Editing 2004 NPPL Commander's Cup

The '''2004 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was the final tournament of the 2004 [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] Super 7 season, held from 12–14 November 2004 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Men won the professional division.[1][2]

== Background and organisation ==
The tournament retained its name in memory of musician and tournament paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]], moving from its previous location in Miami to San Diego.[1]

A total of 175 teams competed on five fields. Preliminary games ran on Friday and Saturday, continuing into the evening under artificial lighting. The event also included a trade show and live music.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Thirty-two professional teams entered. The tournament provided their final opportunity to earn ranking points towards qualification for the NPPL's closed professional division in 2005.[1]

Ironmen defeated Nexus two games to one in the semi-finals, while The Men beat XSV by the same margin. The Men then defeated Ironmen in two consecutive games to win the title.[1]

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[1][3]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| The Men
| Ironmen
| Nexus
| [[Sacramento XSV|XSV]]
|-
| Division I
| Regime
| Texas Storm
| Fusion
| Justice
|-
| Division II
| Deadbox Factory
| United
| Atomix
| Invasion
|-
| Division III
| Stormfront
| NTK Factory
| Organized Chaos
| Just Paintball
|}

WARPIG's final paragraph and ClassicScores render the fourth-placed professional team's name as “NXS”; WARPIG's quarter-final and semi-final account identifies it as XSV.[1][3]

=== Divisional finals ===
Regime defeated Texas Storm in two games. Deadbox Factory recovered from an opening loss to beat United two games to one. Stormfront defeated NTK Factory in two consecutive games.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2003 NPPL Commander's Cup]]
* [[2004 NPPL Las Vegas Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2004/sandiego/ WARPIG – NPPL Commander's Cup, 2004. Contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2004/nov/11/mess-pros/ San Diego Reader – “Mess Pros”, 11 November 2004. Contemporary announcement confirming the Qualcomm Stadium venue and 12–14 November dates.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores – Historical tournament results database, Commander's Cup 2004, San Diego, event CS0068.]

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