List of paintball leagues

This is a list of notable professional and semi-professional paintball leagues.

North American leagues

• National professional paintball League (NPPL) - Alongside the PSP makes up the two core professional leagues.
• Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP)
  • National XBall League (NXL) - Professional division of Paintball Sports Promotions, includes nationwide tournament circuit featuring the X-Ball format.
• National Collegiate Paintball Association (NCPA) - Nationwide association that sanctions college and high school competition.
• Ultimate Arena Paintball League - professional division of the World Paintball League, tournament in Las Vegas that premiered on Superstation WGN in January 2006.
• United States Paintball League (USPL) - Incorporated the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) trademarks in 2008.
• Woodsball Tournament League (WTL)
• Ultimate Woodsball League (UWL)

U.S. regional leagues

• CFPS - (Central Florida Paintball Series), Largest Paintball League in Florida featuring the 5-man format. The CFPS was founded early in 2009 and hosts 7 paintball tournaments each year. Players compete in CFPS events to rank nationally in the official PSP rankings. The CFPS is also known as the Race to World Cup.
• American Xball League (AXBL)
• Adrenaline Force Tournament Series (AFTS)
• Arizona Paintball Players League (AZPPL)
• Canadian Xtreme Paintball League (CXBL)
• Carolina Field Owners Association (CFOA)
• Eastern Paintball League (EPL)
• Eastern Regional Field Owners Association (ERFOA) - Regional league serving the New England area. Match style xball with Major (unranked) and minor (D3 and lower) divisions.
• Georgia Field Owners Association (GFOA)
• Global Paintball League Global Paintball League (GPL)
• Indiana Captain's Coucil (ICC)
• Mid-South Xball League (MSXL)
• Midwest Xball League (MWXL)
• New England Paintball League (NEPL) - The New England Paintball League is a regional paintball league in New England. They host 5-6 events a year and have tournament play for all tournament players including 3 Man, 5 Man, Xball, and 7 Man. The league is based out of Maynard Paintball Club which is also apart of Boston Indoor Paintball. By Mike Friedman
• NorthEast Paintball Series (NEPS) - Regional league serving the New England area. 5-man Division 4/Novice & Division 5/Rookie level play
• Ontario Youth Paintball League - minor league, serving the Oakville, Burlington and Milton area.
• South Eastern Paintball Series (SEPS)
• United States Paintball Association (USPA)
• Vicious Series
• West Coast Paintball Players League (WCPPL)
• West Coast Paintball Series - The WCPS is a regional paintball tournament series in the Northwest.

Paintball leagues outside the U.S.

• Atlantic Paintball League (APBL) - 7-man league in Atlantic Canada, serving PEI, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
• Canadian Xtreme Paintball League

• N.S.P.L Natwest Southern Paintball league, Based in the UK, Division 1- M7 format, Division 2- Race to 2 format, Division 3 + 4- 5 man format.
• Proto KotH Paintball Beginners league, 5 Man format. 1st place team get promoted to N.S.P.L division 4.
• CPPS Central Premier Paintball Series Uk
• Malaysian National Paintball League (MY-NPL), the most popular and largest paintball league in Malaysia. 5 rounds per season with Division 1 in 7-man format, Division 2, 3, and 4 in 5-man format. Garners over 70+ teams every round from across the country and gaining acceptance and participation from teams from countries around the region. Division 1 to 3 in semi-auto uncapped while Division 4 uses mechanical tournament organizer supplied markers only. Marshalled by MPRO.
• South Australian Paintball Players Association South Australia's largest paintball event with up to 20+ teams from all over Australia attending.
• CSP Circuito Sudamericano de Paintball: South American Paintball Circuit
• LAPPL:Latin American Professional Paintball League
• Mexican Paintball League
• Liga Dominicana de Jugadores de Paintball Dominican Paintball Players League, Race to 2, 5 man format.
• LVP Liga Venezolana de Paintball: Venezuelan Paintball League

European Paintball leagues

• Millennium Series European paintball league, the largest international league in the world with hundreds of teams participating every year.
• BSC Baltic Sea Cup - Tournaments in Sweden, Finland And Baltic states
• SPBL Finnish Paintball League - running since 1994
• BPL Belgian Paintball League
• IPBL Bulgarian Paintball League
• CPL Czech Paintball Liga
• OPL Austrian Paintball League
• DPL German Paintball League
• MPL Hungarian Paintball League
• SPL Swiss Paintball League
• SPPL Spanish Paintball League
• TPL Turkish Paintball League
• SPL Serbian Paintball League
• Irish Woodsball League (IWL), Ireland's premier woodsball league with teams from all over Ireland competing in a 7-man format with 4 rounds per season.

Australian Paintball Leagues

• SAPPA The South Australian Paintball Players association run the SAPPA 5 a side tournaments. South Australia's largest paintball event with up to 20+ teams from all over Australia attending at skirmish SA's SUP AIR field. SAPPA is run by players for players with no member making a personal profit.
• Super 7's Action Paintball Super 7's are played 3 times yearly the first round in Action paintball Sydney, the second in Action Perth and the final the masters in Sydney.
• Action Paintball Sydney State of Origin hosted by Mike Whybrew at Action Paintball Sydney.
• Melbourne X-Ball League (MXL) - Fortnightly league in Melbourne, Victoria held at World Series Paintball.

Tactical Paintball leagues/Associations outside US

• Colombian Association of Tactical Paintball (Asociación Colombiana de Paintball Táctico - COLPATAC) - In spanish.
• CCP Circuito Colombiano de Paintball (Circuito Colombiano de Paintball - race to 4) - In spanish
• Paintball Golden Cup Colombia (Open - Race to 4) - In spanish