Paintball Magazine Paintball Magazine Nov 2019 Issue | Page 36

In the semipro Xball division Manchester Firm, the former Millennium Series CPL team got past Ranger Warsaw in a low scoring game 2-0. Breakout Spa II beat a really strong Amsterdam Heat a surprising 4-0. Thirty teams entered Division 2 Xball in Amsterdam and only two were able to win their four preliminary round games— Scalp and Buzoters—and like the semipro bracket, more teams than not split their preliminary round games. Heading to the Sunday Club in the ocho rounds were Jets Oresund, Headshot Moscow, Ugly Duckling, How Big Is Paintball (HBI), Virst Factory Team, Biohaze, Droogs Horrorshow and Ronholt Dynamite. Freedom And Independence, Buzoters, Baltimore Nasty and Scalp earned the ochofinals bye. 036 paintball.media magazine In the end it was Freedom And Independence from the U.S. that would beat Droogs Horrorshow in the finals to take first place. Legacy beat Killzone Army 3-2 to take Division Three Xball and Braindead Emsdetten took care of their business winning their final-round game against Consilium Dei Zuerich 3 in Division Four Xball. One of the biggest events of the weekend in Amsterdam was the Women’s Open Xball Nations Cup, where all female teams from eight different nations would battle for the 2019 title. Out of the gate Russia and Germany showed their skill level, each winning all three preliminary round games.