Editing 2004 NPPL Tampa Open

The '''2004 NPPL Tampa Open''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held from 21 to 23 May 2004 in Tampa, Florida, United States. It was the second event of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) [[NPPL Super 7|Super 7]] season.[1][2]

== Venue ==
[[Pure Promotions]] established five playing fields, team staging and a trade show on grass parking areas surrounding Raymond James Stadium.[1]

== Results ==
The following top-four placings are recorded by WARPIG and ClassicScores.[1][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Division 1 !! Division 2 !! Division 3
|-
| 1
| [[Infamous (paintball team)|Infamous]]
| Evil
| Atomix
| Doc's Raiders Black
|-
| 2
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| Justice
| Doc's Raiders
| Just Paintball
|-
| 3
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| STP
| Mox Nix
| LTZ
|-
| 4
| Sedition
| Future Ball
| True Colors
| Devil's Own
|}

=== Professional ===
Chris LaSoya and former Miami Effect teammates competed as Infamous. Infamous defeated Naughty Dogs in two semi-final games before facing Dynasty. Infamous won the opening championship game 97–9 and also won the second. Naughty Dogs defeated Sedition in two games for third.[1]

=== Division 1 ===
Evil recovered from losing the opening championship game to defeat Justice in the next two. STP finished third after a three-game contest against Future Ball.[1]

=== Division 2 ===
Atomix defeated Doc's Raiders in two championship games. Mox Nix defeated True Colors in three games for third.[1]

=== Division 3 ===
Doc's Raiders Black defeated Just Paintball in two championship games. LTZ defeated Devil's Own in three games for third.[1]

== Equipment enforcement ==
Redz Hurricanes were disqualified after mechanical testing found that a player's marker fired additional shots beyond its trigger pulls. The team's event points were cancelled.[1]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2004/tampa/index.shtml WARPIG — Super 7 Tampa, May 2004. Contemporary report covering the venue, competition, results and equipment enforcement.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/articles/pressreleases/automated/122903nppl.shtml National Professional Paintball League — NPPL Annual Meeting, 6 December 2003, published by WARPIG. Announces the Tampa event for 21–23 May 2004.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — Historical tournament results dataset. 2004 NPPL Tampa, Florida: Professional, Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 seven-player placings.]

== External links ==
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2004/tampa/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]

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