2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open
The 2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open, promoted as the NPPL Surf City USA Open, was a National Professional Paintball League tournament held from 12–14 April 2013 at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened the league's 2013 national tournament season.[1]
San Antonio X-Factor won the professional division, defeating Vancouver Vendetta 4–1 in the final. Portland Uprising finished third and Fort Wayne Outlaws fourth.[2][3]
Venue
[edit]The tournament was played on the beach at Huntington Beach Pier Plaza. The NPPL's announcement identified the venue as 405 Pacific Coast Highway and advertised competition from 7 am to 5 pm daily.[1]
The event included a paintball trade show, public shooting booths, free viewing areas and ticketed centre-court seating. It marked the eleventh consecutive year that the NPPL had brought its tournament to Huntington Beach.[1]
Professional competition
[edit]The professional field changed substantially before the 2013 season. Sacramento XSV, Tampa Bay Damage, Edmonton Impact and Los Angeles Infamous were among the established teams that had left NPPL competition.[4]
DC Arsenal withdrew shortly before Huntington Beach. Contemporary reporting confirmed that Arsenal did not compete and that Arsenal Crush, drawn from Buffalo Crush's Division 1 line, filled the vacancy.[5]
X-Factor defeated Vancouver Vendetta 4–1 in the professional final.[2]
Results
[edit]The following placings follow the NPPL's archived official rankings.[3]
| Division | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional seven-player S7 | San Antonio X-Factor | Vancouver Vendetta | Portland Uprising | Fort Wayne Outlaws |
| Division 1 seven-player S7 | Impact Echo | TCP Machine | Xclusive | Regime |
| Division 2 seven-player | Hawaiian Heat | Tippman Effect TMG | Capital Edge DMG – Red | Team Wicked |
| Division 3 seven-player | Miami Devious | Xtreme | Capital Edge DMG White | Tombstone |
| Division 4 seven-player | Animal Team Factory | So Cal Stealth | NBK | West Coast Sharks 4 |
| Division 4 five-player, two-flag | P4 Posse 2 | Farside Kids East | Cen Cal Alliance | Destiny Army |
| Young Guns three-player, two-flag | Prodigy | Stormerz II | — | — |
Only two teams were listed in the official Young Guns standings.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- National Professional Paintball League – “Professional Paintball Tournament Takes Over Huntington Beach CA”, press release, 8 April 2013.
- Social Paintball – Byron Woodfork, “San Antonio X-Factor Takes 1st Place in the NPPL Surf City USA Open at Huntington Beach”, 15 April 2013. Its Division 1 results differ from the official rankings.
- National Professional Paintball League – “Team Rankings”, archived 10 May 2013. Includes Huntington Beach standings in the individual division tabs.
- Social Paintball – Tim Cerruti, “New Blood in the NPPL Pro Division”, 13 April 2013.
- Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “DC Arsenal Out of NPPL to Play PSP”, 10 April 2013, updated 12 April 2013.