Editing 2017 NXL Atlantic City Open

The '''2017 NXL Atlantic City Open''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 23 to 25 June 2017 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It followed the [[2017 NXL Texas Open]] on the league's national calendar.[1]

[[Russian Legion|Moscow Red Legion]] won the professional tournament, defeating [[Tampa Bay Damage]] 4–3 in the final. MLKings won the Semi-Pro division.[2][3]

== Dates and venue ==
Competition took place at Bader Field, 545 North Albany Avenue, Atlantic City, from Friday, 23 June, to Sunday, 25 June 2017.[1]

== Competition formats ==
Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, with five-minute game times.[1]

The event also included Open ten-player and mechanical five-player competition. Ten-player games were listed with ten-minute game times. Although advertised as Mechanical Open, the mechanical competition was classified as Intermediate in the official results.[1][4]

Amateur and Novice two-player competitions were advertised with three-minute game times. Their records were maintained separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[1][5]

== Professional competition ==
Moscow Red Legion began with a 4–3 preliminary defeat to Los Angeles Infamous before defeating Seattle Thunder, P.C. Katana and Houston Heat.[2]

In the knockout rounds, Red Legion defeated San Diego Dynasty 8–3 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 5–3 in the semi-finals. The team then defeated Tampa Bay Damage 4–3 in the final.[2]

A contemporary announcement from MacDev confirmed the professional victory and MLKings' Semi-Pro win at the same event.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Red Legion's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || 3 || 4
|-
| Preliminary || Seattle Thunder || 7 || 2
|-
| Preliminary || P.C. Katana || 8 || 1
|-
| Preliminary || Houston Heat || 5 || 3
|-
| Quarter-final || San Diego Dynasty || 8 || 3
|-
| Semi-final || San Antonio X-Factor || 5 || 3
|-
| Final || Tampa Bay Damage || 4 || 3
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in each competition. The mechanical division lists three teams.[4][5]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Moscow Red Legion || Tampa Bay Damage || San Antonio X-Factor || Edmonton Impact
|-
| Semi-Pro || MLKings || Scottsdale Elevation || Distortion || Brooklyn Bears
|-
| Division 2 || NRG Elite || Colorado BLITZ || San Diego Aftermath || LA Boom
|-
| Division 3 || Narcos || NJ Jesters Silver || Palm Beach Vipers || Royal Flush
|-
| Division 4 || HVP Wrecking Crew || NRG Elite Alpha || Nasty Gold || Project Mayhem
|}

=== Five-player and ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 five-player || DC Justice || Sauceboyz || West Coast Sharks 3 || Storm Riders
|-
| Division 4 five-player || ThunderCats || Coastal Virginia Afterburn || Quiet Storm || Critical Lvpp Outkast
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Detroit Action IV || West Coast Sharks 5 || OTP United || Check Six Paintball
|-
| Mechanical Intermediate five-player || THE eNMEy || Master Blasters Black || Inception Indesign || —
|-
| Open ten-player || Fox 4 Darkside || Washington Winstons || AAF 2 || DC Dev
|}

=== Two-player competition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Novice || Apex Predators || CTM || Shinigami || Buffalo CashOut
|}

The separately maintained Amateur two-player record lists 25 teams but does not assign finishing positions or ranking points. An Amateur winner cannot therefore be identified from that record.[5]

== Subsequent event ==
The next major event on the league's calendar was the [[2017 NXL Chicago Open]], scheduled for 8–10 September in Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2017 NXL Texas Open]]
* [[2017 NXL Chicago Open]]
* [[Russian Legion]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5522/info PBLeagues – Atlantic City Open: official event information, dates, Bader Field venue, formats and calendar, 23–25 June 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/9ubGUTvNKwKqowJr#games PBLeagues – Moscow Red Legion: official 2017 Atlantic City Open match schedule and scores.]
# [https://macdevpaintball.com/macdev-teams-win-pro-and-semi-pro-atlantic-city-nxl/ MacDev, Bourke – “MacDev Teams win Pro and Semi Pro Atlantic City NXL”, 28 June 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5522/rankings PBLeagues – Atlantic City Open: official final X-Ball, five-player, mechanical and ten-player placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5370/rankings PBLeagues – New Jersey NXL Atlantic City Open: Novice two-player placings and the unplaced Amateur team listing.]

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