Editing 2023 NXL Australia

'''2023 NXL Australia''' was the 2023 season of [[NXL Australia]], an Australian tournament paintball league. The league calendar advertised regional rounds in Western Australia, ACT NSW and Victoria, followed by proposed national finals at [[Paintball Games Coldstream]]. RAW All Stars separately advertised two NXL M800 rounds in Queensland.[1][2]

Three Western Australian rounds are documented by participant reports. The Victorian five-player fixture scheduled for 7 May was cancelled after appearing under both Round 1 and Round 2. The national finals remained undated in the league calendar archived in December, and no national champion has been verified.[3][4][5][6][7]

== Western Australia ==
[[WASP Paintball]] in Carabooda was the advertised venue for five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Date !! Status and documented results
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia WA Round 1|WA Round 1]]
| 26 March
| '''Completed.''' [[Westside Rampage (Australian Paintball Team)|Westside Rampage]] won Division 2. [[Nomads (Australian Paintball Team)|Nomads]] separately reported finishing second at their first event of the year, with the division unspecified.[1][3][8]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia WA Round 2|WA Round 2]]
| 30 July
| '''Completed.''' Nomads reported winning the second NXL event. Their reports give no division.[4][9][10]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia WA Round 3|WA Round 3]] / [[2023 NXL Australia WA Round 4|WA Round 4]]
| 22 October
| '''Completed.''' [[STK Australia (Australian Paintball Team)|STK Australia]] finished first and [[STK Entourage (Australian Paintball Team)|STK Entourage]] second. Entourage reported six teams and identified [[Menace (Australian Paintball Team)|Menace]] as an opponent. The division and Menace's final placing remain unverified.[5][11][12]
|}

The league calendar listed Round 2 for 21 May, Round 3 for 23 July and Round 4 for 22 October. The later event-specific listings called the 30 July fixture Round 2 and the 22 October fixture Round 3. The two October labels refer to the same event. Whether separate fixtures took place on 21 May or 23 July remains unconfirmed.[1][9][11]

== ACT NSW ==
[[Paintball Sports ACT]] in Pialligo was the advertised venue for all four rounds, with five-player competition in Division 2 and Division 3. The league calendar and venue listings document the schedule. Completion and results remain unconfirmed for all four rounds.[1][13][14][15][16]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Advertised date !! Status
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia ACT NSW Round 1|ACT NSW Round 1]]
| 19 March
| Unconfirmed.[1][13]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia ACT NSW Round 2|ACT NSW Round 2]]
| 30 April
| Unconfirmed.[1][14]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia ACT NSW Round 3|ACT NSW Round 3]]
| 9 July
| Unconfirmed.[1][15]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia ACT NSW Round 4|ACT NSW Round 4]]
| 17 September
| Unconfirmed.[1][16]
|}

== Victoria ==
The league advertised five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2 at [[Paintball Games Coldstream]]. The RAW All Stars calendar initially advertised the Victorian opener for 26 February. The league calendar archived on 22 February moved it to 7 May and called the May fixture Round 1. The calendar archived on 28 February labelled 7 May Round 2, while the event listing promoted by the venue called it Round 1.[1][2][17][18][19]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Advertised date !! Status
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia Victoria Round 1|Victoria Round 1]] / [[2023 NXL Australia Victoria Round 2|Victoria Round 2]]
| 7 May
| '''Cancelled.''' On 30 April, Paintball Skirmish Games cited insufficient team entries and announced a social scrimmage at Coldstream for 7 May as the alternative. The two round labels refer to the same cancelled fixture.[6][17][18][19]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia Victoria Round 3|Victoria Round 3]]
| 16 July
| '''Completion unconfirmed.''' The venue announced a modified three-player NXL tournament for the same date and venue as the five-player listing. Whether the three-player event formally replaced the scheduled round remains unconfirmed.[1][20]
|-
| [[2023 NXL Australia Victoria Round 4|Victoria Round 4]]
| 24 September
| '''Completion unconfirmed.''' An indexed GunzUp listing showed an NXL three-player event at the same venue on the same date. The format played and results remain unverified.[1][21]
|}

== Queensland RAW NXL M800 Series ==
RAW All Stars advertised Round 1 for 6–7 May at [[Rum City Paintball]] near Bundaberg and Round 2 for 29–30 July at [[Townsville Paintball]] in Alice River. These fixtures appeared on the RAW All Stars programme alongside the national league calendar's regional programme. RAW All Stars described the M800 event as supported by the national NXL series and run under its rules. Completion and results remain unconfirmed for both Queensland rounds.[1][2][22][23]

== National finals ==
The [[2023 NXL Australia Finals|national finals]] were proposed for [[Paintball Games Coldstream]], with five-player competition in Division 1 and Division 2. The calendar archived on 4 December 2023 still gave no date. Completion, placings and national titles remain unverified.[7]

== See also ==
* [[NXL Australia]]
* [[2022 NXL Australia]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20231025135943/https://nxlaustralia.com.au/events/ NXL Australia — 2023 events calendar, archived 25 October 2023.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20230203190459/https://www.rawallstars.com/ RAW All Stars — 2023 Queensland M800 programme and Victorian event listings, archived 3 February 2023.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQH0dLvYda/ Westside Rampage participant report — Division 2 win at WA Round 1, 26 March 2023.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CvaC5AihNN0/ Nomads Paintball — First-place report, 1 August 2023.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CzTIL_shNfS/ STK Entourage — Report on the final WA round, including the six-team field and final placings.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/Crrrpr2hdDq/ Paintball Skirmish Games — Victorian NXL cancellation and social scrimmage announcement, 30 April 2023.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20231204070315/https://nxlaustralia.com.au/events/ NXL Australia — Events calendar with an undated national finals entry, archived 4 December 2023.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZJgt1BxEG/ Nomads Paintball — Second-place report from the team's first event of the year, 29 March 2023.]
# [https://www.facebook.com/events/306877478371380/ NXL Australia — NXL WA Round 2 2023, event listing for 30 July.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CvaB-rnhLVF/ Nomads Paintball — Report identifying the second NXL event, 1 August 2023.]
# [https://allevents.in/org/nxl-australia/13365275 AllEvents — NXL Australia organiser directory listing WA Round 3 for 22 October 2023.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CyxkpPVrbIU/ Kai Graebner-Bond — WA final-round participant report, 24 October 2023.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20230223213549/https://paintballs.com.au/tournaments/events/round-1-5-man-nxl-division-3-326/ Paintball Sports ACT — ACT NSW Round 1 venue