Editing 2017 NXL Winter Classic

The '''2017 NXL Winter Classic''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held on 11–12 February 2017 at Austin-Tindall Regional Park in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. The event featured traditional five-player competition and separate Open and Amateur two-player competitions.[1][2]

[[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the Open Pro five-player division. Contemporary coverage described the tournament as the first NXL Winter Classic.[3]

== Dates and venue ==
The tournament took place at Austin-Tindall Regional Park, 4100 Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee, Florida, on Saturday, 11 February, and Sunday, 12 February 2017.[1]

The two-player competitions were separately recorded under the NXL 2vs2 Series for Sunday, 12 February.[2]

== NXL status and formats ==
The Winter Classic appears in the NXL's official event records and calendar. Its principal competition was five-player paintball, rather than the professional X-Ball format used at the league's subsequent national opens.[1]

The completed five-player divisions were Open Pro, Division 2 and Division 4. These divisions were advertised with five-minute game times. Divisions 3 and 5 were also offered for registration but attracted no entries and have no published placings.[1][4]

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

== Open Pro competition ==
San Antonio X-Factor finished first, ahead of Paintball Combine AllStars and San Diego Dynasty.[4]

Paintball Media identified X-Factor's five-player squad as Archie Montemayor, Colt Roberts, Grayson Goff, Billy Bernacchia and Jon Woodley. Its report described the AllStars opposition as including players associated with Edmonton Impact, Los Angeles Ironmen and upTon 187 cRew.[3]

== Results ==
The following tables reproduce all published final placings in the five completed divisions.[4][5]

=== Open Pro five-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| 2 || Paintball Combine AllStars
|-
| 3 || San Diego Dynasty
|-
| 4 || Montgomery Mallards
|-
| 5 || Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| 6 || Detroit Strange XPX
|}

=== Division 2 five-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || NRG Elite 2
|-
| 2 || Paintball Combine Entourage
|-
| 3 || NRG Elite
|-
| 4 || Paintball Combine Empire
|-
| 5 || Paintball Combine Patriots
|-
| 6 || Paintball Combine GI Sportz
|}

=== Division 4 five-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Paintball Combine Planet Eclipse
|-
| 2 || Paintball Combine Valken
|-
| 3 || Dirtbags
|-
| 4 || Paintball Combine PbNation
|-
| 5 || Paintball Combine DYE
|-
| 6 || Paintball Combine Raza
|-
| 7 || Paintball Combine NXL
|-
| 8 || Paintball Combine Boston Paintball
|}

=== Open two-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Field One
|-
| 2 || NRG Blue
|-
| 3 || 37914
|}

=== Amateur two-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || NRG Elite
|-
| 2 || NRG Elite 2
|-
| 3 || Gang is Gang
|-
| 4 || Tulsa Rage
|-
| 5 || Chargers
|-
| 6 || CashMe Oussuh Dude
|-
| 7 || Paintball Combine Entourage
|-
| 8 || Augusta Rage Paintball
|-
| 9 || SB White
|-
| 10 || University of South Florida Bulls
|-
| 11 || Paintball Combine GI Sportz
|-
| 12 || The Moist Cubes
|-
| 13 || NRG Elite Alpha
|-
| 14 || SPEED BOYZ
|-
| 15 || Nameless
|-
| 16 || CRV
|-
| 17 || Dumpster Kiddies
|-
| 18 || CANUSA
|-
| 19 || Paintball Combine Committed
|-
| 20 || Orlando Defiance D6
|}

== Subsequent event ==
The next event on the NXL calendar was the [[2017 NXL Las Vegas Open]], scheduled for 17–19 March in North Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[San Antonio X-Factor]]
* [[2017 NXL Las Vegas Open]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4981/info PBLeagues – Winter Classic: official event information, dates, Austin-Tindall venue, registration divisions, formats and calendar, 11–12 February 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/371 PBLeagues – NXL 2vs2 Series: event calendar listing the NXL Winter Classic on 12 February 2017.]
# [https://paintball.media/san-antonio-x-factor-wins-first-ever-nxl-winter-classic/ Paintball Media, Staff Report – “San Antonio X-Factor Wins First-Ever NXL Winter Classic”, 15 February 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4981/rankings PBLeagues – Winter Classic: official Open Pro, Division 2 and Division 4 five-player placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5173/rankings PBLeagues – NXL Winter Classic: official Open and Amateur two-player placings.]

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