Editing 2017 NXL World Cup

The '''2017 NXL World Cup''' was a [[National Xball League]] (NXL) paintball tournament held from 2 to 5 November 2017 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. It concluded the league's five-event national championship season, with associated two-player competition beginning on 1 November.[1][2]

[[Edmonton Impact]] defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] 4–3 in the professional final and finished as professional season champions. The victory gave Impact consecutive NXL World Cup and professional season championships.[3][4][5]

== Dates and venue ==
The main tournament took place at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, from Thursday, 2 November, to Sunday, 5 November 2017. Professional competition was scheduled from Friday to Sunday.[1]

The separately recorded two-player World Championship programme ran from 1 to 5 November, with a play-in competition on 1 November.[2][6]

== 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, alongside Open Pump five-player competition.[1]

Other formats included Open and Amateur ten-player, Mounds competition capped at 5.5 balls per second, Amateur three-player capped at 5.5 balls per second, and collegiate five-player RaceTo-2.[1]

The two-player programme included an Amateur championship, an Amateur play-in, and Female Amateur, Novice and Youth divisions. These results were maintained separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[2][6]

== Professional competition ==
Edmonton Impact lost its opening preliminary match 6–3 to Los Angeles Ironmen before defeating Boom, Los Angeles Infamous and Seattle Uprising.[3]

In the knockout rounds, Impact defeated Tampa Bay Damage 5–3 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 6–0 in the semi-finals. Impact then defeated San Diego Dynasty 4–3 in the final.[3]

In a contemporary interview with Planet Eclipse, Impact owner and coach Bart Yachimec described the team establishing a 4–0 lead in the final before Dynasty recovered. He also discussed the team's response to its opening defeat and the contribution of coach Dave Bains.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Opponent !! Impact's score !! Opponent's score
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Ironmen || 3 || 6
|-
| Preliminary || Boom || 6 || 1
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || 7 || 0
|-
| Preliminary || Seattle Uprising || 4 || 2
|-
| Quarter-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 5 || 3
|-
| Semi-final || San Antonio X-Factor || 6 || 0
|-
| Final || San Diego Dynasty || 4 || 3
|}

== Results ==
The following tables show the leading four published placings in each competition, except where fewer teams were listed.[4][7][8][9][10]

=== X-Ball ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || Edmonton Impact || San Diego Dynasty || San Antonio X-Factor || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| Semi-Pro || Sacramento DMG || New York Xtreme || San Diego Aftermath || Louisville Asylum
|-
| Division 2 || NRG Elite || NorthSide Empire || LA Boom || Wild Dogs Latinoamerica
|-
| Division 3 || Carolina Crisis || TBD Jits || LockDown D3 || Tsunami
|-
| Division 4 || Project Mayhem || Miami Lost Boys || HVP Wrecking Crew || Garden State Goats
|}

=== Five-player and three-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 five-player || Armagedon GUA || Desocabras || Miami Devious EFX || West Coast Sharks 3
|-
| Division 4 five-player || TEAM SPEED GOLD || Murder Inc Grey || Miami Devious Red || Vicious Bunnys
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Shut up we're trying || OKC BREAKOUT || BTA 2 || Honey Badgers
|-
| Open Pump five-player || Batteries Not Included || Northwest Rogue pump || Imperial Knights || PBSL JAX
|-
| Amateur 5.5 bps three-player || CT Redemption || A Team 3 || JWC || Wicked 420
|}

=== Ten-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || OUTLAWS || AAF 2 || Trauma || Mackerel Enthusiasts
|-
| Amateur || DST Alumni || All Americans || Absolute Chaos || STRUGGLE 3
|}

=== Mounds competitions ===
The separately recorded Mounds event lists the following placings.[8]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Mounds 5.5 bps five-player || THE eNMEy || Xtreme || Annihilators || Mercenaries
|-
| Mounds 5.5 bps ten-player || All Americans || Fox 4 Darkside - Blue || POSTAL || Fight Club
|}

A separate Sunday Mounds ten-player listing contains only Tour de Force, placed first without ranking points. That listing does not establish a contested competition.[8]

=== Two-player competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Amateur World Championship || Boe || JustyRones || Elite || The BizzNiss
|-
| Female Amateur || Charming Destiny || Chicas Locas || Pro Edge Ladies || Deadly Tacos
|-
| Novice || MOB 2v2 || Young Guns || Vikings Ragnarok || Xsanity
|-
| Youth || Los Cubanasos || HAVOC || WCS YG || —
|-
| Amateur play-in || 7 BELOW || Just Us || TNB || Fierce Outkast
|}

The play-in results were separate from the World Championship final placings.[6][9]

=== Collegiate competition ===
The separately recorded ''College Class AA @ NXL World Cup'' competition had four teams.[10]

{| class="wikitable"
! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| University of South Florida Bulls || Virginia Tech Hokies || Embry-Riddle Eagles || University of Tennessee Volunteers
|}

== Season championships ==
World Cup completed the national season following the Las Vegas, Texas, Atlantic City and Chicago Opens. Edmonton Impact finished first in the professional standings with 933 points, ahead of San Antonio X-Factor on 808.[4]

The published final standings identify the following first-placed teams in divisions contested across multiple national events:[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champions !! Points
|-
| Professional X-Ball || Edmonton Impact || 933
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || Sacramento DMG || 464
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || NRG Elite || 430.06
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || TBD Jits || 427.61
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Project Mayhem || 406.63
|-
| Division 3 five-player || West Coast Sharks 3 || 401.42
|-
| Division 4 five-player || LVPP OUTKAST || 408.83
|-
| Division 5 five-player || Detroit Action IV || 263.71
|-
| Open ten-player || AAF 2 || 455.79
|-
| Open Pump five-player || Batteries Not Included || 170
|-
| Mechanical Intermediate five-player || THE eNMEy || 400
|}

The mechanical championship was accumulated at the four preceding opens; the final standings do not list a World Cup round in that division. The separately recorded Mounds competitions should not be treated as that championship's World Cup round.[4][8]

Amateur ten-player and Amateur 5.5 bps three-player appear with World Cup as their only event in the national season tables. Their event victories therefore do not represent titles accumulated across several national rounds.[4]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2017 NXL Chicago Open]]
* [[2016 NXL World Cup]]
* [[Edmonton Impact]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5585/info PBLeagues – World Cup: official event information, dates, Kissimmee venue and competition formats, 2–5 November 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/371 PBLeagues – NXL 2vs2 Series: calendar listing the World Championship programme and World Cup play-in.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/GhLUONGEXGVeSpw6#games PBLeagues – Edmonton Impact: official 2017 World Cup match schedule and scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2017 PBLeagues – 2017 National XBall League season rankings: final standings and individual event placings.]
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/11/nxl-world-cup-2017-post-event-catch-up.html Planet Eclipse – “NXL World Cup 2017: Post Event catch up with Edmonton Impact's Bart Yachimec”, 30 November 2017.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5684/rankings PBLeagues – NXL 2vs2 World Cup Play-In: final placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5585/rankings PBLeagues – World Cup: official final main-event placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5685/rankings PBLeagues – NXL Mounds World Cup: five-player and ten-player placings, including the separate Sunday listing.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5620/rankings PBLeagues – NXL 2vs2 World Championship: Amateur, Female Amateur, Novice and Youth placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5678/rankings PBLeagues – College Class AA @ NXL World Cup: final collegiate placings.]

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