Editing 1993 APL Tournament Championships

The '''1993 APL Tournament Championships''' was the national amateur championship of the [[American Paintball League]]'s 1993 regional tournament series. Eighteen teams competed at Splat One Adventures in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.[1]

Runnin' Rebels won the championship after a penalty reversed the apparent result of their final against Green Dragons.[1]

== Venue and format ==

Splat One Adventures, operated by Randy Baxter, hosted the tournament. Preliminary competition took place on woodland fields, while the quarter-finals, semi-finals and placement games used an expanded speedball court.[1]

The eighteen teams initially competed in four groups. Each group winner advanced directly to the quarter-finals. The remaining fourteen teams entered a second preliminary stage, which produced four additional qualifiers.[1]

Lone Wolf, Shadow Company, Green Dragons and Runnin' Rebels qualified through the first stage. Demon Lords, Rad Busters, CIA Widowmakers and Vortex advanced through the second.[1]

== Elimination rounds ==

=== Quarter-finals ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Winner
! Defeated
|-
| Lone Wolf
| CIA Widowmakers
|-
| Runnin' Rebels
| Rad Busters
|-
| Demon Lords
| Shadow Company
|-
| Green Dragons
| Vortex
|}

=== Semi-finals ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Winner
! Defeated
|-
| Runnin' Rebels
| Lone Wolf
|-
| Green Dragons
| Demon Lords
|}

Lone Wolf subsequently defeated Demon Lords in the third-place game.[1]

=== Championship game ===

Green Dragons initially appeared to have defeated Runnin' Rebels in the final. However, a subsequent 120-point penalty reversed the result, making Runnin' Rebels the champions.[1]

The contemporary report did not identify the rule violation responsible for the penalty.[1]

== Final standings ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Runnin' Rebels
|-
| 2
| Green Dragons
|-
| 3
| Lone Wolf
|-
| 4
| Demon Lords
|-
| 5
| Vortex
|-
| 6
| Rad Busters
|-
| 7
| CIA Widowmakers
|-
| 8
| Shadow Company
|-
| 9
| Prism
|-
| 10
| Sudden Impact
|-
| 11
| Maniacs
|-
| 12
| Bad Lands Justice
|-
| 13
| Connecticut Wolverines
|-
| 14
| Wacky Warriors
|-
| 15
| Rogues
|-
| 16
| Warlocks
|-
| 17
| Phantom Wolves
|-
| 18
| Renegades
|}

Source: the tournament report in ''Action Pursuit Games''.[1]

== Awards ==

Al Schofield received the Best Judge award.[1]

The Maniacs received the inaugural Michael O. Lyons Sr. Team Sportsmanship Award. The award commemorated the Rogues' captain, who had died in August 1993.[1]

== See also ==

* [[American Paintball League]]
* [[Speedball]]
* [[1993 in paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://oldpaintballmagazines.smugmug.com/Action-Pursuit-Games/1994/May “Hollywood”, “The 1993 APL Tournament Championships”, ''Action Pursuit Games'', May 1994, pp. 36–40.]

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