Paintball leagues
Professional, semi-professional, and divisional leagues regularly hold high-class, well-organized tournaments involving a large number of professional teams, crowds of spectators, and large cash prizes. A "smaller" league in the northeast, the NEPL (New England Paintball League) has been at the forefront of organized paintball for almost 20 years. CFOA (Carolina Field Owners Association) and the XPSL (Extreme Paintball Sports League) have become very popular recently in their respective regions bringing a high caliber of competition only found in larger tournament bases.
Major national and international leagues include Paintball Sports Promotions featuring the National XBall League (United States), and the Millennium Series (Europe). X-ball, which is played divisionally as well as professionally, is played in two halves. each half lasts 20 minutes. The object of each point is to hang the flag which scores your team one point. The X-ball format has recently been changed to a race to 9 format, whereby if one team scores 9 points within the time limit the game automatically ends.
The only two leagues which offer full length XBall matches are the AXBL/CXBL and the APBL. They still offer 15.4 ball per second ramping and play full 25 minute halves.
The parent company of the United States based National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in the 4th quarter of 2008. The NPPL was a 7-man league, with games lasting up to 7 minutes.
The USPL (United States Paintball League) is the newest professional league in America. It is ran by players for players.
Tournament Paintball also exists in the woods played in competitions such as the Scenario Paintball Players League (SPPL) and the Tactical Ten Paintball League.
Major national and international leagues include Paintball Sports Promotions featuring the National XBall League (United States), and the Millennium Series (Europe). X-ball, which is played divisionally as well as professionally, is played in two halves. each half lasts 20 minutes. The object of each point is to hang the flag which scores your team one point. The X-ball format has recently been changed to a race to 9 format, whereby if one team scores 9 points within the time limit the game automatically ends.
The only two leagues which offer full length XBall matches are the AXBL/CXBL and the APBL. They still offer 15.4 ball per second ramping and play full 25 minute halves.
The parent company of the United States based National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in the 4th quarter of 2008. The NPPL was a 7-man league, with games lasting up to 7 minutes.
The USPL (United States Paintball League) is the newest professional league in America. It is ran by players for players.
Tournament Paintball also exists in the woods played in competitions such as the Scenario Paintball Players League (SPPL) and the Tactical Ten Paintball League.