Editing 2004 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball

'''2004 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball''' was a paintball tournament held at Kumeu, Auckland, over the Saturday and Sunday of Queen’s Birthday weekend in 2004. Thirteen teams competed. Wellington-based Evil Factory (NZ) won the Cup competition, while HSR won the Plate.[1][2]

== Organisation and format ==

Matt Storey and Neil Bell organised the tournament, which was sanctioned by the New Zealand Paintball Players Association and followed Millennium Series rules. Competition took place on two airball fields at the Kumeu venue used for the regular [[Super 5s (New Zealand)|Super 5s]] series.[1]

Teams attended from Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and the South Island. Rain and strong winds affected play, with the fields becoming increasingly muddy during the second day.[1]

The preliminary competition used a round-robin format, with accumulated points determining qualification for the Cup and Plate competitions. Semi-final results were determined by wins, with individual game scores used to resolve ties.[1]

== Results ==

=== Cup ===

[[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]], Evil Factory (NZ), Raiderz and Sleazy Weasel qualified for the Cup competition.[1]

Saints and Evil Factory reached the best-of-three final. Each won one of the opening two games. The deciding game ended at the time limit with equal eliminations and no flag pull. No fourth game was played: Evil Factory won on a countback of game points, with its flag pull and hang in the second game providing the advantage.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Evil Factory (NZ)
|-
| 2
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
|-
| 3
| Raiderz
|}

=== Plate ===

Vicious, Havoc, Final Impact and HSR qualified for the Plate competition. HSR defeated Final Impact in the final.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| HSR
|-
| 2
| Final Impact
|-
| 3
| Havoc
|}

Both tables reproduce the placings published in the contemporary tournament report.[1]

== See also ==

* [[Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
* [[2005 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041012125821/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2004/qbw2004.htm Rob Maddox, The 2004 Queens Birthday Event, Paintball.co.nz, June 2004. Archived 12 October 2004.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206015710/http://www.paintball.co.nz/news.htm QBW Tournament 2004 Results, Paintball.co.nz, 6 June 2004. Identifies Evil Factory as a Wellington team; archived 6 December 2004.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]