Editing 2009 PSP Phoenix Open

The '''2009 PSP Phoenix Open''' opened the 2009 [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] season from 19 to 22 February at Glendale Youth Soccer Complex at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Philadelphia Americans won the professional division.[1][2][4]

== Competition formats ==
PSP's announcement for 2009 designated its professional division as “Pro Race to 7 (Formerly NXL)”. It also introduced a Semi-Pro RaceTo-7 division. WARPIG's contemporary Phoenix coverage continued to use the NXL name for professional competition.[1][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Format !! Match time
|-
| Professional and Semi-Pro || RaceTo-7 || 20 minutes
|-
| Divisions 1 and 2 || RaceTo-5 || 15 minutes
|-
| Division 3 || RaceTo-4 || 10 minutes
|-
| Divisions 3 and 4 five-player || RaceTo-2 || Up to three five-minute points
|}

Formats follow PSP's published announcement for the 2009 season.[3]

== Professional competition ==
Philadelphia Americans defeated Boston Red Legion 7–2 in the semi-finals, while Los Angeles Ironmen beat San Diego Dynasty 7–5. Philadelphia won the final against the Ironmen, and Dynasty defeated Boston for third place.[1]

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

Professional placings follow the event results archive.[2]

== Semi-Pro and divisional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Semi-Pro RaceTo-7 || Sacramento XSV || Vicious || Palm Beach Vipers || RNT Allstarz
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Aftermath II || Cross Eyed Paintball || TBD Fierce || Seattle CDR
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || Free Train Rides || DSSP8NTBALL.COM || Shogun || Total Karnage
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Tombstone || ByF8th Nation || Boom || No Limit
|}

Placings follow the event results archive, with Tombstone's Division 3 victory corroborated by WARPIG.[1][2]

=== Finals ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Semi-Pro || Sacramento XSV || 6–5 || Vicious
|-
| Division 1 || Aftermath II || 5–1 || Cross Eyed Paintball
|-
| Division 2 || Free Train Rides || 5–2 || DSSP8NTBALL.COM
|-
| Division 3 || Tombstone || 4–1 || ByF8th Nation
|}

Final scores were reported by WARPIG.[1]

== Five-player RaceTo-2 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 3 || WiseGuys || Axis || BioHazard Amh || Biting Rabbits
|-
| Division 4 || Coalition Black || Black Ice || Ranjerz || West Coast Dyenamix
|}

Placings follow the event results archive.[2]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2008 PSP Phoenix Open]]
* [[2009 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2009/phoenix/ WARPIG — PSP Phoenix Open 2009: contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/874 PBLeagues — 2009 Phoenix Open: event rankings.]
# [https://pbhub.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36028 Paintball Sports Promotions — 2009 format and rule announcement, reproduced in the contemporary pbhub.de discussion “PSP 2009”.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues — PSP Events archive: Phoenix Open, 19–22 February 2009.]

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