Editing 2023 Road To World Cup Recoil

The '''2023 Road To World Cup Recoil''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held on 7–8 October 2023 at Sykaryos Paintball in Mexico City. It was advertised as the third round of [[Liga Mexicana de Paintball]]'s [[Road To World Cup]] programme.[1] MONAGUILLOS, ChinChanChon and VAGOS RONNIN ROJO finished first in the three divisions according to the published final placings.[2]

== Event and format ==
The venue was listed on the Picacho–Ajusco road at kilometre 11.5, in Tlalpan.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Published format !! Game time
|-
| Division 3 || Five-player X-Ball, mercy four || 12 minutes
|-
| Division 4 || Five-player X-Ball, mercy four || 10 minutes
|-
| Tercias D4 || Three-player race-to-two, Sunday || 3 minutes
|}

== Results ==
The published final placings contain four Division 3 teams, ten Division 4 teams and four Tercias D4 teams.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Division 3 !! Division 4 !! Tercias D4
|-
| 1 || MONAGUILLOS || ChinChanChon || VAGOS RONNIN ROJO
|-
| 2 || Sykaryos || VAGOS RONNIN || D5 Pink sykaryos
|-
| 3 || TOWERS || Pink Sykaryos || Cartel D5
|-
| 4 || SKS || Obsidian Dragons || Jueces
|-
| 5 || — || SYKARYOS WANNABE || —
|-
| 6 || — || SKS CARTEL || —
|-
| 7 || — || ARMADA 5 || —
|-
| 8 || — || Bastards || —
|-
| 9 || — || ANGELS ECATEPEC || —
|-
| 10 || — || Ramirez team || —
|}

=== Five-player finals ===
The playoff records give these final scores:[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Division 3 || MONAGUILLOS || 3–2 || Sykaryos
|-
| Division 4 || ChinChanChon || 3–0 || VAGOS RONNIN
|}

Division 3 used a three-team playoff: MONAGUILLOS beat TOWERS 4–2 in the semi-final before winning the final. No separate third-place match is displayed.[3]

In Division 4, Pink Sykaryos beat Obsidian Dragons 2–0 in the third-place match.[3]

== Gaps and distinctions ==
=== Three-player playoff records ===
The final placings identify VAGOS RONNIN ROJO first, D5 Pink sykaryos second and Cartel D5 third in Tercias D4.[2] However, the displayed semi-final between D5 Pink sykaryos and Cartel D5 and final between VAGOS RONNIN ROJO and D5 Pink sykaryos each show 0–0, with individual point entries coded ''T'', ''T'' and ''F'' for both teams.[3]

Those entries do not establish a numerical winning score or explain how the playoff positions were decided. The published placings are retained without reconstructing the outcome or assuming that the matches were cancelled.

=== Preliminary rankings ===
Sykaryos led the Division 3 preliminary table but finished second after losing the final.[2][3] Preliminary rankings are distinguished from final event placings.

The tournament results do not independently establish season champions or fulfilment of World Cup entry and travel prizes.

== See also ==
* [[Road To World Cup]]
* [[Liga Mexicana de Paintball]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8188/info PBLeagues: ''Road To World Cup Recoil'', 7–8 October 2023 — event information, venue and formats].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8188/rankings PBLeagues: ''Road To World Cup Recoil'' — final event placings].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8188/scores PBLeagues: ''Road To World Cup Recoil'' — preliminary and playoff scores].

== External links ==
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/8188 Recoil event record on PBLeagues]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Mexico]]