Editing 2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1


'''2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament organised by the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL) on 8–9 March 2014 at [[Adrenalin Paintball Sports]] on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand.[1]

[[ADHD (paintball team)|ADHD]] won the Cup, defeating Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final. High Gear won the Plate competition.[2]

== Organisation ==

The event was announced in January 2014 as the opening round of the NZPPL's 2014 Super 5 Man competition.

The tournament took place at Adrenalin Paintball Sports, with team registration and a captains' meeting scheduled for Friday, 7 March.

Competition was scheduled for Saturday, 8 March, and Sunday, 9 March, with an accompanying trade show.[1]

Contemporary photographs by fc.nz document tournament activity on 8 March.[3]

== Tournament format ==

The competition used separate Cup and Plate classifications.

Following preliminary round-robin play, the leading four Cup teams advanced to the elimination rounds. The first-ranked team faced fourth place, while second played third.[2]

The Plate competition followed a similar structure.

== Results ==

=== Cup ===

The leading teams after preliminary competition were Tempest Blast, ADHD, Expendables and KC Carnage.[2]

In the semi-finals, Tempest Blast defeated KC Carnage 2–1, while ADHD defeated Expendables by the same score.

The third-place playoff between Expendables and KC Carnage required a one-on-one tiebreaker, which Expendables won.

ADHD defeated Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final to win the Cup.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| '''[[ADHD (paintball team)|ADHD]]'''
|-
| 2
| Tempest Blast
|-
| 3
| Expendables
|-
| 4
| KC Carnage
|}

=== Plate ===

High Gear won the Plate competition, followed by Minute Men, Harlequins and Hijinx.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| '''High Gear'''
|-
| 2
| Minute Men
|-
| 3
| Harlequins
|-
| 4
| Hijinx
|}

== ADHD victory ==

ADHD was associated with [[Asylum Paintball]] in Auckland.

A contemporary report published by Asylum Paintball on 11 March 2014 identified ADHD as the Cup winner and recorded eleven victories from fourteen games at the end of the opening day.[2]

The same report identified Alex, Cristian, Sam, Stat and Kane as members of the winning squad. It did not provide their complete names in its description of the event.[2]

A trophy engraved ''NZPPL 2014 Super 5's Series, Kapiti Coast - Round #1, APS Arena, 1st Place Cup'' was photographed by Vitaly Miheev and supplied to WikiPaintball on 30 October 2026.[4]

The result is independently corroborated by Asylum Paintball's contemporary tournament report.[2]

== See also ==

* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[ADHD (paintball team)]]
* [[Adrenalin Paintball Sports]]
* [[2014 NZPPL RaceTo Event 1]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20140130014521/http://southaucklandpaintballclub.com/2014/01/26/nzppl-event-1-2014-kapiti-coast/ NZPPL Event 1, 2014 - Kapiti Coast]. South Auckland Paintball Club, 26 January 2014. Original tournament announcement, dates and venue.
# [https://asylumpaintball.co.nz/asylum-sponsored-team-adhd-takes-gold-at-nzppl-event-1/ Sponsored Team ADHD Wins NZPPL Event 1]. Asylum Paintball, 11 March 2014. Contemporary tournament results and match scores.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/judasnz/13182645324/ NZPPL Super 5 Man Kapiti Coast]. Photograph by fc.nz, taken 8 March 2014, published 16 March 2014.
# Vitaly Miheev. Photograph of the 2014 NZPPL Super 5 Man Kāpiti Coast Round 1 first-place Cup trophy, supplied to WikiPaintball, 30 October 2026.

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