Editing 2016 NXL Las Vegas Open

The '''2016 NXL Las Vegas Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 18 to 20 March 2016 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It opened the league's five-event national season and included professional and divisional X-Ball, traditional five-player, pump and ten-player competitions.[1]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[San Diego Dynasty]] 8–4 in the final according to the official match record.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place from Friday, 18 March, to Sunday, 20 March 2016 at Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas.[1]

A contemporary league update advertised practice sessions on Thursday, 17 March, ahead of the tournament. These sessions were offered on the non-professional fields.[3]

== Competition formats ==
The official event record lists 161 registered and paid team entries across ten competitions.[1]

Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Division 3 and Division 4 traditional five-player competition had five-minute game times. A separate five-player division was listed as ''D-500 — Includes Paint''.[1]

Open Pump five-player competition had five-minute game times, while Open ten-player competition had ten-minute game times. Both were scheduled for Sunday.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact won all seven of its recorded matches. In the preliminary round, Impact defeated San Antonio X-Factor, Los Angeles Ironmen, Baltimore Revo and San Diego Dynasty.[2]

Impact then defeated upTon 187 cRew 4–2 in the quarter-finals and Tampa Bay Damage 8–3 in the semi-finals. The final produced a second meeting with Dynasty, which Impact won 8–4.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || San Antonio X-Factor || 7 || 4
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Ironmen || 5 || 4
|-
| Preliminary || Baltimore Revo || 5 || 3
|-
| Preliminary || San Diego Dynasty || 7 || 5
|-
| Quarter-final || upTon 187 cRew || 4 || 2
|-
| Semi-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 8 || 3
|-
| Final || San Diego Dynasty || 8 || 4
|}

Los Angeles Infamous finished third overall, ahead of Tampa Bay Damage.[4]

== Divisional competition ==
Brooklyn Bears won Semi-Pro X-Ball, Montreal Image won Division 2, Annapolis A-Team won Division 3 and Camp Pendleton Raiders Black won Division 4.[4]

DYE's contemporary event report highlighted Annapolis A-Team's Division 3 victory and Armagedon GUA's appearance in the Division 3 five-player final. The report also recorded the Los Angeles Ironmen's narrow preliminary defeats to Impact and Dynasty, both by 5–4.[5]

== Results ==
The following tables list the leading four finishers in each of the ten competitions with published results.[4]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || San Diego Dynasty || Los Angeles Infamous || Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| Semi-Pro || Brooklyn Bears || Distortion || Tj All Stars || Sacramento DMG
|-
| Division 2 || Montreal Image || Indianapolis Mutiny || Hawaiian Heat || Bay State Bandits
|-
| Division 3 || Annapolis A-Team || Colorado BLITZ || new World order || Texas PhalanX
|-
| Division 4 || Camp Pendleton Raiders Black || Capital Edge DMG GOLD || Cen Cal Alliance || Tampa Bay Revolution
|}

=== Five-player, pump and ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Chi-Town Fury || Armagedon GUA || Elite || MEXICO
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Baltimore Savage || Hawaiian Heat 5 || Ninjinhas Brazil || Detroit Action II
|-
| D-500 five-player || Az goats || Extreme XSV Platinum || Mayhem Laredo || CSUSB Coyotes
|-
| Open Pump five-player || LA Hitmen.com || West Coast Sharks 1 || Critical Factory Protagonist || Kamandag Wig Splitters
|-
| Open ten-player || Bad Company || LA Hitmen || Tsunami || Dal3s Boyz
|}

== Place in the season ==
Las Vegas was the first of five events on the published 2016 NXL national calendar. It was followed by the [[2016 NXL Texas Open]], scheduled for 29 April to 1 May in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2016 NXL Texas Open]]
* [[2015 NXL World Cup]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4564/info PBLeagues – Las Vegas Open: official event information, dates, venue, registration totals, formats and season calendar, 18–20 March 2016.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/R6olpdWkn0aoUw7e#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2016 Las Vegas Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://paintball.media/?p=2023 Paintball Media – “NXL Las Vegas Update”, 17 February 2016. Contemporary league update covering tournament dates and pre-event practices.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4564/rankings PBLeagues – Las Vegas Open: official final divisional placings.]
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/116075075-dye-2016-nxl-vegas-wrap-up DYE Paintball – “DYE 2016 NXL Vegas Wrap-Up”. Contemporary report covering professional and divisional teams.]

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