Editing 2000 NPPL Nashville Open

The '''2000 NPPL Nashville Open''' was the fourth tournament of the 2000 [[National Professional Paintball League]] season. Held at Nashville Paintball Sports in Lebanon, Tennessee, in August 2000, it was jointly produced by [[Bad Boyz Toyz]] and [[DYE Precision]]. Fifty-two teams competed exclusively in ten-man divisions.[1]

[[Avalanche]] won the professional division, [[Jacksonville Warriors]] won Amateur A and [[Team Strange]] won Amateur B.[2][3]

== Venue and organisation ==

The event used three constructed fields at Robin Adcock's Nashville Paintball Sports: Hyperball, Ultimate Airball and an existing log-cabin layout. Woodland fields used for previous tournaments at the venue were set aside.[1]

Preliminary games began on Friday, with semi-finals and finals on Sunday. Thunderstorms and lightning delayed some Sunday games. Conditions improved during the afternoon, although the fields remained muddy.[1]

== Safety rule change ==

During the tournament, the NPPL rules committee introduced a prohibition on throwing equipment, excluding paint pods, with a three-game suspension as the prescribed penalty. The committee implemented the rule immediately and instructed referees to notify teams before games.[1]

== Equipment ==

Jacksonville Warriors competed using pre-production [[Airgun Designs]] E-Mag markers, with technical support from company president [[Tom Kaye]]. Pro-Team Products' contemporary report confirmed the team's Amateur A victory on 27 August.[4]

== Results ==

All tables show final-round scores from WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

=== Professional ===

Avalanche won with 178 points, six ahead of the All Americans.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Avalanche]] || 63 || 41 || 74 || 178
|-
| 2 || [[All Americans]] || 91 || 84 || −3 || 172
|-
| 3 || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Ironmen]] || 18 || 18 || 96 || 132
|-
| 4 || [[Rage (paintball team)|Rage]] || 14 || 12 || 8 || 34
|}

=== Amateur A ===

Jacksonville Warriors won with 210 points. Addicted finished second, one point ahead of Naughty Dogs.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Jacksonville Warriors]] || 92 || 24 || 94 || 210
|-
| 2 || Addicted || 18 || −3 || 98 || 113
|-
| 3 || [[Naughty Dogs]] || 16 || 92 || 4 || 112
|-
| 4 || [[Ground Zero|Ground Zero Gold]] || 18 || 6 || 12 || 36
|}

=== Amateur B ===

Team Strange won with 292 points, ahead of Gridlock, G-Force and Exile.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Team Strange]] || 97 || 98 || 97 || 292
|-
| 2 || Gridlock || 4 || 94 || 6 || 104
|-
| 3 || G-Force || 93 || −15 || 19 || 97
|-
| 4 || Exile || 6 || 12 || 19 || 37
|}

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2000 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[2000 NPPL World Cup]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/nashville/2000/index.shtml Nashville NPPL 2000]. ''WARPIG'', August 2000. Contemporary report covering organisers, venue, attendance, playing fields, weather and the equipment-throwing rule.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/nashville/2000/finals.shtml Nashville NPPL 2000 — Finals Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', August 2000. Includes semi-final and final results.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. “2000 NPPL — Nashville”. Professional, Amateur A and Amateur B ten-man placings.
# [https://www.proteamdirect.com/updates.html News & Updates]. Pro-Team Products, 27 August 2000. “Jacksonville Warriors win Nashville 2000 NPPL with E-Mags!”

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