Editing Auckland Faction (New Zealand Paintball Team)


{{Short description|New Zealand tournament paintball team}}

'''Auckland Faction''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team based in Auckland. The team won the 2015 [[South Auckland Paintball Club]] (SAPC) Open X-Ball Race Series, finishing first at three of the four tournaments.[1][2]

Auckland Faction also competed in the 2015 Auckland Paintball Cup and Asylum Paintball Cup, both held at [[Asylum Paintball]] in Kingseat, Auckland.[1][3][4]

== History ==

=== 2015 SAPC Race Series ===

Auckland Faction competed in all four rounds of the 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series at Asylum Paintball.

At the opening event, held on 31 January–1 February, the team finished second among eight competitors, losing the final 3–2 to [[ADHD (paintball team)|ADHD]].[2][5]

Faction subsequently won the April, June and August rounds.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Auckland Faction – 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball results
! Tournament
! Dates
! Position
! Ranking points
|-
| Event 1
| 31 January – 1 February
| 2nd of 8
| 87.14
|-
| Event 2
| 11–12 April
| 1st of 7
| 100
|-
| Event 3
| 13–14 June
| 1st of 5
| 100
|-
| Event 4
| 1–2 August
| 1st of 4
| 100
|-
! colspan="3" | Season total
! 387.14
|}

The three consecutive victories secured the 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball season championship with 387.14 ranking points.

Addicted finished second in the overall standings with 293.93 points, followed by ADHD with 242.5.[2]

=== Auckland Paintball Cup ===

Auckland Faction competed in the Auckland Paintball Cup on 7–8 March 2015 at Asylum Paintball.

Seven teams entered the Open X-Ball competition, including visiting Australian teams Hard2Overcome and Clown Monkeys.

Faction finished fourth with 55 ranking points.[3]

Hard2Overcome won the tournament, followed by Clown Monkeys and Expendables.[3]

=== Asylum Paintball Cup ===

Auckland Faction also participated in the Asylum Paintball Cup on 26–27 September 2015.

The tournament featured teams from New Zealand, Australia and French Polynesia.

Contemporary PBLeagues match records document Faction defeating [[Phoenix Tahiti]] 4–2 and 3–2 in separate matches during the tournament.[4]

A report published by [[DYE]] Paintball on 13 October 2015 described an additional match between Auckland Faction and Australian team Hard2Overcome.

According to the report, Hard2Overcome defeated Faction 4–2 in a playoff for third place.[6]

The event's surviving PBLeagues standings do not provide a completed overall classification, so no final tournament placing is assigned here.[4]

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Competition
! Division
! Result
|-
| 2015
| SAPC Event 1
| Open X-Ball
| 2nd of 8
|-
| 2015
| Auckland Paintball Cup
| Open X-Ball
| 4th of 7
|-
| 2015
| SAPC Event 2
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 7
|-
| 2015
| SAPC Event 3
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 5
|-
| 2015
| SAPC Event 4
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 4
|-
| 2015
| SAPC Race Series
| Open X-Ball
| '''Season champions'''
|-
| 2015
| Asylum Paintball Cup
| Open X-Ball
| Final placing not recorded
|}

Sources: PBLeagues official tournament records and season standings.[1][2][3][4]

== Team records ==

Auckland Faction's PBLeagues registration is dated 9 January 2015.

The database identifies Auckland as the team's hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.[1]

The recovered team profile lists six tournament appearances during 2015, with the September Asylum Paintball Cup being the latest recorded entry.

Historical roster records exist for these competitions, but individual player lists have not been recovered from the publicly accessible PBLeagues records.

The team's precise founding date, complete playing roster and subsequent competitive history have not been established.

== See also ==

* [[South Auckland Paintball Club]]
* [[ADHD (paintball team)]]
* [[CamoMeat]]
* [[Shattered (paintball team)]]
* [[Asylum Paintball]]
* [[Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/team/xBvKrB0g3mknOyAJ Auckland Faction – Team Profile]. ''PBLeagues''. Team registration, home field and recorded 2015 tournament appearances.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2015 South Auckland Paintball Club – 2015 Season Rankings]. ''PBLeagues''. Complete SAPC Open X-Ball standings and championship results.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3747/rankings Auckland Paintball Cup 2015 – Final Rankings]. ''PBLeagues''. Official March 2015 Open X-Ball results.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4119/rankings Asylum Paintball Cup 2015 – Tournament Entries]. ''PBLeagues''. September 2015 Open X-Ball competition record.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3851/schedule SAPC D4 & Open Event 1, 2015 – Match Schedule]. ''PBLeagues''. Opening event results, including the final between ADHD and Auckland Faction.
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/70494659-hard2overcome-heads-to-new-zealand Hard2Overcome Heads to New Zealand]. DYE Paintball, 13 October 2015. Contemporary participant report describing the Asylum Paintball Cup and the match against Auckland Faction.

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/team/xBvKrB0g3mknOyAJ Auckland Faction – PBLeagues profile]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2015 SAPC 2015 season standings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/4119/schedule Asylum Paintball Cup 2015 match schedule]

[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
[[Category:2010s in New Zealand paintball]]