Editing 2025 NXL World Cup

The '''2025 NXL World Cup''' was the final tournament of the 2025 [[National Xball League]] United States season, held from '''12–16 November 2025''' in Kissimmee, Florida. The venue was on West Osceola Parkway, opposite the Gaylord Palms Resort. Three-player X-Ball competition began on 12 November, followed by the main tournament from 13–16 November. [1][2]

[[Tampa Bay Damage]] won both professional five-player X-Ball and professional three-player X-Ball. [[The Heroines]] won professional [[Women's National Xball League|WNXL]] X-Ball. The season championships went to [[PaintballFIT]] in professional five-player X-Ball, [[Edmonton Impact]] in professional 3v3 and The Heroines in WNXL. [3][4][5]

== Venue and programme ==
The official event page gave the venue address as 5990 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, opposite the Gaylord Palms Resort. [1]

The programme included professional and divisional X-Ball, three-player X-Ball, conventional three-player and five-player competition, youth divisions, women's divisions, Masters, ten-player competition and Classic Mounds formats. Military competition included the Commander's Cup and a Veterans International match. Collegiate X-Ball was also included in the registration programme. [1][2]

The event included a trade show, professional autograph sessions and championship matches on the main professional field. [1]

== Formats and championship structure ==
Professional five-player X-Ball comprised 24 teams. Red Legion, PaintballFIT, Edmonton Impact and Breakout Spa formed a four-team championship bracket, with all four advancing directly to the quarter-finals. The remaining 20 teams played in four preliminary groups, with the leading two teams in each group advancing to the opening knockout round. [6]

Semi-Pro and Divisions 2–5 also had four-team championship brackets whose entrants advanced directly to their respective quarter-finals. Other entrants competed through preliminary and knockout rounds for the remaining places. [6]

The published registration settings listed professional five-player X-Ball at 15 minutes with a six-point mercy rule, and WNXL at 15 minutes with a five-point mercy rule. Professional 3v3 was listed at seven minutes with a three-point mercy rule, with separate East and West groups. Open and Amateur three-player X-Ball used six-minute matches with a three-point mercy rule. [2]

== Professional five-player X-Ball ==
Tampa Bay Damage defeated Edmonton Impact 3–2 in the quarter-finals and TonTon FSU 5–4 in the semi-finals. PaintballFIT reached the final by defeating Houston Heat 5–4 and San Antonio X-Factor 5–2. [7]

Damage led the final 2–0 at half-time. Both teams scored twice in the second half, giving Damage a 4–2 victory. PaintballFIT nevertheless finished first in the season standings. [4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Opponent
|-
| Quarter-final || San Antonio X-Factor || 6–0 || Breakout Spa
|-
| Quarter-final || PaintballFIT || 5–4 || Houston Heat
|-
| Quarter-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 3–2 || Edmonton Impact
|-
| Quarter-final || TonTon FSU || 5–4 || Red Legion
|-
| Semi-final || PaintballFIT || 5–2 || San Antonio X-Factor
|-
| Semi-final || Tampa Bay Damage || 5–4 || TonTon FSU
|-
| Final || Tampa Bay Damage || 4–2 || PaintballFIT
|}
Source: PBLeagues professional match results. [7]

== Professional three-player X-Ball ==
Professional 3v3 took place on Wednesday, 12 November, with 24 entrants divided between East and West groups. [1][2]

Tampa Bay Damage finished first and Edmonton Impact second in the official final standings. Impact won the professional 3v3 season championship, ahead of Damage. [3][5]

== WNXL ==
Ten teams entered professional WNXL X-Ball. Dallas Vibe defeated San Francisco Sirens 5–0 in one semi-final, while The Heroines defeated Femmes Fatale 4–1 in the other. The Heroines won the final 2–1 against Dallas Vibe. [2][8]

The victory also secured the WNXL season championship for The Heroines. Women's amateur five-player and three-player competition were held as separate categories. [3][5]

