Editing 2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open

The '''2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open''', promoted as the '''NPPL Surf City USA Open''', was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament held from 12–14 April 2013 at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened the league's 2013 national tournament season.[1]

[[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the professional division, defeating [[Vancouver Vendetta]] 4–1 in the final. [[Portland Uprising]] finished third and Fort Wayne Outlaws fourth.[2][3]

== Venue ==
The tournament was played on the beach at Huntington Beach Pier Plaza. The NPPL's announcement identified the venue as 405 Pacific Coast Highway and advertised competition from 7 am to 5 pm daily.[1]

The event included a paintball trade show, public shooting booths, free viewing areas and ticketed centre-court seating. It marked the eleventh consecutive year that the NPPL had brought its tournament to Huntington Beach.[1]

== Professional competition ==
The professional field changed substantially before the 2013 season. Sacramento XSV, Tampa Bay Damage, Edmonton Impact and Los Angeles Infamous were among the established teams that had left NPPL competition.[4]

DC Arsenal withdrew shortly before Huntington Beach. Contemporary reporting confirmed that Arsenal did not compete and that Arsenal Crush, drawn from Buffalo Crush's Division 1 line, filled the vacancy.[5]

X-Factor defeated Vancouver Vendetta 4–1 in the professional final.[2]

== Results ==
The following placings follow the NPPL's archived official rankings.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional seven-player S7
| San Antonio X-Factor
| Vancouver Vendetta
| Portland Uprising
| Fort Wayne Outlaws
|-
| Division 1 seven-player S7
| Impact Echo
| TCP Machine
| Xclusive
| Regime
|-
| Division 2 seven-player
| Hawaiian Heat
| Tippman Effect TMG
| Capital Edge DMG – Red
| Team Wicked
|-
| Division 3 seven-player
| Miami Devious
| Xtreme
| Capital Edge DMG White
| Tombstone
|-
| Division 4 seven-player
| Animal Team Factory
| So Cal Stealth
| NBK
| West Coast Sharks 4
|-
| Division 4 five-player, two-flag
| P4 Posse 2
| Farside Kids East
| Cen Cal Alliance
| Destiny Army
|-
| Young Guns three-player, two-flag
| Prodigy
| Stormerz II
| —
| —
|}

Only two teams were listed in the official Young Guns standings.[3]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2012 NPPL Huntington Beach Open]]
* [[San Antonio X-Factor]]

== References ==
# [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/professional-paintball-tournament-takes-over-huntington-beach-ca-202018811.html National Professional Paintball League – “Professional Paintball Tournament Takes Over Huntington Beach CA”, press release, 8 April 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/15/san-antonio-x-factor-takes-1st-place-in-the-nppl-surf-city-open-at-huntington-beach/ Social Paintball – Byron Woodfork, “San Antonio X-Factor Takes 1st Place in the NPPL Surf City USA Open at Huntington Beach”, 15 April 2013. Its Division 1 results differ from the official rankings.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510221044/http://nppl.com/rankings/ National Professional Paintball League – “Team Rankings”, archived 10 May 2013. Includes Huntington Beach standings in the individual division tabs.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/13/new-blood-in-the-nppl-pro-division/ Social Paintball – Tim Cerruti, “New Blood in the NPPL Pro Division”, 13 April 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/10/dc-arsenal-out-of-nppl-to-play-psp/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “DC Arsenal Out of NPPL to Play PSP”, 10 April 2013, updated 12 April 2013.]

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