Editing 2003 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament

'''2003 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament''' was held at Rotorua International Stadium over the Saturday and Sunday of the October long weekend in 2003. Eighteen teams competed, including three from Australia. [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] won the Cup, while Fusion won the Plate.[1][2]

== Format ==
The tournament used Millennium Series rules under New Zealand Paintball Players Association guidelines. Matches took place on two airball fields, including an Angel field supplied by WDP.[1]

Teams began in two seeded pools. Their first-day scores determined progression into separate Cup and Plate competitions. Both competitions concluded with best-of-three finals.[1]

== Results ==

=== First-day pool scores ===
The contemporary report recorded the following totals at the end of the first day.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Pool A
! Team !! Points
|-
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] || 700
|-
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] || 601
|-
| Jetts || 600
|-
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] || 406
|-
| [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)|Flashpoint]] || 347
|-
| HSR || 335
|-
| X-Presidents || 252
|-
| Phantom Legion || 249
|-
| Fusion || 245
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Pool B
! Team !! Points
|-
| Phantom Menace || 782
|-
| Raiderz || 692
|-
| Firestorm || 606
|-
| Phantom || 507
|-
| Spirit || 417
|-
| Damage || 258
|-
| Full Bore || 248
|-
| Damage Red || 233
|-
| TnT || 39
|}

=== Cup ===
Saints defeated Raiderz in the semi-finals, while Firestorm defeated Katipo. Saints then won the first two games of the final against Firestorm, securing the Cup without requiring a third game.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
|-
| 2 || Firestorm
|}

=== Plate ===
Damage defeated Full Bore to join Fusion in the final. Fusion and Damage each won one game before Fusion won the deciding game without losing a player, taking the Plate by two games to one.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Fusion
|-
| 2 || Damage
|}

== See also ==
* [[Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218184604/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/volcanic.htm Rob Maddox, ''Rotorua International Tournament – Oct 03'', NZ Paintball Online, October 2003. Archived 18 December 2005.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206015710/http://www.paintball.co.nz/news.htm ''Rotorua Volcanic Tournament'', NZ Paintball Online, 27 October 2003. Archived 6 December 2004.]

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