Editing 2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 4

'''2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 4''' was a paintball tournament held on 14–15 October 2006 at Paintball Pete's field at Mount White, New South Wales. Twelve teams competed in the concluding round of the [[2006 Australian X-Ball League]]. X-Fighter$ Black won the Pro division, while Straight Edge won Division 1.[1]

== Event details ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Details
|-
| Series || [[Australian X-Ball League]]
|-
| Season || [[2006 Australian X-Ball League|2006]]
|-
| Round || 4
|-
| Dates || 14–15 October 2006
|-
| Venue || Paintball Pete's
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| Location || Mount White, New South Wales, Australia
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| Teams || 12 across both divisions
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| Divisions || Pro and Division 1
|}

== Organisation and format ==
Round 4 was brought forward after Round 3 was cancelled following a change in firearms law. The contemporary report states that the change was subsequently reversed following work by Diane King of MacDev, but does not identify the legislation or jurisdiction involved.[1]

The tournament used 15-minute matches with two-minute intervals between points. Each team was scheduled to play ten preliminary matches. The leading four teams in each division advanced to semi-finals, with first playing fourth and second playing third.[1]

Temperatures approaching 40°C led organisers to reduce Saturday's programme from six preliminary matches per team to four. The remaining six were played on Sunday. Reffs Inc officiated the tournament.[1]

== Preliminary competition ==
[[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]] and Empire entered from the [[Australian Super 7s]] competition. Both initially had difficulty adapting to X-Ball but qualified for the Pro finals alongside X-Fighter$ Black and X-Fighter$ Red.[1]

X-Fighter$ Red secured the final qualifying position ahead of Jetts by one point. Straight Edge, Sinister, Gravity and Victorious reached the Division 1 finals. The report also records Sinister defeating Empire 3–0 during preliminary competition.[1]

== Results ==
=== Pro ===
X-Fighter$ Black defeated X-Fighter$ Red 2–1 in their semi-final, while SWAT defeated Empire 3–1. Black then defeated SWAT 4–0 in the final.[1]

Empire won the third-place match against X-Fighter$ Red in sudden death after the score reached 2–2. The report does not separately print a final numerical score for that match.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
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| 1 || X-Fighter$ Black
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| 2 || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]]
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| 3 || Empire
|-
| 4 || X-Fighter$ Red
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Match !! Winning team !! Reported result !! Losing team
|-
| Semi-final || X-Fighter$ Black || 2–1 || X-Fighter$ Red
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| Semi-final || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]] || 3–1 || Empire
|-
| Third-place match || Empire || Won in sudden death after 2–2 || X-Fighter$ Red
|-
| Final || X-Fighter$ Black || 4–0 || [[Sydney SWAT|SWAT]]
|}

=== Division 1 ===
Straight Edge defeated Sinister in the final. The contemporary report does not provide the final's score.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
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| 1 || Straight Edge
|-
| 2 || Sinister
|-
| 3 || Gravity
|-
| 4 || Victorious
|}

== Season outcome ==
X-Fighter$ Red won the overall Pro championship despite Black winning the final round. Black finished second in the season standings, followed by Jetts and Carnivores. Straight Edge also won the Division 1 season championship.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2006 Australian X-Ball League]]
* [[2006 Australian X-Ball League Round 1]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# Holger Hummel, “The Finals: AXL Mt White, Round 04 2006”, ''Australian Paintball Magazine'', 2006, pp. 34–40. Photographs by Ahmed Abbas.

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