- List of paintball leagues
Professional and semi-professional
paintball leagues regularly hold high-class, well-organized tournaments involving a large number of professional teams, crowds of spectators, and large cash prizes. Though most of the major leagues are based in theUnited States , many leagues inEurope have become powerhouses in their own right, drawing thousands of spectators at every event.U.S. National Leagues
*NCPA - (National Collegiate Paintball Association), Nationwide association that sanctions college and high school competition, broadcast on College Sports Television Network in the summers of 2005 and 2006, and Fox College Sports in the summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009.
* [http://www.nppl.tv/site/ NPPL] - (National Professional Paintball League), Nationwide tournament circuit featuring 7-man format, broadcast on ESPN2 in the spring of 2006
* [http://www.pspevents.com/ PSP] - (Paintball Sports Promotions), Nationwide tournament circuit featuring the X-Ball format. PSP's Professional division is known as the NXL, broadcast on ESPN2 in December, 2004
* [http://www.uapl.info/ WPL] - (World Paintball League, 3-man league formerly broadcast on UPN) The WPL ceased operations as of April, 2006.U.S. regional leagues
* [http://www.atlaspaintballpark.com/tournaments.html APL] - (Atlas Paintball League), New Jersey US
* [http://axbl.us AXBL] - (American Xtreme Paintball League), Northeast US
* [http://www.ccpl07.com CCPL] - (Captain Carl's Paintball League) Pennsylvania, US
* [http://www.thecfoa.com/ CFOA] - (The Carolina Field Owner's Association), Southeast US
* [http://www.CTSPaintball.com CTS] - (Crossroads Tournament Series), Midwest US
* [http://www.thegpl.com GPL] - (Global Paintball League)
* [http://www.Chitownseries.com Chi-Town Series] - (Chi-Town Series), Midwest US
* [http://www.midwestpaintballseries.com/ MPS] - (Midwest Paintball Series), Midwest US
* [http://www.thextremepaintballleague.com/ NAX] - North American Xtreme Paintball League
* [http://www.thenepl.com NEPL] - (New England Paintball League), Northeast US
* [http://www.pevs.com PTS] - (Pevs Tournament Series), Mid-Atlantic US
* [http://scxl.net SCXL] - (Southern California Xball League)Southern California US
* [http://www.vengeancepaintballdistributors.com/sxpl.html SXPL] - (Southeastern Xtreme Paintball League), Southeast US
* [http://www.xpsl.com/ XPSL] - (Xtreme Paintball Sports League), West Coast US
* [http://www.thegfoa.com/ GFOA] -(The Georgia Field Owners Association), Southeast USPaintball leagues outside the U.S.
* [http://www.tpl-ca.com / CSWL] Calgary Scenario Woodsball League, Calgary Alberta Canada
* [http://www.cappl.org CAPPL] - Central American Professional Paintball League (CAPPL)
* [http://www.arenapaintball.cl/ APST] - Arena Paintball Special Tournament, X-ball Style, 3x3 man - Viña, Chile. (January, February)
* [http://www.aapaintball.com.ar/ Argentine Paintball Association] - Asociación Argentina de Paintball (AAP)
* [http://www.super7spaintball.com/ S7s] - Australian Super 7s
* [http://www.axlseries.com.au/ AXL] - Australian X-Ball
* [http://www.bcbl.net/ BCBL] BC Bushball League, BC, Canada
* [http://www.bcppl.com/ BCPPL] BC Paintball Players League, BC, Canada
* [http://www.belgian-paintball-league.be/ BPL] - Belgian Paintball League
* [http://www.centurio-eepl.com/ Centurio Circuit] - 5 Man European Paintball League
