Editing 2005 NPPL Denver Open

The '''2005 NPPL Denver Open''' was the third tournament of the 2005 [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] Super 7 season, held from 22–24 July in Denver, Colorado. [[Sacramento XSV]] defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] to secure its first professional Super 7 tournament victory.[1][2]

== Venue ==
The tournament returned to the stadium parking venue used in 2004, with NPPL Action Turf laid over asphalt. It shared the location with the Vans Warped Tour.[1]

== Professional competition ==
XSV led the preliminary standings. Eight teams advanced to a seven-game quarter-final round-robin, from which Dynasty, Oakland Empire, XSV and San Francisco Avalanche reached the semi-finals.[1]

Dynasty and XSV each won their semi-final in two games. XSV then defeated Dynasty in consecutive championship games, opening with a 100–0 victory. Avalanche beat Oakland Empire two games to one for third place.[1]

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[2]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| [[Sacramento XSV]]
| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
| [[Avalanche|San Francisco Avalanche]]
| Oakland Empire
|-
| Semi-professional
| Bob Long's Assassins
| California Ironmen
| Dynasty Dynamics
| Famous
|-
| Division I
| Bonebrake USA Silver
| Naughty Dogs Division 1
| Naughty X Nature
| Atomix Sports
|-
| Division II
| LTZ
| Colorado Raiders
| NTK
| United
|-
| Division III
| Atomix Nation
| Heaven & Hell
| Trouble
| So Cal Crazy Vatos
|}

=== Divisional finals ===
Bob Long's Assassins defeated California Ironmen in two games. Bonebrake USA Silver similarly beat Naughty Dogs Division 1.[1]

LTZ and Colorado Raiders drew their opening game 19–19, then exchanged wins. LTZ won the deciding one-on-one, securing its third consecutive Division II tournament title of the season.[1]

Atomix Nation recovered from an opening loss to beat Heaven & Hell two games to one in the Division III final.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2004 NPPL Denver Open]]
* [[2005 NPPL Tampa Open]]
* [[2005 NPPL San Diego Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2005/denver/index.shtml WARPIG – NPPL Denver 2005, 22–24 July 2005. Contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores – Historical tournament results database, NPPL Denver 2005, event CS0070.]

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