Editing 2009 MPL Mexico City Open First Round

The '''2009 MPL Mexico City Open First Round''' was the opening event of the [[2009 MPL|2009 Mexican Paintball League season]], listed for 14–15 March 2009 at Sykaryos Paintball & Gotcha in Mexico City.[1][2] TJ All Stars Black won Abierta (Open), while Mariposas Salvajes won Novatos (Novice).[3]

== Organisation and competition ==
The official event page named Pepe Cagiga as organiser. Abierta used five-player teams and Novatos used three-player teams.[2]

The league's first-round rankings contain 23 Abierta entries and 14 Novatos entries.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Team size !! Ranked entries
|-
| Abierta (Open) || Five players || 23
|-
| Novatos (Novice) || Three players || 14
|}

== Results ==
The official first-round report listed the following leading teams. Points are taken from the accompanying first-round rankings.[3][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Place !! Team !! Points
|-
| Abierta || 1 || TJ All Stars Black || 100.0
|-
| Abierta || 2 || Overhead Black || 95.9
|-
| Abierta || 3 || Overhead Empire || 91.8
|-
| Abierta || 4 || Insane Pitbulls || 87.7
|-
| Novatos || 1 || Mariposas Salvajes || 100.00
|-
| Novatos || 2 || Enjambre || 93.08
|-
| Novatos || 3 || Black Jack || 86.15
|-
| Novatos || 4 || Never Over || 79.23
|}

== References ==
# [https://tesiunamdocumentos.dgb.unam.mx/ptd2009/abril/0642356/0642356.pdf Saraí Fuentes García: ''Propuesta de campaña publicitaria para posicionar el paintball: una alternativa de deporte extremo en el Distrito Federal'', UNAM, 2009, p. 44 — MPL calendar].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090522012202/http://www.mpl.com.mx/mexico.html MPL: Mexico City event information, archived on 22 May 2009].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090522121829/http://www.mpl.com.mx/noticias.html MPL: ''Resultados de la primer fecha de la Liga Mexicana de Paintball'', archived on 22 May 2009].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090522012227/http://www.mpl.com.mx/ranking.html MPL: ''Mexico D.F. (Evento #1)'' rankings, archived on 22 May 2009].

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Mexico]]