Editing 2025 NXL Midwest Open

The '''2025 NXL Midwest Open''' was the third tournament of the [[2025 NXL season|2025 National Xball League season]], held at Joyce Park in Fairfield, Ohio, from 19 to 22 June 2025. Professional three-player X-Ball took place on Thursday, followed by the main professional, women's and divisional competitions.[1]

[[Red Legion]] won the professional X-Ball division, defeating TonTon FSU 5–3 in the final. [[The Heroines]] won the [[Women's National Xball League|WNXL]] division with a 3–1 victory over Femmes Fatale.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
The official registration record listed the event at Joyce Park, 122 Joe Nuxhall Way, Fairfield, Ohio, from 19 to 22 June 2025.[1]

The NXL's promotional page advertised the main tournament for 20–22 June and described Joyce Park as being outside Cincinnati. The professional three-player competition extended the published event schedule to Thursday, 19 June.[1][3]

== Competition formats ==
The published programme specified 15-minute professional X-Ball matches with a six-point mercy rule. WNXL, Semi-Professional and Division 2 used 15-minute matches with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule, while Division 5 used ten-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule.[1]

Professional three-player X-Ball was listed with seven-minute games. Other formats included divisional, women's and youth five-player competition, Classic Open five-player and seven-player competition, Amateur ten-player competition, and women's, Amateur, Intermediate, Novice and Youth three-player categories.[1]

== Professional X-Ball ==
Twenty teams contested the professional division, with ten advancing from the preliminary round.[2]

Red Legion defeated Edmonton Impact 8–4 in the quarter-finals before reaching the final against TonTon FSU. Red Legion won the final 5–3. Houston Heat finished third and San Antonio X-Factor fourth in the official standings.[2][4]

PaintballFIT, winner of the preceding two events, finished fifth after losing 2–1 to X-Factor in the quarter-finals.[2][4]

== Professional three-player competition ==
The Thursday professional three-player X-Ball competition attracted 18 teams. San Antonio X-Factor finished first, Edmonton Impact second and San Diego Dynasty third.[1][4]

This competition had separate results from the main professional five-player X-Ball tournament.[4]

== Women's competition ==
Ten teams contested WNXL X-Ball. The Heroines defeated Femmes Fatale 3–1 in the final, with Dallas Vibe finishing third and Suricatos fourth.[1][2][4]

The final was a rematch of the teams' semi-final at the [[2025 NXL Tampa Bay Open]]. Heroines player Daniela Rojas described the Midwest victory as a response to that earlier defeat. Rojas received the WNXL overall MVP award, while Nana Blanco received the finals MVP award.[5]

Dallas Dolls won the separate women's five-player competition. The women's three-player category featured two Dallas Dolls entries, with Dallas Dolls 3v3 1 finishing ahead of Dallas Dolls 3v3 2.[4]

== Divisional and additional results ==
The following table lists the first two finishers in the remaining published categories.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second
|-
| Semi-Professional X-Ball || BR Factory || New Jersey Jesters
|-
| Division 2 X-Ball || New York BRAVE || Noobies
|-
| Division 3 X-Ball || New Jersey Filthy || AG Knights
|-
| Division 4 X-Ball || Smoke Red || SUWT HYDRA
|-
| Division 5 X-Ball || S.N.A.F.U. 2 || Space Monkeys D5
|-
| Amateur ten-player || LockDown OGs || PHILIPPINES
|-
| Classic Open seven-player || Doc's Raiders || Aftershock
|-
| Classic Open five-player || Aftershock || Papeletto Team
|-
| Women's five-player || Dallas Dolls || NJ High Rollers
|-
| Division 3 five-player || WPG Konvicts || NMI
|-
| Division 4 five-player || Magic City Vulcans || Reapers
|-
| Division 5 five-player || New York Khaos || TCP Nano Machine
|-
| Youth Advanced five-player || Filthy Kids || Hydra Kidz
|-
| Women's three-player || Dallas Dolls 3v3 1 || Dallas Dolls 3v3 2
|-
| Amateur three-player || Doc's Raiders || Assets
|-
| Intermediate three-player || NFO NEW YORK || Real Trash
|-
| Novice three-player || KYF Kidz || PLAN-B
|-
| Youth three-player || TCP Micro Machine || CountDown Kidz
|}

The Youth three-player placings listed CountDown Kidz second without ranking points.[4]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Women's National Xball League]]
* [[2025 NXL season]]
* [[2025 NXL Atlantic City Open]]
* [[2025 NXL Lone Star Open]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8926/info PBLeagues – Midwest Open: dates, venue, competition categories and formats, 19–22 June 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8926/scores PBLeagues – Midwest Open: match scores.]
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/2025midwestopen National Xball League – 2025 Midwest Open: official event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8926/rankings PBLeagues – Midwest Open: final placings.]
# [https://www.danielarojas30.com/wnxl-midwest-open-2025-first-place/ Daniela Rojas – WNXL Midwest Open 2025: First Place.]

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