Editing 2006 NPPL Huntington Beach Open

The '''2006 NPPL Huntington Beach Open''' opened the 2006 [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] Super 7 season from 24–26 March in Huntington Beach, California. [[Sacramento XSV]] defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] in the professional final, becoming the first team other than Dynasty to win the Super 7 Huntington Beach tournament.[1][2]

== Venue and organisation ==
The tournament moved from the north side of Huntington Beach Pier to the south side. Artificial turf covered the sand playing surface, while the revised location brought the trade show closer to the fields.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Eighteen professional teams played in two preliminary groups. Eight advanced to a quarter-final round-robin, from which XSV, Dynasty, New York NRG and Miami Rage reached the semi-finals.[1]

Dynasty defeated NRG in two games. XSV beat Rage two games to one, winning the deciding game 18–16 on player points without a flag pull or hang.[1]

XSV defeated Dynasty in two consecutive championship games. NRG beat Rage 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]]
| New York NRG
| Miami Rage
|-
| Semi-professional
| A Team
| California Bushwackers
| Miami Raiders
| Impact
|-
| Division I
| Criticalpaintball.com
| Faction
| San Diego Aftermath
| Redz OA Mayhem
|-
| Division II
| Ballistic
| The Outfit
| Stoned Assassins
| Island Breed
|-
| Division III
| Trouble
| Extreme Extractors
| Tag
| No Limit Indecent
|}

=== Divisional finals ===
A Team recovered from an opening loss to defeat California Bushwackers two games to one. Critical Paintball defeated Faction in two games for Division I. Ballistic beat The Outfit two games to one, while Trouble defeated Extreme Extractors in two games.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2005 NPPL Huntington Beach Open]]
* [[2006 NPPL Tampa Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2006/huntington/ WARPIG – NPPL Huntington Beach, 24–26 March 2006. Contemporary tournament report; photographs by Matt Dawson. The heading incorrectly gives the year as 2005.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores – Historical tournament results database, NPPL Huntington Beach 2006, event CS0077.]

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