Editing 2009 PSP World Cup

The '''2009 PSP World Cup''' was the final tournament of the 2009 [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) season, held from 7 to 11 October 2009 at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. [[Russian Legion|Boston Red Legion]] won the professional World Cup title, defeating [[Philadelphia Americans]] in a best-of-three final. Philadelphia nevertheless finished first in the professional season standings.[1][2][4]

== Venue and competition ==

The tournament moved from Disney's Wide World of Sports to the grounds of Fantasy of Flight, a vintage aircraft restoration facility and aviation museum in Polk City. PSP had reduced its national calendar from five events to four for 2009.[1]

Competition included professional and semi-professional RaceTo-7, Division 1 and Division 2 RaceTo-5, Division 3 and Division 4 RaceTo-4, Masters RaceTo-4, and Division 2–5 RaceTo-2.[2]

The longer-format competitions began on Wednesday. Hot conditions affected the event, with WARPIG reporting that several players required assistance after overheating on Thursday.[1]

== Professional competition ==

Boston Red Legion and Philadelphia Americans contested a best-of-three championship final. Philadelphia won the opening match 5–3, but Boston recovered to win the second 7–0 and the deciding match 7–4. Boston therefore won the series by two matches to one.[2]

[[Tampa Bay Damage]] defeated [[Los Angeles Ironmen]] 7–3 in the third-place match.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Russian Legion|Boston Red Legion]]
|-
| 2 || [[Philadelphia Americans|Philly Americans]]
|-
| 3 || [[Tampa Bay Damage]]
|-
| 4 || [[Los Angeles Ironmen]]
|}

Source: APPA event placings.[3]

== Divisional results ==

=== RaceTo-7, RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Semi-professional RaceTo-7 || Vicious || Aftermath II || Sacramento XSV || London Nexus
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Raiden || DBS Kidz || Storm || TBD Fierce
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || DefconPaintball.ca || Team Unlimited || Total Karnage || Hustle
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Velocity Wrecking Crew II || Boom || CFP Factory D3 || VcK
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Flip Syde || P.C.P. VNZ || Palm Beach Outsiders || Livewire
|-
| Masters RaceTo-4 || Fluffy Bunnies || Assalas All Stars || Wicked || Ego Maniacs
|}

Source: APPA event placings.[3]

=== RaceTo-2 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 2 || No Limit || Understood || Team Hailstorm || JungleBoyz
|-
| Division 3 || Annihilators || New Jack City || Distortion || Inertia
|-
| Division 4 || Notorious || Revolution || DBSpaintball.com || Waste Management
|-
| Division 5 || Fatality Green || Uncivilized || Atomic Aftermath || ECE Green
|}

Source: APPA final-round scoreboards and placings.[2][3]

=== Selected championship scores ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winners !! Score !! Runners-up
|-
| Semi-professional RaceTo-7 || Vicious || 7–5, 7–4 || Aftermath II
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Raiden || 5–0 || DBS Kidz
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || DefconPaintball.ca || 4–3 || Team Unlimited
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Velocity Wrecking Crew II || 4–2 || Boom
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Flip Syde || 4–1 || P.C.P. VNZ
|-
| Masters RaceTo-4 || Fluffy Bunnies || 4–1 || Assalas All Stars
|}

The semi-professional final comprised two completed matches, both won by Vicious.[2]

=== Differences between surviving records ===

WARPIG's report differs from APPA's final records in several RaceTo-2 placings, including the Division 2 runners-up, the Division 4 winners and the Division 5 third-place finishers. The tables above follow APPA's final scoreboards and corresponding placings.[1][2][3]

The Division 4 RaceTo-2 scoreboard records a 1–1 point score between Notorious and Revolution, but awards the match to Notorious. No additional deciding score is supplied here.[2]

== Season championships ==

World Cup results and season standings produced different champions in several divisions. Philadelphia Americans finished the professional season with 370 points, ahead of Boston Red Legion on 347.5 and Los Angeles Ironmen on 317.5.[4]

The following teams finished first in the multi-event season standings:

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champions !! Points
|-
| Professional RaceTo-7 || [[Philadelphia Americans]] || 370
|-
| Semi-professional RaceTo-7 || [[Sacramento XSV]] || 328.75
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || TBD Fierce || 291.13
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || DSSP8NTBALL.COM || 351.42
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Boom || 390.9
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Wreckless Intentions || 152.35
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2 || Inertia || 368.14
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2 || Coalition || 389.44
|}

Source: APPA's final 2009 PSP season rankings.[4]

The standings list only World Cup results for Masters and Division 2 RaceTo-2, rather than a multi-event championship in those categories.[4]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[2009 PSP Chicago Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2009/worldcup/ 2009 PSP World Cup]. WARPIG. Contemporary tournament coverage, 7–11 October 2009.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/1164/scores Scores: World Cup]. APPA event scoreboards, preserved by PBLeagues.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/1164 Rankings: World Cup]. APPA event placings, preserved by PBLeagues.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2009 2009 Season Rankings: PSP Events]. APPA season standings, preserved by PBLeagues.

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