Editing 2007 PSP Chicago Open

The '''2007 PSP Chicago Open''' was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] tournament held from 20 to 24 June 2007 at the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Complex in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The third event of the 2007 PSP season included [[National Xball League]] professional competition, divisional [[X-Ball]], five-player tournaments and NXL All-Star exhibition games.[1][2][3]

== NXL competition ==
X-Factor defeated Detroit Strange 5–4 in overtime in the quarter-finals, then beat San Diego Dynasty 9–5 in the semi-finals. Los Angeles Ironmen defeated Philadelphia Americans 7–4 in the other semi-final. X-Factor won the final 7–6.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[San Antonio X-Factor|X-Factor]]
|-
| 2 || [[Los Angeles Ironmen]]
|-
| 3 || [[San Diego Dynasty]]
|-
| 4 || [[Philadelphia Americans]]
|}

Professional placings are recorded in the event results archive.[3]

== Divisional X-Ball ==
=== Finals ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Open || San Diego Aftermath || 10–5 || Team Impact
|-
| Division 2 || Vicious || 7–4 || Team Nasty
|-
| Division 3 || Speedin Dirty || 5–2 || Gridlock Black
|}

Final scores were reported by WARPIG.[1]

=== Leading placings ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open || San Diego Aftermath || Team Impact || Avalanche X || Static
|-
| Division 2 || Vicious || Team Nasty || TX Justice League || Drama Paintball
|-
| Division 3 || Speedin Dirty || Gridlock Black || DBS Kidz || Zero Tolerance
|}

Placings are taken from the event results archive.[3]

== Five-player competition ==
Flavor Explosion and Team Encounter won their respective finals in two consecutive games. Corruption won the Division 4 final by two games to one.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 2 || Flavor Explosion || Team Zone || Denver-Altitude.com || Eastern
|-
| Division 3 || Team Encounter || DVS || Riot Kidz || JP Paintball
|-
| Division 4 || Corruption || TR Uncensered || DBS Paintball.com || Sublime
|}

Placings and team names follow the event results archive.[3]

== NXL All-Star games ==
The Eastern Conference won the opening two exhibition games, 13–8 and 9–8. The Western Conference won the third game 10–7, leaving the East with a two-games-to-one series victory.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2007 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[2007 PSP River City Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2007/chicago/ WARPIG — PSP Chicago Open: contemporary report covering the 2007 tournament.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues — PSP Events archive: Chicago Open, 20–24 June 2007.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/517/rankings PBLeagues — 2007 Chicago Open: event placings.]

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