Editing 2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 4

'''2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 4''' was the concluding tournament of the [[2005 Australian X-Ball League]], held at Paintball Pete's field at Mount White, New South Wales, in October 2005. Sydney X-Fighters defeated [[Wellington Hybrid]] 11–7 in the franchise final and secured the season championship. Mount White Boys won the Open X division.[1][2][3]

== Event details ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Details
|-
| Series || [[Australian X-Ball League]]
|-
| Season || [[2005 Australian X-Ball League|2005]]
|-
| Round || 4
|-
| Date || October 2005; scheduled start 8 October
|-
| Venue || Paintball Pete's
|-
| Location || Mount White, New South Wales, Australia
|-
| Divisions || Franchise and Open X
|}

== Organisation ==
Wellington Hybrid announced its intention to attend on 5 September 2005. Its website displayed a countdown to 8 October as the scheduled start.[2]

The tournament took place at Sydney X-Fighters' home field. Contemporary coverage records that the playing area was extended to full size and a spectator area was cut into the hillside.[1]

== Franchise competition ==
Wellington Hybrid defeated Sydney X-Fighters 9–8, bringing the teams level in the championship contest and requiring a deciding play-off. X-Fighters subsequently defeated CQ Carnivores 22–2, while Hybrid defeated Carnivores 8–3.[1]

X-Fighters and Hybrid met again in the final. The opening point lasted seven minutes. X-Fighters eventually won 11–7, securing both the deciding match and the season championship.[1]

=== Reported match scores ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team
|-
| Before the final || [[Wellington Hybrid]] || 9–8 || Sydney X-Fighters
|-
| Before the final || Sydney X-Fighters || 22–2 || CQ Carnivores
|-
| Before the final || [[Wellington Hybrid]] || 8–3 || CQ Carnivores
|-
| Final || Sydney X-Fighters || 11–7 || [[Wellington Hybrid]]
|}

These are the match scores supplied by the contemporary report, rather than a complete fixture list.[1]

== Open X results ==
Mount White Boys won Open X ahead of Tsunami, Blade and Syndicate.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Mount White Boys
|-
| 2 || Tsunami
|-
| 3 || Blade
|-
| 4 || Syndicate
|}

== Season outcome ==
The following figures are the final franchise championship standings, separate from the fourth-round results.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Series points
|-
| 1 || Sydney X-Fighters || 25
|-
| 2 || [[Wellington Hybrid]] || 23
|-
| 3 || CQ Carnivores || 13
|-
| 4 || Perth Assault || 10
|}

Tsunami won the Open X season championship despite finishing second at the final round.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2005 Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 3]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/118476879/ “The Final Showdown”], ''Facefull'', pp. 176–177. Scanned contemporary report uploaded by Martin Dannefaerd on 27 March 2006; covers the 2005 final round and championship standings.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20050913204158/http://www.hybrid.org.nz/ “AXL Round 4”], Wellington Hybrid official website, 5 September 2005. Archived 13 September 2005; includes the announcement and countdown to 8 October.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/spinner/sets/1121435/ Paintball – AXL – Sydney – Mt White – October 2005], photographic collection shared by “stick”.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018145946/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-77.html AXL Mt White Pics], NZ P8NT forum, 10–23 November 2005. Archived 18 October 2008; discussion linking the event photographs.

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