List of professional paintball teams
This is a list of notable professional paintball teams. A professional paintball team is one that plays paintball with the financial, equipment or other kind of support of one or more sponsors, often in return for advertising rights. Several professional teams have different names in different leagues due to franchising and sponsorship issues.
Professional Tournament teams
Teams that compete in both NPPL and NXL leagues
- Baltimore Trauma( a.k.a Montreal Image in NPPL)
- Jacksonville Raiders
- Los Angeles Ironmen
- Los Angeles Infamous (a.k.a. Oakland Assassins in the NXL)
- New England Hurricanes (a.k.a. New York Hurricanes in the NXL)
- Pittsburgh All-Americans (a.k.a. Philadelphia Americans in the NXL)
- Portland/Seattle Naughty Dogs
- Sacramento XSV (Pronounced "Excessive")
- San Diego Dynasty
Teams that compete in NPPL only
- Chicago Farside (formerly Chicago Evil)
- Pasadena Bad Company
- Edmonton Impact (fields an Open Xball team, but has not gained NXL franchise)
- Jersey Authority
- Las Vegas LTZ (team withdrew from NXL and currently only competes in NPPL)
- Miami Rage
- Oakland Blast (team [as San Diego Legacy] withdrew from NXL and currently only competes in NPPL)
- St. Louis Avalanche (fields an Xball team, but is currently ranked Open in PSP)
- Stockholm Joy (Sweden)
Teams that compete in NXL only
- Chicago Aftershock
- Detroit Strange
- Russian Legion (Boston Red Legion)
- San Antonio X-Factor (fields an NPPL team, but is currently ranked Semi-Pro in NPPL)
- Ultimate
Teams that compete(d) in the European Champions' Paintball League (Europe)
- Stockholm Joy (Sweden)
- Stockholm Ignition (Sweden)
- Toulouse Tontons (France)
- Marseille Icon (France)
- Montpellier Influence (France)
- Grenoble Vision (France)
- Manchester Shockwave (England)
- Manchester Kelly's (England)
- London Nexus (England)
- Frankfurt Syndicate (Germany)
- Sacramento XSV (United States of America)
- Philly Dogs (United States of America)
- Zürich Consilium Dei (Switzerland)
- Copenhagen Ducks (Denmark)
- Moscow Phoenix (Russia)
- Oslo Menace (Norway)
- Budapest Bullets (Hungary)
- Chili Peppers Riga (Latvia)
Teams that play in the SPL league (the second division of the ECPL)
- Blackout Charleroi (Belgium)
- Brussels Crossfire (Belgium)
- Birmingham Disruption (England)
- Rammstein Instinct (Germany)
- Stockholm Maharadjas (Sweden)
- Dornbirn Daltons (Austria)
- Duesseldorf Reckless (Germany)
- Allstars Cologne (Germany)
- Oslo Envy (Norway)
- Drammen Solid (Norway)
- Uglyu Ducklings Odense (Denmark)
- Hellwood Paris (France)
- Sigur (Latvia)
See also
- Paintball
- Paintball leagues