* [http://www.csp-paintball.com/ CSP] - Circuito Sudamericano de Paintball, South American 5-man speedball (now 2008 x-ball format)
* [http://www.paintballchile.cl/ CNP] - Circuito Nacional De Paintball, 5-man Speedball - Chile
* [http://www.paintball-chile.com/ CNLP/CNPL] - Campeonato Nacional Ligas de Paintball/ Chilean National Paintball Leagues - 2008
* [http://www.canadianscenariopaintball.com CSPO] - Canadian Scenario Paintball Operations
* [http://www.cxbl.ca/ CXBL] - Canadian X-Ball League
* [http://www.pureevilseries.com/ ESPL] - Flagswipe Paintall Series - Ontario, Canada
* [http://www.spbl.org/ Finnish Paintball Federation]
* [http://www.paintball-france.com/ - French Paintball Federation] , Open since 1996
* [http://www.pbliga.de German Paintball League] - Deutsche Paintball Liga (DPL)
* [http://www.iplevents.blog.ca/ IPL] - Interior Paintball League, BC, Canada
* [http://www.paintballer.ie/ixl/ IXL] - Irish 5 man X-Ball League
* [http://www.lappl.tv/ LAPPL] - Latin America Professional Paintball League, International tournament circuit featuring 7-man format
* [http://www.millennium-series.com/ Millennium Series] - Pan-European paintball league
* [http://www.mrpaintballevents.com/ MR Series] - MR Paintball Series, Alberta, Canada
* [http://www.my-npl.org/ MY-NPL] - Malaysia National Paintball League, Malaysia
* [http://www.xtionpaintball.com/mpoc/ MPOC] - Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit, Malaysia
* [http://www.mxball3.com MXBALL3] - México X-Ball League Series
* [http://www.nordicseries.com/ Nordic Series] - the former European X-Ball League
* [http://www.thextremepaintballleague.com/ NAX] - North American Xtreme Paintball League
* [http://www.npl.no/ NPL] - Norwegian Paintball League
* [http://www.nzppl.com/home/ Nz paintball] - New Zealand NZPPL
* [http://www.oppl.ca/ OPPL] - OPPL, Ontario Paintball Players League, Ontario, Canada
* [http://www.palseries.org/ PALS] - Paintball-Asia League Series, Asia/Asia Pacific
* [http://www.pplh.pl/ PPLH] - Polish 3 Man Paintball League
* [http://www.playpaintballseries.com/ PPS] - Bulgarian 3/5 Man Paintball Series
* [http://www.ppxl.pl/ PPXL] - Polish 5 Man Paintball League
* [http://www.paintball-pro-tour.ch/ PPT] - Swiss Paintball Pro Tour
* [http://www.pslevents.ca/index.php/ PSL] - Prairie Speedball League - Saskatchewan Canada
* [http://www.paintball.ru/next.php?id=19 Russian League]
* [http://www.sapaintball.co.za SAPPL] - South African Professional Paintball League
* [http://www.sppl.es/ SPPL] - Spanish Paintball League
* [http://www.splatterspaintball.com/SPS SPS] - Splatters Paintball Series, Manitoba, Canada
* [http://www.paintballcompetitie.be/ VPBF] - Flemisch Paintball Federation - Belgium
* [http://www.zonapaintball.org/ ZPCup] - Zona Paintball Cup 7-Men - Chile
*TPL-turkish paintball leagueTactical Paintball Leagues in the U.S.
* [http://www.playstgppl.com SPPL] - SPPL (Scenario Paintball Players League)
* [http://www.tacten.com TTPL] - TTPL (Tactical-Ten-Paintball-League)Tactical Paintball Leagues outside U.S.
* [http://www.asppl.net/ ASPPL] Australian Scenario Paintball Players League
* [http://www.bctactical.com BC Tactical] - British Columbia Tactical Paintball
* [http://www.paintballcompetitie.be SPL Belgium] Scenario Paintball League Belgium
* [http://www.tpl-ca.com TPL] - Tactical Paintball League Site For Canada
* [http://www.spplcanada.com/en/news.php CSPPL] Canadian Scenario Paintball Players League
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