Editing 2006 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open

The '''2006 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open''' was the fifth tournament of the 2006 [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] season, held from 21–24 September at PBC Sports Park in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It featured divisional [[X-Ball]], five-man X-Ball and the first [[National Xball League|NXL]] All-Star competition.[1]

== Venue ==
PBC Sports Park was an established tournament paintball facility near Charlotte, North Carolina. Its selection marked a return to hosting a major PSP event at an existing paintball field.[1]

== Divisional X-Ball ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[2]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division I
| Jacksonville Raiders
| San Diego Aftermath
| Gridlock
| Tippmann Effect
|-
| Division II
| Swatpaintball.com
| East Coast Empire
| Gridlock-PBC
| 93 Bulls
|-
| Division III
| Team SprayPaint
| East Coast Killers
| Data Support Systems
| Triad
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Championship matches[1]
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Division I || Jacksonville Raiders || 10–4 || San Diego Aftermath
|-
| Division II || Swatpaintball.com || 10–4 || East Coast Empire
|-
| Division III || Team SprayPaint || 5–4 || East Coast Killers
|}

== Five-man X-Ball ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[1][2]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division III
| TX Justice League
| Ginxed
| Runnin Wild
| ECE Factory Team
|-
| Division IV
| SoFlaMafia.com
| Sin City Paintball
| DBS Kidz
| ECE Kidz
|}

TX Justice League defeated Ginxed in two games. SoFlaMafia.com similarly beat Sin City Paintball for the Division IV title.[1]

== NXL All-Star competition ==
The NXL retained a five-event professional schedule during PSP's six-event season. At the Mid-Atlantic Open, Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams instead contested a three-game series.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Eastern Conference !! Western Conference !! Winner
|-
| 1 || 12 || 8 || Eastern Conference
|-
| 2 || 10 || 8 || Eastern Conference
|-
| 3 || 9 || 10 || Western Conference
|}

The Eastern Conference won the series two games to one.[1]

Selected NXL players who were not participating in the All-Star competition were permitted to guest for Division I teams.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2006 PSP SoCal Open]]
* [[2006 PSP World Cup]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2006/mao/ WARPIG – PSP Mid-Atlantic Open, 21–24 September 2006. Contemporary tournament report; photographs by Dawn Mills.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2006 PBLeagues – 2006 PSP season rankings. Individual event placings appear in parentheses in the Mid-Atlantic Open column.]

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