Editing 2013 PSP Chicago Open

The '''2013 PSP Chicago Open''' was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) tournament held from 20–23 June 2013 at [[CPX Sports]] in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It was the third event of the 2013 PSP season.[1]

[[Houston Heat]] won the professional Champions division, defeating [[San Diego Dynasty]] 5–3 in the final. [[Moscow Red Legion]] won Challengers, defeating [[Trenton Topgun Union]] 7–1.[3]

== Venue and formats ==
The tournament took place at CPX Sports, at 2903 Schweitzer Road in Joliet.[1]

Professional Champions and Challengers played [[RaceTo|RaceTo-7]]. Divisions 1 and 2 played RaceTo-5, while Divisions 3 and 4 played RaceTo-4. Additional competitions included divisional RaceTo-2 and open pump RaceTo-2.[1]

The event began on Thursday, 20 June, with divisional competition. Professional play was scheduled from Friday through Sunday.[1]

== Professional competition ==
=== Champions ===
Houston Heat reached the final without a defeat, including a preliminary victory over [[Tampa Bay Damage]]. Dynasty also completed the preliminary round undefeated and defeated [[Edmonton Impact]] before reaching the final.[3]

Heat defeated Dynasty 5–3 to win the event, ending Dynasty's run of victories at the first two PSP tournaments of the season.[3]

=== Challengers ===
Moscow Red Legion defeated Trenton Topgun Union 7–1 in the Challengers final. Both teams earned promotion to Champions for the [[2013 PSP West Coast Open]].[3]

[[upTon 187 cRew]] and [[TonTons Flingueurs]] were relegated from Champions to Challengers for that event.[3]

== Professional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Champions RaceTo-7
| Houston Heat
| San Diego Dynasty
| Edmonton Impact
| Omaha Vicious
|-
| Challengers RaceTo-7
| Moscow Red Legion
| Trenton Topgun Union
| Chattanooga C.E.P
| San Jose Royalty
|}

Sources: official standings and contemporary event report.[2][3]

== Divisional competition ==
Revo defeated VcK 3–2 in the Division 1 final. VcK 2 won Division 2 with a 4–3 victory over Hustle. In Division 3, ac Dallas defeated DSSP8NTBALL.COM 4–2, while AAF 2 defeated Project Mayhem 4–1 in Division 4.[3]

=== Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5
| Revo
| VcK
| Grad Moscow
| Boom
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5
| VcK 2
| Hustle
| Carolina Collision
| DC Devastation
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4
| ac Dallas
| DSSP8NTBALL.COM
| White Tee Gang
| Carolina Breakout
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4
| AAF 2
| Project Mayhem
| Detroit Action
| CFP Static
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| Mac Daddy All-Stars
| 406s Finest
| Ohio Havoc
| CPB Clap City All Stars
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2
| Vintage
| O'Hare Nightmare
| Royal Flush
| Wichita Threat Red
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2
| Total Greif
| Asylum TrueBallers
| Short Bus
| ATB Unleashed
|}

Source: official event standings.[2]

== See also ==
* [[2013 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[2013 PSP West Coast Open]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2640/info PBLeagues – PSP Chicago Open, 2013: dates, venue, schedule and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2640/rankings PBLeagues – PSP Chicago Open, 2013: final standings.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/06/23/houston-heat-defeats-dynasty-to-win-the-2013-psp-chicago-open/ Social Paintball – Israel L., “Houston Heat Defeats Dynasty to Win the 2013 PSP Chicago Open”, 23 June 2013.]

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