Editing 2012 PSP Phoenix Open

The '''2012 PSP Phoenix Open''' was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) tournament held from 20–22 April 2012 at the Glendale Youth Sports Complex in Glendale, Arizona, United States. It was the second event of the 2012 PSP season and featured professional and divisional [[RaceTo]] competition, including a pump division.[1]

[[Houston Heat]] won the professional division, defeating [[Moscow Red Legion]] 6–3 in the final. [[Los Angeles Ironmen]] finished third and [[San Antonio X-Factor|X-Factor]] fourth.[2][3]

== Venue and format ==
Although named for Phoenix, the tournament took place in neighbouring Glendale. PSP's registration record identifies the venue as the Glendale Youth Sports Complex; WARPIG's contemporary preview described it as the University of Phoenix Glendale Soccer Complex.[1][4]

The professional division used RaceTo-7. Divisions 1 and 2 played RaceTo-5, while Divisions 3 and 4 offered RaceTo-4 and RaceTo-2 competitions. An open pump division also played RaceTo-2.[1][2]

PSP reused the field layout from the [[2012 PSP Galveston Island Open]]. WARPIG reported that the decision reflected the severe weather at Galveston and the professional teams' inability to complete their matches there.[4]

== Postponed Galveston matches ==
The outstanding professional competition from the Galveston Island Open was completed at the Phoenix venue on Thursday, 19 April, before the Phoenix Open began. [[Tampa Bay Damage]] defeated Houston Heat 7–1 in that final.[5]

Those matches and their placings belonged to the Galveston Island Open. They were separate from the Phoenix Open results listed below.[3][5]

== Professional competition ==
Houston Heat's Phoenix preliminary matches included victories over CEP, Seattle Thunder and Moscow Red Legion, alongside a defeat by Omaha Vicious. Heat then defeated X-Factor 6–5 in the semi-finals and Moscow Red Legion 6–3 in the final.[6]

Moscow reached the final by defeating Los Angeles Infamous 7–3 in the quarter-finals and Los Angeles Ironmen 7–5 in the semi-finals. X-Factor defeated Omaha Vicious 7–4 in the other quarter-final.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team
|-
| Quarter-final || Moscow Red Legion || 7–3 || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| Quarter-final || X-Factor || 7–4 || Omaha Vicious
|-
| Semi-final || Moscow Red Legion || 7–5 || Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Semi-final || Houston Heat || 6–5 || X-Factor
|-
| Final || Houston Heat || 6–3 || Moscow Red Legion
|}

Sources: contemporary final report and Houston Heat's official event record.[3][6]

== Results ==
The following placings are recorded in the official event standings.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional RaceTo-7
| Houston Heat
| Moscow Red Legion
| Los Angeles Ironmen
| X-Factor
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5
| Texas Storm
| Static
| San Diego Pirates
| Fuzion
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5
| Revo
| Denver Fury
| Scottsdale Elevation
| Boom
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4
| Central Florida Paintball
| DC Devastation
| Golden State Knights
| OutKast powered by LVPP.net
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4
| Imperial
| North Texas Shockwave
| Central Florida P8ntball
| TKO
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| IE Unseen
| Kansas Vengeance
| LSD
| —
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2
| Az Chooch powered by Battery Acid
| Cowtown CaBalleros
| DM ARMY Texas
| Houston Legends
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2
| TPG AllStars
| Blitz
| Tennessee TrueBallers
| Kamandag Fatal Hit
|}

Only three teams competed in Division 3 RaceTo-2.[2]

== See also ==
* [[2012 PSP Galveston Island Open]]
* [[2012 PSP Chicago Open]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2163/info PBLeagues – PSP Phoenix Open, 2012: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2163/rankings PBLeagues – PSP Phoenix Open, 2012: final standings.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2012/04/22/houston-heat-defeats-moscow-red-legion-to-win-the-2012-psp-phoenix-open/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “Houston Heat Defeats Moscow Red Legion to Win the 2012 PSP Phoenix Open”, 22 April 2012.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2012/galveston/fields/index_phoenix.shtml WARPIG – “2012 PSP Phoenix Open Field Preview”, 1 April 2012.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2012/04/19/tampa-bay-damage-defeats-houston-heat-to-win-the-2012-psp-galveston-island-open/ Social Paintball – “Tampa Bay Damage Defeats Houston Heat to Win the 2012 PSP Galveston Island Open”, 19 April 2012.]
# [https://mlpb.pbleagues.com/team/roster/xCWG7iYS2XdiuNzw PBLeagues – Houston Heat: 2012 PSP Phoenix Open roster and match results.]

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