Editing 2008 Australian Super 7s Round 3

'''2008 Australian Super 7s Round 3''' was a paintball tournament held on '''2–3 August 2008''' at [[Action Paintball Games]] in '''Rouse Hill, New South Wales'''. It formed part of the [[Australian Super 7s]] series and attracted 16 teams, with participation from Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[1][2]

Bad Company won the professional division, Bitchin won the semi-professional division and Virus won the amateur division.[3]

== Results ==

The following placings were published by the organisers. Ranking points contributed to the season championship and are separate from individual game scores.[3]

=== Professional ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| 1
| Bad Company
| 50
|-
| 2
| Hostile Intentions
| 46
|-
| 3
| [[Sydney SWAT]]
| 44
|-
| 4
| TNT
| 42
|}

The official standings also record [[Menace]] earning 30 ranking points and East Coast Raiderz earning 28 at this round.[3]

=== Semi-professional ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| 1
| Bitchin
| 50
|-
| 2
| A9X
| 46
|-
| 3
| Uprising
| 44
|-
| 4
| Apocalypse
| 42
|}

Bitchin defeated A9X '''2–1''' in the final. Uprising defeated Apocalypse '''2–1''' in the third-place playoff, having lost its semi-final to A9X in two straight games.[2]

The official standings additionally record Distortion earning 30 ranking points and Marksmen earning 28.[3]

=== Division 3 — Amateur ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| 1
| Virus
| 50
|-
| 2
| SWAT Kids
| 46
|-
| 3
| Shenanigans
| 44
|}

Marksmen Recon also received 42 ranking points at this round.[3]

== New Zealand participation ==

[[Menace]], identified by the series organisers as a New Zealand team, competed in the professional division.[3][4] Its 30 ranking points brought its season total after three rounds to 110.[3]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20080719060756/http://www.super7spaintball.com/page9.html Australian Super 7s, “Dates & Locations”, 2008 calendar. Archived 19 July 2008.]
# [https://region.com.au/congratulations-to-uprising-for-3rd-place-in-semi-pro-division-rd-3-2008-australian-s7s-series/8296/ benno1, “Congratulations to UPRISING for 3rd place in semi-pro division, Rd 3 – 2008 Australian S7s series”, 7 August 2008, preserved by Region Canberra.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081221005620/http://www.super7spaintball.com/Results.aspx Australian Super 7s, “Current Results”: Round 3 placings and cumulative rankings after three rounds. Archived 21 December 2008.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20080214101629/http://www.super7spaintball.com/ Australian Super 7s, official homepage identifying “New Zealand’s Menace”. Archived 14 February 2008.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Oceania]]
[[Category:Paintball in Australia]]