Editing 2017 Paintball World Cup Asia

The '''2017 Paintball World Cup Asia''' was a paintball tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 10–12 November 2017. It appeared on the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS) calendar and included Open Division, Division 3 and Mechanical Division 4 competitions.[1][2][3]

Kejahatan Aisawan won Division 3 and Naughty Frogs won Mechanical Division 4.[2] The surviving records give conflicting accounts of the Open Division result.[2][4]

== Competition format ==

The event registration programme advertised Open Division as Race to 3 with eight-minute games and Division 3 as Race to 2 with six-minute games. Mechanical Division 4 was listed as RaceTo-X with five-minute games.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Category !! Advertised format !! Game duration !! Paid entries
|-
| Open Division || Race to 3 || 8 minutes || 2
|-
| Division 3 || Race to 2 || 6 minutes || 16
|-
| Mechanical Division 4 || RaceTo-X || 5 minutes || 10
|-
! colspan="3" | Total
! 28
|}

The registration record lists 28 paid entries, matching the number of teams in the published divisional results.[1][2]

A national-team Race to 4 category was also advertised, but the registration record lists no entries in that category.[1]

== Open Division ==

PBLeagues lists Lafeline first and Datis second in Open Division.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position listed by PBLeagues !! Team
|-
| 1 || Lafeline
|-
| 2 || Datis
|}

A contemporary report published by French radio station RJFM on 28 November 2017 gives a different account. It states that nine players from clubs in Laféline, Désertines and Quinssaines returned from Malaysia as World Cup Asia runners-up after losing the final to Iran's national team.[4]

== Division 3 ==

Kejahatan Aisawan finished first, ahead of BT D'Aquarian, Splatmasters and Order 66. The following placings are recorded by PBLeagues.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Kejahatan Aisawan
|-
| 2 || BT D'Aquarian
|-
| 3 || Splatmasters
|-
| 4 || Order 66
|-
| 5 || Phoenix Tahiti Aisawan
|-
| 6 || Kabali Legion
|-
| 7 || Xtioneers III
|-
| 8 || Octosquad
|-
| 9 || Annex
|-
| 10 || Pandamonium
|-
| 11 || Duck Vader
|-
| 12 || Raptors.BRU
|-
| 13 || ReaL ST
|-
| 14 || HardInsert
|-
| 15 || KSM Paintballers
|-
| 16 || Black Mamba
|}

== Mechanical Division 4 ==

Naughty Frogs finished first, ahead of LPP, Black Ccp and Borneo Warriors 611. The following placings are recorded by PBLeagues.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Naughty Frogs
|-
| 2 || LPP
|-
| 3 || Black Ccp
|-
| 4 || Borneo Warriors 611
|-
| 5 || Entrusted
|-
| 6 || Phanatic Destroyer
|-
| 7 || Kuantan Squad
|-
| 8 || Bob Xtion Hunters
|-
| 9 || ESP Syndrome
|-
| 10 || Blackborneo
|}

== One-on-one competition ==

RJFM reported that Vincent Faraco, a player from Raven's of Quinssaines, also finished second in a one-on-one competition held at the event.[4]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[2016 Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Paintball in Malaysia]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5461/info Paintball World Cup Asia 2017: Event information], PBLeagues, event held 10–12 November 2017. Dates, location, formats, game durations and registration totals.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/5461/rankings Paintball World Cup Asia 2017: Places], PBLeagues, published divisional placings.
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/219 Paintball Asia League Series event archive], PBLeagues, 2017 tournament calendar.
# [https://rjfm.net/news/paintball-vincent-faraco-des-raven-s-de-quinssaines-deux-fois-vice-champion-de-la-world-cup-asia-2694 Paintball : Vincent Faraco des Raven's de Quinssaines deux fois vice-champion de la World cup Asia], RJFM, 28 November 2017. French participants' team and one-on-one results.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Kuala Lumpur]]
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[[Category:2010s in Malaysian paintball]]