== Divisional results ==
The following table records the winners of the other categories with published final placings. Division numbers are abbreviated as D2–D5. [3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Category !! Winner
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || New York Wrecking Crew
|-
| D2 X-Ball || Rejects
|-
| D3 X-Ball || NR FACTORY
|-
| D4 X-Ball || Ohio Outlaws
|-
| D5 X-Ball || Protocol D5
|-
| Masters X-Ball || Aftershock
|-
| Commander's Cup || Marines
|-
| Veterans International || Veteran Militia
|-
| D3 five-player || NMI
|-
| D4 five-player || FZR
|-
| D5 five-player || Tampa Bay Exile
|-
| WNXL Amateur five-player || NJ High Rollers
|-
| Youth Advanced five-player || Filthy Kids
|-
| Youth Beginner five-player || YPL Allstars
|-
| Amateur ten-player || Smoke
|-
| Classic Mounds ten-player || NXS
|-
| Classic Mounds seven-player || Image
|-
| Classic Mounds five-player || Aftershock
|-
| Open three-player X-Ball || Wyldside Distortion
|-
| Amateur three-player X-Ball || Panda Express Elite
|-
| WNXL three-player || VXNS
|-
| Open three-player || NXS
|-
| Amateur three-player || The Lost Boys
|-
| Intermediate three-player || PR1ME CATS
|-
| Novice three-player || 2 Slow 2 Bunker
|-
| Youth three-player || Iron kids
|}

== Season championships ==
World Cup results completed the season standings. PaintballFIT won professional five-player X-Ball with 1,052 points, ahead of Red Legion on 984. Edmonton Impact won professional 3v3 with 670 points, while The Heroines won WNXL with 393. [5]

Other season winners in categories contested across multiple events were: [5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Category !! Season champion
|-
| Semi-Pro X-Ball || Jungle Cats
|-
| D2 X-Ball || Noobies
|-
| D3 X-Ball || NR FACTORY
|-
| D4 X-Ball || Gunnerz
|-
| D5 X-Ball || Protocol D5
|-
| D3 five-player || NMI
|-
| D4 five-player || JakkBoyz
|-
| D5 five-player || Tampa Bay Exile
|-
| WNXL Amateur five-player || NJ High Rollers
|-
| Youth Advanced five-player || Filthy Kids
|-
| Amateur ten-player || Smoke
|-
| Classic Mounds seven-player || Image
|-
| Classic Mounds five-player || Aftershock
|-
| WNXL three-player || Dallas Dolls 3v3 1
|-
| Amateur three-player || Doc's Raiders
|-
| Intermediate three-player || Nomadz
|-
| Novice three-player || Hasbeens D5
|-
| Youth three-player || Shenanikids
|}

== Promotion and relegation ==
Jungle Cats, previously competing as BR Factory, finished first in the Semi-Pro season standings and earned promotion to the professional division for 2026. New York Wrecking Crew won the Semi-Pro World Cup tournament but did not win the season championship or its associated professional place. [4][5]

NRG Elite was relegated from the professional division following the 2025 season. [9]

== See also ==
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[Women's National Xball League]]
* [[2025 NXL Lone Star Open]]
* [[2025 MLPB Pro 3v3 World Championship]]

== References ==
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/2025-world-cup-of-paintball National Xball League – 2025 World Cup of Paintball: venue and event programme, November 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8928/info PBLeagues – World Cup: dates, venue, registration categories and formats, 12–16 November 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8928/rankings PBLeagues – World Cup: official final placings, November 2025.]
# [https://paintballdirt.substack.com/p/weekly-newsletter-world-cup-results Brandon Olson, Paintball Dirt – Weekly Newsletter: World Cup Results!, 17 November 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2025 PBLeagues – National XBall League: final 2025 season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8928/brackets PBLeagues – World Cup: championship brackets and advancement structure, November 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/scores/L316/E8928/scores/s255_c8.html PBLeagues – NXL World Cup 2025: professional X-Ball match results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/scores/L316/E8928/scores/s255_c42.html PBLeagues – NXL World Cup 2025: WNXL X-Ball match results.]
# [https://paintballdirt.substack.com/p/weekly-newsletter-houston-heat-changes Brandon Olson, Paintball Dirt – Weekly Newsletter: Houston Heat Changes Ownership.]

== External links ==
* [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/2025-world-cup-of-paintball Official event page]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/8928/rankings Complete final placings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/316/seasonRankings/2025 Complete season standings]

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