Editing 2014 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open

The '''2014 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open''', also listed as '''PSP MAO''', was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] tournament held from 2–4 May 2014 at [[Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City]] (OXCC) in Chesapeake City, Maryland, United States. It was the second event of the 2014 PSP season.[1]

[[San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional Champions division, defeating [[Edmonton Impact]] 3–2 in the final. [[Houston Heat]] won Challengers, with [[Moscow Red Legion]] finishing second.[2][3]

== Venue and formats ==
The tournament took place at Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, at 2941 Old Telegraph Road.[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]

== Professional competition ==
=== Champions ===
Dynasty completed the tournament undefeated. Its preliminary victories came against Art Chaos Moscow, Chicago Aftershock, Los Angeles Ironmen and Los Angeles Infamous.[3]

Dynasty defeated Tampa Bay Damage 6–1 in the semi-finals before beating Edmonton Impact 3–2 in the final, retaining the Mid-Atlantic Open title it had won in 2013.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Dynasty's opponent !! Result
|-
| Preliminary || Art Chaos Moscow || Won 7–2
|-
| Preliminary || Chicago Aftershock || Won 5–3
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Ironmen || Won 5–4
|-
| Preliminary || Los Angeles Infamous || Won 6–4
|-
| Semi-final || Tampa Bay Damage || Won 6–1
|-
| Final || Edmonton Impact || Won 3–2
|}

Source: contemporary tournament report.[3]

=== Challengers and relegation ===
Houston Heat defeated Moscow Red Legion in the Challengers final. Both teams earned promotion to Champions for the [[2014 PSP Chicago Open]].[3]

Los Angeles Infamous and Art Chaos Moscow were relegated to Challengers after losing their relegation matches against upTon 187 cRew and Omaha Vicious respectively.[3]

== Professional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Champions RaceTo-7
| San Diego Dynasty
| Edmonton Impact
| Chicago Aftershock
| Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| Challengers RaceTo-7
| Houston Heat
| Moscow Red Legion
| Houston VcK
| Trenton Topgun Union
|}

Source: official event standings. Challengers are numbered from eleventh onwards in the event record.[2]

== Divisional results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5
| DC Devastation
| Revo
| New England Avalanche
| Portland Uprising
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5
| Rack City Klutch
| Stratton Oakmont Bears
| New England Avalanche II
| Louisville Asylum
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4
| Chicago Warped
| Absolute Chaos
| Project Mayhem
| KPS Paintball
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4
| PR1ME 2
| SA Notorious
| Damage Control
| NJ Jesters Kids
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| Jersey Storm
| Rhythm
| Palm Beach Viper Kids
| Bad Intentions
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2
| Chicago Aggressive Black
| SLK
| Storm Riders
| Khaotik
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2
| Asylum TrueBallers
| Lockout
| Pull-N-Cock
| Lockout Red
|}

Source: official event standings.[2]

== See also ==
* [[2014 PSP Dallas Open]]
* [[2014 PSP Chicago Open]]
* [[2013 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3216/info PBLeagues – PSP MAO, 2014: dates, venue and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3216/rankings PBLeagues – PSP MAO, 2014: final standings.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2014/05/04/san-diego-dynasty-wins-2014-psp-mao/ Social Paintball – Israel L., “San Diego Dynasty Wins the 2014 PSP MAO”, 4 May 2014.]

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