They would go on to beat Black Legion in the quarterfinals 5-1, and then win a tight game versus ALA Lime 2-0 in the semifinals before beating fellow Americans NR Factory 3-2 to take first place. Freedom and Independence went wire-to-wire, winning seven straight games by a combined beatdown score of 30-3. Domination.
Thirty-four teams entered Division Three in Dreux and through the first four games only Greed, Palm Beach Royals, Icon and Outlaw Kings were able to go undefeated to that point. Consilium Dei Zuerich, Toulouse Purple and Molde Xtreme each won three of their four preliminary round games. In the end PH Paintball of Finland would claim first place by virtue of their 3-2 win over Outlaw Kings from the Netherlands in the finals.
In Division Four Xball Amsterdam Notoriuos Black went wire to wire, beating all seven teams put in front of them to take first place.
Six teams entered the Open Seven V Seven division in Dreux, with Offenburg Comin’ At Ya beating the Mayhem Tigers in the finals to take first place. Survivor Wolf beat Malaysia’ s Thunderstorm to win the Open Three V Three division. The Enemy knocked off Nordic Tornados in the Amateur Three V Three finals to take firs place.
WNXL( Women ' s Xball League- Professional)
The 2025 WNXL European Series has been all about one team, and one team only. Forged around a core of Mandy Bertram, Lea Gatz, and Michel Feigart, the Belgian Belladonna has put together a string of victories in the European series that has been plain dominant. Winning five of the last six events in Europe, they have clearly become the standout team in the European league, rivaling the men in their consistency. Last year, the European Championship was their stumbling block, and they fumbled with a disappointing fourth place finish out of six teams that disrupted their winning streak. So with the annual arrival of the American super-squad, Air Force One, for this year’ s Euro Championships, the question that was in the back of everyone’ s minds: Would the European Championships prove to be Belladonna’ s Achilles’ heel? Or would they triumph and complete their perfect season?
Air Force One seemed to be all that stood in their way, but they were an imposing opponent.
The all-star WNXL squad jetted in from the US with the likes of legends Tami Adamson and Andrea Martinez, joined by up-andcoming Femmes Fatales Lysette Barnes and Roxanna Montano. They were joined by the Blanco sisters, Adriana and Gerkary, upstart Alexis Lazer, and veteran Alicia Valdivia of the Heroines, Angelina Tejada of Dallas Vibe, and the young Hadley Koreman who comes out of the Hydra and PBFit system.
Force was the word, and through the prelims, Air Force One showed it defeating Karma, Drakaina, and even Belladonna on Friday afternoon. They would round off their prelims, facing off against Chernobyl Pink.
Chernobyl Pink, traveling from Brazil, made their breakout appearance last year here at the Euro Championships and took gold in the 3v3. They struggled at this event at the WNXL level, but never lost their resolve. Despite taking losses, they put up points against Belladona and Drakaina on Friday. Although they were then trounced in a 4-0 defeat by red-hot Karma on Saturday, they had their heads held high going into their final match against Air Force One on Sunday. They gave the Americans a run for their
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