sydney X-Fighters, Perth Assault, Wellington Hybrid and CQ Carnivores.[3]

=== Match scores ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Team !! Score !! Opponent
|-
| 1 || Sydney X-Fighters || 7–8 || Perth Assault
|-
| 2 || [[Wellington Hybrid]] || 14–5 || CQ Carnivores
|-
| 3 || Sydney X-Fighters || 15–2 || CQ Carnivores
|-
| 4 || Sydney X-Fighters || 8–9, extra time || [[Wellington Hybrid]]
|-
| 5 || Perth Assault || 13–1 || CQ Carnivores
|-
| 6 || Perth Assault || 10–3 || [[Wellington Hybrid]]
|}

Perth Assault won all three of its published matches. Wellington Hybrid defeated CQ Carnivores and Sydney X-Fighters, with the latter match decided in extra time.[3]

=== Confirmed leading placings ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Perth Assault
|-
| 2 || [[Wellington Hybrid]]
|}

Perth Assault's victory is confirmed by the official results announcement. Hybrid's contemporary photographic archive records its second-place finish.[2][4]

== Open X ==
Tsunami won the Open X competition. The recovered results announcement does not provide a complete divisional classification or individual Open X match scores.[2]

== See also ==
* [[Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2005 Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 2]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207063920/http://www.macdev.net/axl/Rockhampton05.htm Rockhampton 05], MacDev, official Australian X-Ball League event information. Archived 7 February 2005.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805081122/http://www.billspaintball.com/vb3//archive/index.php?t-4498.html Official Rockhampton AXL results], Bill's Paintball Forums. Announcement by “James”, 8 February 2005; archived 5 August 2008.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20050216115638/http://www.macdev.net/axl/Rockhampton05-scores.htm Rockhampton 05 – Scoreboards], MacDev, official franchise match results. Archived 16 February 2005.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellingtonhybrid/13341382/in/album-324184 BF8G5463], photograph credited to Jannick Clausen, Wellington Hybrid photographic archive, Flickr. Taken 6 February 2005; uploaded 10 May 2005. Caption records Hybrid's second-place finish.

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