Editing 2013 PSP season

The '''2013 PSP season''' was the national tournament season organised by [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] in the United States. Five events were held, beginning with the Dallas Open in March and concluding with the World Cup in October. The season introduced professional Champions and Challengers divisions, with promotion and relegation between events.[1][2]

[[San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional season championship, finishing seven points ahead of [[Edmonton Impact]]. [[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the professional World Cup tournament.[3][4]

== Calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| 1 || [[2013 PSP Dallas Open]] || 14–17 March 2013 || Cousins Paintball || Forney, Texas
|-
| 2 || [[2013 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]] || 3–5 May 2013 || Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City || Chesapeake City, Maryland
|-
| 3 || [[2013 PSP Chicago Open]] || 20–23 June 2013 || CPX Sports || Joliet, Illinois
|-
| 4 || [[2013 PSP West Coast Open]] || 16–18 August 2013 || Ab Brown Sports Complex || Riverside, California
|-
| 5 || [[2013 PSP World Cup]] || 17–20 October 2013 || Fantasy of Flight || Polk City, Florida
|}

Dates and locations follow the PSP event archive and individual event records.[1][5][6][7][8][9]

== Champions and Challengers format ==

PSP announced a new professional structure before the season. Professional teams initially competed together at Dallas, with the top ten qualifying for Champions at the second event. The remaining professional teams entered Challengers alongside additional teams.[2]

Champions played on the main professional field, while Challengers used a secondary professional field during the preliminary rounds. Both divisions used the same playing format and rules.[2]

Beginning after the second event, the leading two Challengers teams moved into Champions for the following tournament. They replaced two relegated Champions teams. This made advancement and retention of Champions status an event-by-event competition.[2]

The Mid-Atlantic Open was the first tournament to stage the two divisions separately. Its leading Challengers teams, Omaha Vicious and upTon 187 cRew, earned promotion for Chicago.[10]

=== Recorded promotions ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Challengers teams promoted for the following event
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || Omaha Vicious; upTon 187 cRew
|-
| Chicago Open || Moscow Red Legion; Trenton Topgun Union
|-
| West Coast Open || upTon 187 cRew; Chicago Aftershock
|}

Sources: contemporary event reports.[10][11][12]

The preserved event records generally number Champions in places 1–10 and Challengers from eleventh onwards. The results below present the leading teams in each division separately.[6][7][9]

== Professional event results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional or Champions winners !! Runners-up !! Challengers winners
|-
| Dallas Open || San Diego Dynasty || Tampa Bay Damage || Not held separately
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || San Diego Dynasty || Tampa Bay Damage || Omaha Vicious
|-
| Chicago Open || Houston Heat || San Diego Dynasty || Moscow Red Legion
|-
| West Coast Open || Tampa Bay Damage || Edmonton Impact || upTon 187 cRew
|-
| World Cup || San Antonio X-Factor || Edmonton Impact || Omaha Vicious
|}

Sources: official event placings and contemporary reports.[5][6][7][9][11][12]

Dynasty won the opening two tournaments before Houston Heat defeated it 5–3 in the Chicago final. Damage won the West Coast Open with a 7–2 victory over Impact. X-Factor then defeated Impact 7–5 in the World Cup final.[4][11][12]

=== Professional season championship ===

Dynasty secured the season championship despite failing to reach the World Cup's Sunday championship rounds. Contemporary reporting recorded the leading season totals as follows:[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1 || San Diego Dynasty || 886
|-
| 2 || Edmonton Impact || 879
|-
| 3 || Tampa Bay Damage || 862
|}

These totals follow the contemporary championship report. The surviving PBLeagues professional season table displays different totals and a different order.[3][13]

