Editing 2005 NPPL Tampa Open

The '''2005 NPPL Tampa Open''' was the second tournament of the 2005 [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] Super 7 season, held from 13–15 May on the grounds of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. [[San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional division ahead of [[Sacramento XSV]].[1][2]

== Organisation ==
The tournament returned to the venue used in 2004 and attracted more than 200 registered teams. Lower divisions began preliminary competition on Friday, while professional preliminary games began on Saturday. Finals took place on Sunday.[1]

The professional prize fund totalled $42,500, including $25,000 for first place.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Eighteen professional teams competed. Los Angeles Infamous led the preliminary standings, followed by XSV and Oakland Empire. Eight teams advanced to a quarter-final round-robin, from which Empire, Dynasty, Infamous and XSV reached the semi-finals.[1]

Dynasty defeated XSV 98–6 in the first championship game. After a drawn second game, Dynasty won the third 98–6 to secure the title. Oakland Empire defeated Infamous for third place.[1]

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[2]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
| [[Sacramento XSV]]
| Oakland Empire
| [[Infamous (paintball team)|Los Angeles Infamous]]
|-
| Semi-professional
| Strange
| Ironmen
| Shockwave Canada
| Famous
|-
| Division I
| [[Farside (paintball team)|Farside]]
| Viewloader Allstars
| Jacksonville Warriors
| Atomix Factory
|-
| Division II
| LTZ
| TCP Machine
| LA Bushwackers
| Goon Squad
|-
| Division III
| DSO
| Circle Factory
| Spraypaint
| Exodus Vatos Locos
|}

=== Divisional finals ===
Strange defeated Ironmen in two games for the semi-professional title. Farside beat Viewloader Allstars in two games. LTZ defeated TCP Machine two games to one, while DSO recovered from an opening loss to beat Circle Factory by the same margin.[1]

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

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2005/tampa/ WARPIG – NPPL Tampa 2005, 13–15 May 2005. Contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores – Historical tournament results database, NPPL Tampa 2005, event CS0074.]

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