Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine, May 2019 | Page 22

Photo By Nick Sonsini
The Games
The Pro X-ball division featured 16 teams
from around the world—places like Sweden,
Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, America,
France and more. Noticeably absent from the
league this year were the TonTon Flingueurs,
Expendables and Manchester Firm, each of
whom will sit out the season. Kyiv United,
Golden State Knights and Stockholm Ignition
would play in their stead.
Kyiv United, Moscow Red Legion ran over
Outrage and the Golden State Knights
overpowered the Cologne Hurricanes.
In what only could be described as utter
shock, the Golden State Knights mercy-ruled
Edmonton Impact in the semifinals 5-0. It
was the end of the line for last year’s league
champions and not a single person could
have predicted it would end this way for
them. The other semifinal game was also a
surprise, albeit a much less shocking version.
In this game it was Moscow Red Legion
In the preliminary rounds Moscow Red sending Houston Heat home with an 8-4 win.
Legion and last year’s season rankings
winners Edmonton Impact, two powerhouse Could the Golden State Knights win their
teams, each went undefeated. Houston first ever event? That question was answered
Heat, Lyiv United (With Keith Brown, Tim fairly quickly. Moscow Red Legion came out
Montressor and Slava Ziugzda), Breakout Spa strong in the finals, took control from the
and Golden State Knights would each win onset and never looked back. Golden State’s
three games in the opening round of play. best wasn’t enough to put a single point on
In the quarterfinals Impact beat Breakout the board as the Red Legion got the 5-0 final
Spa, Houston Heat was way too much for round shutout and event win. For the first
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