Editing 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals

'''2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''' was a seven-player paintball tournament held at [[Actions Paintball]] in Auckland over the Saturday and Sunday of Labour Weekend 2001. Eighteen teams competed. [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] won the First Division and [[Tag and Training]] won the Second Division.[1]

== Tournament ==
Kyn Jackson organised the tournament. Games used a two-flag format across three fields: Minefield, Symetrical and Sup'Air. The top four teams in each division advanced from preliminary competition to the finals, which were played on the Sup'Air field.[1]

The Australian Jetts supplemented their squad with Black Dragon players after the collapse of Ansett disrupted travel for some Australian team members. Jackson also played for Jetts.[1]

[[Tag and Training]] competed as [[Tag n' Release]]'s amateur team. The two teams entered separately.[1]

== Results ==
=== First Division finals ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] || 225
|-
| 2 || [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] || 165
|-
| 3 || Jetts || 160
|-
| 4 || [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)|Flashpoint]] || 30
|}

Jetts initially received the second-place trophy. A subsequent countback established that Katipo had finished five points ahead, and the trophies were exchanged. The table shows the corrected results.[1]

=== Second Division finals ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || [[Tag and Training]] || 180
|-
| 2 || Damn Natives || 130
|-
| 3 || Fusion || 120
|-
| 4 || [[KC Damage|Damage]] || 117
|}

Source: contemporary tournament report.[1]

=== Preliminary scores of non-finalists ===
The report lists the following preliminary totals for teams that did not qualify for the divisional finals. These are not final-round scores or overall tournament placings.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Preliminary points
|-
| [[Tag n' Release]] || 915
|-
| Phantom || 815
|-
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] || 695
|-
| Warp Speed || 695
|-
| [[Kamo Karzi]] || 665
|-
| Solidaire || 640
|-
| GK Goblins || 434
|-
| Shock Tactics || 275
|-
| [[Team Insane|Insane]] || 223
|-
| Marksmen || 20
|}

== Awards ==
* '''First-day player award:''' Bob Andrews, Fusion.[1]
* '''Second-day player award:''' Dazz, Kamo Karzi.[1]

== See also ==
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]