Editing 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals

The '''2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''' was a seven-player paintball tournament held on 21–22 October 2000 at [[Actions Paintball]] in Swanson, Auckland. Sixteen teams competed in a two-flag format. [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] won Division One, while [[Tag n' Release]] won Division Two.[1]

== Organisation and format ==
Kyn Jackson organised the tournament over Labour Weekend. Matches took place on two speedball fields: a symmetrical field with semi-permanent barricades and the “Minefield”, constructed for the event with matching arrangements of tall, narrow barricades at each end.[1]

Each team played 11 preliminary games, with the four highest-scoring teams in each division advancing to the finals. The preliminary draw did not require every team to play every other entrant.[1]

Turbo-trigger modifications were prohibited during the first day. Officials allowed affected players time to obtain replacement markers before playing.[1]

== Preliminary results ==
The preliminary standings were as follows. These scores determined qualification for the divisional finals rather than the final tournament placings.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Division
! Points
! Maximum scores recorded
|-
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
| One || 1,000 || 10
|-
| Crisis
| One || 995 || 9
|-
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
| One || 780 || 7
|-
| Grey
| One || 680 || 6
|-
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]]
| Two || 680 || 6
|-
| Phantom 5
| One || 659 || 5
|-
| [[Tag n' Release]]
| Two || 655 || 6
|-
| Assault Korps
| One || 585 || 5
|-
| [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)|Flashpoint]]
| One || 560 || 5
|-
| Fusion
| Two || 545 || 4
|-
| [[Kamo Karzi]]
| One || 515 || 3
|-
| Warp Speed
| One || 500 || 3
|-
| Solidaire
| Two || 497 || 3
|-
| Havoc
| Two || 420 || 3
|-
| DOA
| Two || 395 || 1
|-
| [[Team Insane|Insane]]
| Two || 80 || 0
|}

== Finals ==
Saints, Crisis, Katipo and Grey qualified for the Division One finals. Phoenix, Tag n' Release, Fusion and Solidaire qualified for Division Two.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division One
! Division Two
|-
| 1
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
| [[Tag n' Release]]
|-
| 2
| Grey
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]]
|-
| 3
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
| Solidaire
|-
| 4
| Crisis
| Fusion
|}

Tag n' Release's contemporary team profile records a score of 235 points from a possible 400 in the Division Two finals.[2]

== See also ==
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114115800/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'']. Paintball.co.nz; archived 14 January 2001.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm ''Tag n' Release'' team profile]. Mercenaries Star, contributed by Russell Clement, April 2001; preserved by OoCities.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]