Editing 2012 NPPL Huntington Beach Open

The '''2012 NPPL Huntington Beach Open''', promoted as the '''Surf City USA Open''', was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament held from 29 March to 1 April 2012 in Huntington Beach, California, United States.[1]

The season-opening event took place on the beach north of Huntington Beach Pier. [[Sacramento XSV]] won the professional competition, defeating [[Tampa Bay Damage]] 3–0 in the final.[2][3]

== Venue and organisation ==
Three enclosed artificial-turf fields were constructed over levelled sand beside the pier, with a trade show at street level along Pacific Coast Highway. The event also included grandstands, team paddocks and a spectator VIP area.[2]

The tournament expanded to four playing days to accommodate its combination of traditional seven-player and RaceTo competitions. Division 4 play began on Thursday, with the event concluding on Sunday.[2][3]

== Competition formats ==
The professional division used seven-player RaceTo-5 matches, while Division 1 used seven-player RaceTo-4. Divisions 2, 3 and 4 also offered traditional seven-player capture-the-flag competition.[2]

Separate Division 3 and Division 4 five-player competitions used RaceTo-4. Pump teams played five-player RaceTo-2. No Division 2 RaceTo competition took place at this event.[3]

== Professional competition ==
Fourteen professional teams competed. The archived official scoreboard records quarter-final victories for XSV over New England Avalanche, Arsenal over Infamous, Tampa Bay Damage over San Antonio X-Factor, and San Diego Dynasty over Edmonton Impact.[4]

XSV subsequently defeated Damage 3–0 within the final's 15-minute regulation time. Dynasty finished third and Arsenal fourth.[3]

== Results ==
The table lists the top four teams in each of the eight divisions.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional seven-player RaceTo-5
| Sacramento XSV
| Tampa Bay Damage
| San Diego Dynasty
| Arsenal
|-
| Division 1 seven-player RaceTo-4
| Texas Storm
| Camp Pendleton Raiders
| Impact Echo
| Dynasty 2
|-
| Division 2 traditional seven-player
| Arsenal Kidz
| Camp Pendleton Raiders
| Max'd Kidz
| Wicked
|-
| Division 3 traditional seven-player
| Good For Nothing
| Paintball Addix
| High Intensity
| Philly Notorious
|-
| Division 4 traditional seven-player
| DMG
| Good For Nothing 2
| Midway MOB
| Fuzion Rage
|-
| Division 3 five-player RaceTo-4
| WC Grizzlies
| DC Onslaught
| Centermass
| Poison Ivy
|-
| Division 4 five-player RaceTo-4
| RIT Tigers Orange
| Mayhem
| NXN
| RIT Tigers Black
|-
| Pump five-player RaceTo-2
| HenchMen
| West Coast Sharks 2
| Ronin
| A.P.C.
|}

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2012 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/uspl/2012/hb/fields/ WARPIG – NPPL Surf City Open field previews, 29 March–1 April 2012.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2012/03/29/2012-nppl-surf-city-usa-open-wednesday-coverage/ Social Paintball, Bea Paxson – 2012 NPPL Surf City USA Open: Wednesday Coverage, 29 March 2012.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2012/04/02/xsv-wins-2012-nppl-surf-city-usa-open-sunday-coverage-and-photos/ Social Paintball, Bea Paxson – XSV Wins 2012 NPPL Surf City USA Open, Sunday Coverage and Photos, 2 April 2012.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20120401214303/http://www.npplnetwork.com/2012HB_PRO.htm NPPL – 2012 Huntington Beach professional preliminary and Elite Eight scoreboard, archived 1 April 2012.]

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