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 the United States, many leagues in Europe 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.
- NPPL - (National Professional Paintball League), Nationwide tournament circuit featuring 7-man format, broadcast on ESPN2 in The Spring of 2006
- 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
- WPL - (World Paintball League, 3-man league formerly broadcast on UPN) The WPL ceased operations as of April, 2006.
U.S. regional leagues
- CFOA - (The Carolina Field Owner's Association), Southeast US
- CTS - (Crossroads Tournament Series), Midwest US
- APL - (Atlas Paintball League), New Jersey US
- GPL - (Global Paintball League)
- NEPL - (New England Paintball League), Northeast US
- XPSL - (Xtreme Paintball Sports League), West Coast US
- SXPL - (Southeastern Xtreme Paintball League), Southeast US
- SCXL - (Southern California Xball League)Southern California US
- AXBL - (American Extreme Paintball League), Northeast US
- MPS - (Midwest Paintball Series), Midwest US
Paintball leagues outside the U.S.
- Argentine Paintball Association
- BC Tactical - British Columbia Tactical Paintball - Home of the BC Bushball League
- CSPO - Canadian Scenario Paintball Operations
- Centurio Circuit
- CXBL - Canadian X-Ball League
- Finnish Paintball Federation
- Millennium Series - Pan-European paintball league
- Nordic Series - the former European X-Ball League
- Nz paintball - New Zealand NZPPL
- Paintball Association - United Kingdom
- PALS - Paintball-Asia League Series, Asia/Asia Pacific
- PSL - Prairie Speedball League - Saskatchewan Canada
- AXL - Australian National Tournament Series (Australian Xball League)
- NPL - Norwegian Paintball League
- MXBALL3 - México X-Ball League Series
- TPL - Tactical Paintball League in Calgary Alberta Canada
- IPL - Interior Paintball League, BC, Canada
- BCPPL - BC Paintball Players League, BC, Canada
- MR Series - MR Paintball Series, Alberta, Canada
- SPS - Splatters Paintball Series, Manitoba, Canada
- OPPL - OPPL, Ontario Paintball Players League, Ontario, Canada
- Russian League
- German Paintball League - Deutsche Paintball Liga (DPL)
- SAPPL - South African Professional Paintball League
- SPPL - Spanish Paintball League
- PPLH - Polish 3 Man Paintball League
- PPXL - Polish 5 Man Paintball League