Editing 2003 NPPL Las Vegas Open

The '''2003 NPPL Las Vegas Open''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held from 10 to 13 April 2003 at the Sam Boyd Stadium complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Produced by Pure Promotions, it was the second event of the [[NPPL Super 7]] World Series.[1]

[[San Diego Dynasty]] won Professional, [[KAPP Factory]] won Amateur, Shockwave Los Angeles won Novice and Team RM won Rookie.[2][3]

== Venue and organisation ==
Five inflatable-bunker fields were constructed on grass practice areas beside the stadium. They surrounded a central player compound containing individual staging tents, technical support and tournament administration. The main NPPL field had spectator grandstands and hosted the professional semi-finals and finals.[1]

Teams walked the fields on Thursday, with preliminary competition beginning on Friday. Strong winds damaged netting and a support pole on Saturday, requiring overnight repairs before Sunday's play.[1]

== Competition format ==
Eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals in Professional and Amateur, with sixteen advancing in Novice and Rookie. Four teams per division progressed to paired semi-finals.[1]

The professional championship match used a best-of-five format, extending the best-of-three system used at Huntington Beach. Other placement finals remained best-of-three.[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]]
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| [[Russian Legion]]
| Bushwackers International
|-
| Amateur
| [[KAPP Factory]]
| Viewloader Allstars
| Extreme Rage Factory / Static
| Fusion
|-
| Novice
| Shockwave Los Angeles
| Vicious
| Atomix Factory Red
| [[Tippmann Effect]]
|-
| Rookie
| Team RM
| Draco
| Backwoods BBQ
| Outkast
|}

=== Professional ===
Dynasty won all three quarter-final games, scoring 287 points. It defeated Russian Legion in two semi-final games, while Naughty Dogs defeated Bushwackers International.[2]

Dynasty won the championship match against Naughty Dogs by three games to one.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Dynasty !! Naughty Dogs
|-
| 1 || 96 || 12
|-
| 2 || 15 || 95
|-
| 3 || 94 || 18
|-
| 4 || 95 || 15
|}

Russian Legion recovered from losing the opening third-place game to Bushwackers International, winning the next two games to finish third.[2]

=== Amateur ===
KAPP Factory defeated Viewloader Allstars 100–0 and 96–12 in the championship match. Extreme Rage Factory / Static finished third ahead of Fusion.[2]

=== Novice and Rookie ===
Shockwave Los Angeles won Novice ahead of Vicious. Atomix Factory Red finished third, with Tippmann Effect fourth.[2]

Team RM defeated Draco 97–9 and 96–12 to win Rookie. Backwoods BBQ defeated Outkast in the third-place contest.[2]

== See also ==
* [[NPPL Super 7]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2003 NPPL Huntington Beach Open]]

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/vegas/index.shtml NPPL Las Vegas 2003: Contemporary tournament report]. ''WARPIG'', 10–13 April 2003.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/vegas/final.shtml NPPL Las Vegas 2003: Quarter-final, Semi-final and Final Scoreboards]. ''WARPIG'', April 2003.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores historical tournament results], 2003 NPPL Las Vegas, seven-player divisions.

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