Editing 2003 NPPL Huntington Beach Open

The '''2003 NPPL Huntington Beach Open''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held from 7 to 9 February 2003 in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened the [[NPPL Super 7]] World Series and was the first tournament produced by Pure Promotions, WDP's newly formed event-production company.[1]

[[San Diego Dynasty]] won Professional, Evil Factory won Amateur, Vicious won Novice and Team RM won Rookie.[2][3]

== Venue and organisation ==
Five inflatable-bunker fields were constructed on the beach beside Huntington Beach Pier. A central field had spectator grandstands and facilities for television production. The beachfront parking and park areas accommodated the trade exhibition.[1]

Joy Division players and independently hired referees officiated together, with Joy Division supplying each field's head referee. The event was dedicated to the memory of Maurice Gibb.[1]

An organisers' press release recorded 91 participating teams, US$35,000 in cash and US$90,000 in prizes. Dynasty received US$20,000 for winning Professional.[4]

== Competition format ==
The event used seven-player competition and incorporated elements of the [[Millennium Series]] rules. Eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals in Professional, Amateur and Rookie, with sixteen advancing in Novice.[1]

Four teams per division progressed to paired semi-finals. Semi-finals and placement finals used a best-of-three format, with separate contests deciding first–second and third–fourth places.[1]

== Results ==
WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores record the following placements.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
| Ton Ton Flingueurs
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| Bushwackers International
|-
| Amateur
| Evil Factory
| [[KAPP Factory]]
| PaintballGateway.com
| STP
|-
| Novice
| Vicious
| Boston Paintball Factory 2
| Old School Hustle
| Team Platinum
|-
| Rookie
| Team RM
| Ballerz Inc.
| Strikeforce
| Ephect
|}

=== Professional ===
Dynasty won all three quarter-final games, scoring 292 points. It then recovered from losing the opening semi-final game against Bushwackers International to win the next two.[2]

Ton Ton Flingueurs defeated Naughty Dogs in the other semi-final. In the championship match, Ton Ton won the first game 94–18, before Dynasty won 99–3 and 97–9 to take the title. Naughty Dogs defeated Bushwackers International in the third-place contest.[2]

=== Amateur, Novice and Rookie ===
Evil Factory defeated KAPP Factory in two games to win Amateur. PaintballGateway.com finished third ahead of STP.[2]

Vicious recovered from an opening-game defeat against Boston Paintball Factory 2 to win the Novice championship. Old School Hustle finished third.[2]

Team RM defeated Ballerz Inc. to win Rookie, while Strikeforce defeated Ephect for third place.[2]

== See also ==
* [[NPPL Super 7]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball in California]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/HuntingtonBeach/index.shtml Huntington Beach NPPL 2003: Contemporary tournament report]. ''WARPIG'', 7–9 February 2003.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/HuntingtonBeach/final.shtml Huntington Beach NPPL 2003: Quarter-final, Semi-final and Final Scoreboards]. ''WARPIG'', February 2003.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores historical tournament results], 2003 NPPL Huntington Beach, seven-player divisions.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/articles/pressreleases/021403super7.shtml Super 7 World Series Shatters Paintball Attendance Record]. Organisers' press release, published by ''WARPIG'', 13 February 2003.

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