2011 PSP season

The 2011 PSP season was the national tournament season organised by Paintball Sports Promotions in the United States. Four events were held, beginning with the Galveston Island Open in March and concluding with the World Cup in October. Competition included professional RaceTo-7, divisional RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4, and five-player RaceTo-2.[1][2][3]

San Diego Dynasty won the professional season championship with 447.26 points. Tampa Bay Damage finished second overall and won the professional World Cup tournament.[2][8]

Calendar

Round	Event	Dates	Venue	Location
1	2011 PSP Galveston Island Open	11–13 March 2011	Galveston Island Paintball	Galveston, Texas
2	2011 PSP Chicago Open	23–26 June 2011	CPX Sports	Joliet, Illinois
3	2011 PSP New Jersey Open	12–14 August 2011	Top Gun Paintball Games	Cream Ridge, New Jersey
4	2011 PSP World Cup	20–23 October 2011	Fantasy of Flight	Polk City, Florida

Dates follow the PSP event archive. Venues are documented in event listings and contemporary WARPIG reports.[1][3][5][6][7]

Galveston was a new location for PSP's season-opening tournament. Chicago moved to CPX Sports, which had hosted the NPPL Chicago Open earlier in the year. The third round took place at Top Gun Paintball in New Jersey, before World Cup returned to Fantasy of Flight in Florida.[4][5][6][7]

Chicago storm disruption

A severe storm struck the Chicago area shortly before the tournament, damaging field-netting supports and team pit tents. Staff and volunteers rebuilt the site, and the schedule was reorganised to operate on five fields instead of six. The planned Tactical RaceTo-2 division was cancelled.[5]

Competition formats

Professional teams competed in RaceTo-7. Divisions 1 and 2 used RaceTo-5, while Divisions 3 and 4 used RaceTo-4. Separate five-player RaceTo-2 competitions were held for Divisions 3 and 4.[3][4][5][6]

At Galveston, the published match limits were 20 minutes for professional RaceTo-7, 15 minutes for RaceTo-5 and 12 minutes for RaceTo-4.[3]

Chicago also included an open pump RaceTo-2 competition. World Cup added Masters, Division 2 RaceTo-2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 competitions.[2][5][8]

Professional competition

Dynasty won the opening tournament by defeating Boston Red Legion 7–2. The same teams met in the Chicago final, where Boston equalised with two seconds remaining before winning in sudden-death overtime.[4][5]

Tampa Bay Damage defeated Dynasty in the New Jersey final and subsequently won World Cup ahead of Boston Red Legion.[6][8]

Event	Winners	Runners-up
Galveston Island Open	San Diego Dynasty	Boston Red Legion
Chicago Open	Boston Red Legion	San Diego Dynasty
New Jersey Open	Tampa Bay Damage	San Diego Dynasty
World Cup	Tampa Bay Damage	Boston Red Legion

Sources: contemporary WARPIG reports and APPA World Cup placings.[4][5][6][8]

Season championship

Dynasty entered World Cup with a victory and two second-place finishes. Its third-place World Cup finish secured the professional season championship.[2]

World Cup carried increased ranking points: its professional winners received 200 points, compared with 100 at each preceding event.[2]

Position	Team	Final points
1	San Diego Dynasty	447.26
2	Tampa Bay Damage	420.00
3	Boston Red Legion	413.62

Source: APPA season standings, preserved by PBLeagues.[2]

Divisional event winners

RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4

Division	Galveston Island Open	Chicago Open	New Jersey Open	World Cup
Division 1 RaceTo-5	Total Karnage Orlando	Hurricanes	upTon 187 cRew	upTon 187 cRew
Division 2 RaceTo-5	Grad Moscow	Grad Moscow	Static	Distortion
Division 3 RaceTo-4	Revo	Detroit Action	Team No Name	Revo
Division 4 RaceTo-4	Richmond United	Imperial	Revo II	Revo II

Sources: contemporary tournament reports and APPA World Cup results. Grad Moscow was identified as Grad in WARPIG's Galveston report.[4][5][6][8]

Five-player RaceTo-2

Event	Division 3 winners	Division 4 winners
Galveston Island Open	LA SWAT	Avid Extreme Sports Militia
Chicago Open	CRU LT	Revo II
New Jersey Open	Plan B	CRU Army
World Cup	Last Call	406s Finest

Sources: contemporary WARPIG reports and APPA World Cup results.[4][5][6][8]

Total Greif won Chicago's open pump competition, defeating Dallas Notorious in two consecutive games.[5]

At World Cup, Fluffy Bunnies won Masters, PR Crew won Division 2 RaceTo-2, and Sick n Twisted won Division 5 RaceTo-2.[8]

Season champions

The following teams finished first in the published standings for divisions contested across multiple events.[2]

Division	Season champions	Points
Professional RaceTo-7	San Diego Dynasty	447.26
Division 1 RaceTo-5	upTon 187 cRew	464.81
Division 2 RaceTo-5	Grad Moscow	457.12
Division 3 RaceTo-4	Revo	484.99
Division 4 RaceTo-4	Central Florida Paintball	463.66
Division 3 RaceTo-2	CRU LT	428.35
Division 4 RaceTo-2	Galveston Island Paintball	391.72

Central Florida Paintball finished second at every Division 4 RaceTo-4 event and won the season title. Grad Moscow won the opening two Division 2 tournaments and retained the series lead after Distortion's World Cup victory.[2]

The published standings contain only Chicago results for open pump competition, and only World Cup results for Masters, Division 2 RaceTo-2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2.[2]

References