2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1
2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1 was a five-player paintball tournament organised by the New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL) on 8–9 March 2014 at Adrenalin Paintball Sports on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand.[1]
ADHD won the Cup, defeating Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final. High Gear won the Plate competition.[2]
Organisation
[edit]The event was announced in January 2014 as the opening round of the NZPPL's 2014 Super 5 Man competition.
The tournament took place at Adrenalin Paintball Sports, with team registration and a captains' meeting scheduled for Friday, 7 March.
Competition was scheduled for Saturday, 8 March, and Sunday, 9 March, with an accompanying trade show.[1]
Contemporary photographs by fc.nz document tournament activity on 8 March.[3]
Tournament format
[edit]The competition used separate Cup and Plate classifications.
Following preliminary round-robin play, the leading four Cup teams advanced to the elimination rounds. The first-ranked team faced fourth place, while second played third.[2]
The Plate competition followed a similar structure.
Results
[edit]Cup
[edit]The leading teams after preliminary competition were Tempest Blast, ADHD, Expendables and KC Carnage.[2]
In the semi-finals, Tempest Blast defeated KC Carnage 2–1, while ADHD defeated Expendables by the same score.
The third-place playoff between Expendables and KC Carnage required a one-on-one tiebreaker, which Expendables won.
ADHD defeated Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final to win the Cup.[2]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | ADHD |
| 2 | Tempest Blast |
| 3 | Expendables |
| 4 | KC Carnage |
Plate
[edit]High Gear won the Plate competition, followed by Minute Men, Harlequins and Hijinx.[2]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | High Gear |
| 2 | Minute Men |
| 3 | Harlequins |
| 4 | Hijinx |
ADHD victory
[edit]ADHD was associated with Asylum Paintball in Auckland.
A contemporary report published by Asylum Paintball on 11 March 2014 identified ADHD as the Cup winner and recorded eleven victories from fourteen games at the end of the opening day.[2]
The same report identified Alex, Cristian, Sam, Stat and Kane as members of the winning squad. It did not provide their complete names in its description of the event.[2]
A trophy engraved NZPPL 2014 Super 5's Series, Kapiti Coast - Round #1, APS Arena, 1st Place Cup was photographed by Vitaly Miheev and supplied to WikiPaintball on 30 October 2026.[4]
The result is independently corroborated by Asylum Paintball's contemporary tournament report.[2]
See also
[edit]- New Zealand Paintball Players League
- ADHD (paintball team)
- Adrenalin Paintball Sports
- 2014 NZPPL RaceTo Event 1
- Paintball in New Zealand
References
[edit]- NZPPL Event 1, 2014 - Kapiti Coast. South Auckland Paintball Club, 26 January 2014. Original tournament announcement, dates and venue.
- Sponsored Team ADHD Wins NZPPL Event 1. Asylum Paintball, 11 March 2014. Contemporary tournament results and match scores.
- NZPPL Super 5 Man Kapiti Coast. Photograph by fc.nz, taken 8 March 2014, published 16 March 2014.
- Vitaly Miheev. Photograph of the 2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Kāpiti Coast Round 1 first-place Cup trophy, supplied to WikiPaintball, 30 October 2026.