Editing 2013 PSP World Cup

The '''2013 PSP World Cup''' was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) tournament held from 17–20 October 2013 at [[Fantasy of Flight]] in Polk City, Florida, United States. It concluded the five-event 2013 PSP season.[1]

[[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the professional Champions division, defeating [[Edmonton Impact]] 7–5 in the final. [[San Diego Dynasty]] secured the professional season championship.[3][4]

== Venue and formats ==
The tournament took place at Fantasy of Flight, at 1400 Broadway Boulevard Southeast in Polk City.[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, open pump RaceTo-2 and open ten-player paintball.[1]

== Professional competition ==
=== Champions ===
Houston Heat, San Antonio X-Factor, Edmonton Impact and Los Angeles Ironmen qualified for the Sunday championship rounds. Dynasty and Tampa Bay Damage did not advance.[5]

X-Factor recovered from a deficit against Impact in the final to win 7–5. The team finished the event with four victories and two defeats.[3]

=== Challengers ===
The official event standings list Omaha Vicious first among the Challengers teams, followed by Texas Storm, Sacramento XSV and Trenton Topgun Union.[2]

== Professional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Champions RaceTo-7
| San Antonio X-Factor
| Edmonton Impact
| Houston Heat
| Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Challengers RaceTo-7
| Omaha Vicious
| Texas Storm
| Sacramento XSV
| Trenton Topgun Union
|}

Source: official event standings. Challengers occupy places 11 onwards in the combined professional numbering.[2]

== Divisional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5
| TradeMyGun Outlaws
| Red Storm
| Chicago Infamous
| New England Avalanche
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5
| DC Devastation
| Hustle
| VcK 2
| PR1ME
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4
| Project Mayhem
| Adrenalin Army
| Syndicate
| NJ Jesters
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4
| Houston Zone
| Detroit Action
| New World Order
| Abilene Addiction
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-2
| TJ Allstarzz
| Papa Squat
| Versace Versace Versace
| Rockstar Factory Canada
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| 406s Finest
| Mac Daddy All-Stars
| Aruba Madness
| Armagedon GUA
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2
| ULTRA
| Royal Flush
| Asylum 502
| Fanatics Marseille
|-
| Division 5 RaceTo-2
| Pr1me Minionz
| Route 7
| Katana Guntai
| Royal Flush
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2
| Short Bus
| Asylum TrueBallers
| Total Greif
| New Pump Invasion
|-
| Open ten-player
| Annihilators
| Hulk Kiev
| Tour de Force
| Desperados
|}

Source: official event standings.[2]

== Season championships ==
Dynasty won the professional season championship with 886 points, narrowly ahead of Edmonton Impact on 879. Tampa Bay Damage finished third with 862 points. Contemporary reporting confirmed that Dynasty secured the title despite missing the World Cup's Sunday championship rounds.[4]

The following teams lead the surviving PBLeagues standings for the non-professional divisions contested at multiple events.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First in published season standings !! Points
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Red Storm || 511.11
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || DC Devastation || 558
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Project Mayhem || 542.11
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Houston Zone || 494
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2 || 406s Finest || 543.57
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2 || Royal Flush || 477.17
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2 || Asylum TrueBallers || 560.78
|-
| Open ten-player || Tour de Force || 281.05
|}

Division 2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 have only World Cup results in the published season record.[6]

== See also ==
* [[2013 PSP West Coast Open]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[San Antonio X-Factor]]
* [[San Diego Dynasty]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2642/info PBLeagues – PSP World Cup, 2013: dates, venue and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2642/rankings PBLeagues – PSP World Cup, 2013: final standings.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/10/23/san-antonio-x-factor-wins-the-2013-psp-world-cup/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “San Antonio X-Factor Wins the 2013 PSP World Cup”, 23 October 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/10/24/san-diego-dynasty-secures-2013-psp-series-title/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “San Diego Dynasty Secures 2013 PSP Series Title”, 24 October 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/10/19/the-stage-is-set-2013-psp-world-cup-day-2/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “The Stage is Set – 2013 PSP World Cup, Day 2”, 19 October 2013.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2013 PBLeagues – 2013 Season Rankings: PSP Events. Non-professional standings; the surviving professional totals differ from the contemporary championship report.]

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