Paintball Media Magazine January 2023 | Page 101

World Cup , Kissimmee , Florida

The NXL World Cup is the paintball event of all paintball events . It ’ s the largest event in the world every year and this one drew north of 500 teams . The story coming into this event is that there would have been more than 700 teams entered but for that little thing we like to call Hurricane Ian . Flights were cancelled , rerouted and cancelled again , rerouted to cities hundreds of miles from Orlando and worse . Teams slept in airports , paid ridiculous last-minute fares and some even drove from as far away as California to play the Cup . It was a miracle the event even drew 500 teams .
All Thursday games were cancelled but the event played on … earlier and later than originally scheduled … but all games were played . In the end it was San Diego Dynasty doing it again , this time beating Tampa Bay Damage in the Pro finals 7-1 . The Dynasty train just keeps rolling .
In the WNXL The Heroines beat Destiny again in the finals . That ’ s three straight second place finishes for Destiny and back-to-back wins for The Heroines .
Top Ten Final 2022 Season Rankings ( Men ’ s )
1 .
San Diego Dynasty
2 .
Houston Heat
3 .
Edmonton Impact
4 .
Tampa Bay Damage
5 .
San Antonio X-Factor
6 .
Seattle Thunder
7 .
Baltimore Revo
8 .
San Diego Aftermath
9 .
ML Kings
10 .
Red Legion
WNXL ( Woman ’ s ) Final 2022 Season Rankings
1 .
The Heroines
2 .
Destiny
3 .
Dallas Vibe
4 .
Femmes Fatale
5 .
Sacramento Diamonds
6 .
Cheetahs
7 .
Shieldmaidens ( Spain )
8 .
Suricatos Women ( Colombia )
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