== Divisional event winners ==

=== RaceTo-5 and RaceTo-4 ===

Divisions 1 and 2 played RaceTo-5, while Divisions 3 and 4 played RaceTo-4.[5][6][7][8][9]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Division 1 !! Division 2 !! Division 3 !! Division 4
|-
| Dallas Open || Sacramento DMG || ac402.com || Syndicate || CFP Static
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || VcK || DC Devastation || CFP Wreckage Krew || Houston Zone
|-
| Chicago Open || Revo || VcK 2 || ac Dallas || AAF 2
|-
| West Coast Open || VcK || DC Devastation || Capital Edge DMG Red || Houston Zone
|-
| World Cup || TradeMyGun Outlaws || DC Devastation || Project Mayhem || Houston Zone
|}

Sources: APPA event placings and contemporary West Coast reporting.[5][6][7][9][12]

=== Five-player RaceTo-2 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Division 3 winners !! Division 4 winners
|-
| Dallas Open || 406s Finest || North Texas Shockwave Black
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || DC DEV II || OTP United
|-
| Chicago Open || Mac Daddy All-Stars || Vintage
|-
| West Coast Open || Wicked || HaVoK 2
|-
| World Cup || 406s Finest || ULTRA
|}

Sources: APPA event placings and contemporary West Coast reporting.[5][6][7][9][12]

=== Open pump RaceTo-2 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winners
|-
| Dallas Open || Rockin Cocks
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || Asylum TrueBallers
|-
| Chicago Open || Total Greif
|-
| West Coast Open || Asylum TrueBallers
|-
| World Cup || Short Bus
|}

Sources: APPA event placings and contemporary West Coast reporting.[5][6][7][9][12]

=== Additional competitions ===

Open ten-player competition was recorded at Dallas and World Cup. PPS SFO won Dallas, while Annihilators won World Cup. World Cup also included Division 2 RaceTo-2, won by TJ Allstarzz, and Division 5 RaceTo-2, won by Pr1me Minionz.[5][9]

== Divisional season standings ==

The following teams finished first in the surviving published standings for non-professional competitions held at multiple events.[13]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First in published season standings !! Points
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || Red Storm || 511.11
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || DC Devastation || 558.00
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Project Mayhem || 542.11
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Houston Zone || 494.00
|-
| 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
|}

Red Storm finished 1.11 points ahead of VcK in Division 1. Division 2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 have only World Cup results in the published season record.[13]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[2012 PSP season]]
* [[2014 PSP season]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues — Paintball Sports Promotions event archive: 2013 calendar.]
# [https://www.pbhub.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=794642 Paintball Sports Promotions — announcement of the Champions and Challengers structure, reproduced in the contemporary pbhub.de discussion “PSP 2013”, 28 January 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/10/24/san-diego-dynasty-secures-2013-psp-series-title/ Lawrence Abernathy, Social Paintball — “San Diego Dynasty Secures 2013 PSP Series Title”, 24 October 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/10/23/san-antonio-x-factor-wins-the-2013-psp-world-cup/ Lawrence Abernathy, Social Paintball — “San Antonio X-Factor Wins the 2013 PSP World Cup”, 23 October 2013.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2639 APPA/PBLeagues — 2013 PSP Dallas Open: event information and results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2641 APPA/PBLeagues — 2013 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open: event information and results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2640 APPA/PBLeagues — 2013 PSP Chicago Open: event information and results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3002/info PBLeagues — 2013 PSP West Coast Open: dates, venue and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2642 APPA/PBLeagues — 2013 PSP World Cup: event information and results.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/05/26/5-psp-mid-atlantic-open-winners-and-losers/ Lawrence Abernathy, Social Paintball — “5 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open Winners and Losers”, 26 May 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/06/23/houston-heat-defeats-dynasty-to-win-the-2013-psp-chicago-open/ Israel L., Social Paintball — “Houston Heat Defeats Dynasty to Win the 2013 PSP Chicago Open”, 23 June 2013.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/08/18/damage-dominates-impact-to-win-2013-psp-west-coast-open/ Lawrence Abernathy, Social Paintball — “Damage Dominates Impact to Win 2013 PSP West Coast Open”, 18 August 2013.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2013 APPA/PBLeagues — 2013 Season Rankings: PSP Events. Used for non-professional standings.]

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