Editing 2022 NXL World Cup

The '''2022 NXL World Cup''' was a paintball tournament held in Kissimmee, Florida, United States, concluding the [[National Xball League]] (NXL) season. Announced for 10–13 November 2022, its revised match schedule ran from 11 to 13 November following disruption associated with Hurricane Nicole. [[Dynasty|San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional World Cup and season championship, while The Heroines won the Women's National Xball League (WNXL) tournament and inaugural season title.[1][2][3][4]

== Dates and venue ==

The official event dates were 10–13 November 2022. The venue was listed as NXL World Cup, 6000 W Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida.[1]

Hurricane Nicole affected the event period. The surviving revised schedule begins on Friday, 11 November, rather than the originally advertised Thursday opening.[2][4]

== Competition formats ==

The programme included professional, WNXL and divisional X-Ball; Division 3–5 and youth five-player competition; amateur 10-player competition; mechanical Mounds competitions; and three-player competition.[1]

Professional X-Ball used 15-minute matches with a six-point mercy rule. WNXL, semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. The registration record specified 12-minute RaceTo-4 games for Divisions 3 and 4, and 10-minute RaceTo-3 games for Division 5.[1]

Mechanical Mounds categories comprised Open five-player, seven-player and 10-player competitions, together with a separate seven-player Classic Cup. A Commander's Cup X-Ball competition was also included.[1]

== Professional Champions Cup ==

The professional competition incorporated the new Champions Cup structure. San Diego Dynasty, Houston Heat, Edmonton Impact and European champions Toulouse TonTons received preliminary-round byes, while 20 other teams contested the opening stage.[4]

Dynasty defeated Tampa Bay Damage 7–1 in the final, securing its third consecutive NXL World Cup victory. Oliver Lang received the finals most valuable player award.[3][4]

== WNXL competition ==

The Heroines defeated Destiny 2–1 in the WNXL final. The result also secured the inaugural WNXL season championship.[3][4]

== Event results ==

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 20 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! First
! Second
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| WNXL X-Ball
| The Heroines
| DESTINY
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| Austin Notorious
| PaintballFIT.com
|-
| Commander's Cup X-Ball
| Marines
| Navy
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| Vegas Golden Misfits
| KC Missouri Allstars
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| Wisconsin Infamous
| Malicious Intent
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| THE FARM D4
| TPP 2.0
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| SBS
| Florida Heatwave
|-
| Mechanical Mounds Open 10v10
| All Americans
| BTA Butchers
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| PHILIPPINES
| Miami Rage
|-
| Mechanical Mounds Open seven-player
| Adrenaline
| All Americans 7
|-
| Mechanical Mounds Classic Cup seven-player
| Extreme Rage
| Adrenaline
|-
| Mechanical Mounds Open five-player
| All Americans 5
| Adrenaline
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Leftovers
| Palm Beach Vipers
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| TKO Texas KnockOut
| Air Capital Threat
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| NW EPIC
| NARCOS PR
|-
| Youth five-player
| Infamous Kidz
| DESTINY KIDS
|-
| Female Open three-player
| Shenannies
| UNDERRATED
|-
| Amateur three-player
| Team Crowley
| ATX Outlaws
|-
| Division 5 three-player
| Annihilators D5 3 man
| We Drink Beer Yuengling
|}

== Season championships ==

Dynasty finished first in the professional season standings with 1,123 points. The Heroines won the WNXL season title with 393 points.[6]

The following table distinguishes overall season champions from World Cup event winners.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Season champion
! Ranking points
|-
| Professional X-Ball
| San Diego Dynasty
| 1,123
|-
| WNXL X-Ball
| The Heroines
| 393
|-
| Semi-professional X-Ball
| Austin Notorious
| 482
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball
| KC Missouri Allstars
| 481
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball
| Wisconsin Infamous
| 370
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball
| CSP FACTORY
| 362
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball
| SBS
| 300
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| Palm Beach Vipers
| 392
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| Papeletto Team
| 357
|-
| Division 5 five-player
| Dropouts
| 286
|-
| Amateur 10v10
| PHILIPPINES
| 485
|-
| Female Open three-player
| JOURNEY
| 472
|-
| Amateur three-player
| Team Crowley
| 376
|-
| Division 5 three-player
| SHAKEDOWN
| 237.6
|}

== Promotion and relegation ==

Austin Notorious defeated PaintballFIT.com 5–3 in the semi-professional final. The victory secured the season championship and promotion to the professional division for 2023.[3][4]

Sacramento DMG was relegated from the professional division following its World Cup playoff elimination.[4]

== See also ==

* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[2022 NXL Windy City Major]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7751/info PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: announced dates, venue, registration and competition formats, 2022.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7751/schedule PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: revised match schedule, 11–13 November 2022.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7751/scores PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: match scores, 2022.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/the-nxl-world-cup-event-recap-dynasty-wins-season-title-races-decided National Xball League – The 2022 NXL World Cup Event Recap, Dynasty Wins! Season Title Races Decided, written in partnership with Iconic Paintball by Quinn Nadu, 25 November 2022.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7751/rankings PBLeagues – NXL World Cup: final event standings, 2022.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2022 PBLeagues – National XBall League: 2022 season rankings.]

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