Ranger Warsaw and Ronholt Dynamite played the game of the event in the quarterfinals. This back and fourth match was an offensive blitz from the opening breakout and to the final overtime buzzer. Ranger Warsaw survived their first scare of the event with an 8-7 win over Ronhold Dynamite. Ballern Factory Team beat Paris Camp Carnage 5-4; Joy Division sent Austin FSU home 9-6; and LTF beat Offenbach Comin At Ya 6-4.
In the semifinals Ranger Warsaw easily advanced to the finals with a 7-1 victory over Ballern Factory Team, and LTF won a hard-fought game against Joy Division 9-7 to advance.
Once again, in the finals it was Ranger Warsaw surviving an overtime game with an 8-7 win over LTF to sweep the season— three first place wins in three events!
Semipro Xball Division
Twenty five teams entered the Semiprofessional Xball competition in Dreux, several of them within reach of the first-place FiveStar 2, who sit at the top of the season leaderboard. Trash Pandas, Outbreak HBI, BM United, Sporting CP and Droogs Frankfurt were all hoping for a shot at the title coming into the Championship.
And as fate or hard work would have it, Droogs Frankfurt, Trash Pandas, BM United and Sporting CP all got off to a strong start In the preliminary rounds. Toulouse Purple, Oslo Prodigy, SL Benfica and Molde Xtreme did as well.
Sunday morning’ s ocho round playoffs began with a bang. MaxGun defeated Molde Xtreme in overtime 5-4; Toulouse Purple also won their game against Jets Oresund 4-3; Trash Pandas easily beat Outbreak HBI 5-1; and SL Benfica ended MacDev Factory’ s event 4-0.
MaxGun, Toulouse Purple and Trash Pandas kept it going with wins in the quarterfinals, as did Oslo Prodigy. MaxGun was on a roll and it didn’ t stop in their 4-0 semifinal win over Toulouse Purple. Ditto Trash Pandas, who bumped Olso Prodigy 4-0.
This set up a final-round battle between the two hottest teams in the Semipro division. And MaxGun was up to the task, rolling Trash Pandas 4-0 to take first place. Trash Pandas’ second place finish combined with FiveStar 2’ s 13th place was enough for the Pandas to leapfrog the field and end the season at the top of the Semipro leaderboard. www. paintball. media
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