2003 PSP Philadelphia Open

The 2003 PSP Philadelphia Open, also called the Philly Open, was a paintball tournament held from 13 to 17 August 2003 at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the fourth event of the Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP) championship series and featured five-player, ten-player and divisional X-Ball competition alongside National Xball League (NXL) matches.[1][2]

Venue

Playing fields and a trade show were established around Memorial Hall and its fountain. Three fields accommodated five-player and ten-player competition, while three others hosted divisional X-Ball and NXL matches. Surrounding streets were closed to traffic.[1]

Five-player competition

Both divisions used eight-game preliminary rounds, followed by eight-team semi-finals and four-team finals. The following totals are final-round points.[3]

Division	Position	Team	Final-round points
Novice	1	Doc's Raiders Black	294
	2*	Cross	138
	3	Twisted Factory	122
	4	Reflex	20
Rookie	1	Untouchable Kidz	214
	2	Ultimate	148
	3	Flash	108
	4	Rush	32

Cross was listed second on the final scoreboard. After the competition, the team was found to have fielded a player who was not registered on its roster. WARPIG recorded that all of Cross's points were disqualified and would not count towards the series rankings.[3]

Doc's Raiders Black led the Novice preliminary round with 768 points and the semi-finals with 232. Untouchable Kidz recovered from losing its opening final-round game to win the remaining two games and the Rookie title.[3]

Ten-player competition

The ten-player tournament included Amateur, Novice and Rookie divisions. The following totals are final-round points.[4]

Division	Position	Team	Final-round points
Amateur	1	Cartel	232
	2	ECX Factory	211
	3	Static	110
	4	Shockwave Canada	26
Novice	1	Momma's Boys	206
	2	Justice	200
	3	Outcast	112
	4	Havok	107
Rookie	1	Rock It Kids	206
	2	Precision	203
	3	Outlaws	196
	4	Misfit Toys	26

Cartel won two final-round games after opening with 41 points. Momma's Boys finished six points ahead of Justice, while Rock It Kids finished three points ahead of Precision.[4]

Divisional X-Ball

Division 1

Strange won the championship match against Naughty Dogs 6–5. Naughty Dogs had reached the final by defeating Shocktech 10–2; Shocktech had previously eliminated All Americans 5–3.[5]

Position	Team
1	Strange
2	Naughty Dogs
3	Shocktech
4	All Americans

Division 2

Total Eclipse recovered from a 6–5 defeat against Mayhem earlier in the tournament to reach the final. Its subsequent wins included 10–5 against Twisted Factory and 10–4 against Mayhem. Total Eclipse defeated Ground Zero Silver 9–4 in the championship match.[5]

Position	Team
1	Total Eclipse
2	Ground Zero Silver
3	Mayhem

National Xball League

NXL matches contributed towards qualification and seeding for the season's World Cup play-offs. At a Thursday press conference, the league outlined its play-off arrangements and announced an agreement with Dick Clark Productions for television production and representation rights.[1]

Selected results from Sunday, 17 August, were:[1]

Team	Score	Opponent
Oakland Assassins	13–4	New York Xtreme
Philadelphia Americans	9–9	Chicago Aftershock
Detroit Thunder	12–11	Miami Effect
Los Angeles Ironmen	15–4	Baltimore Trauma
New York Xtreme	10–5	Philadelphia Americans

References