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'''2001 Wellington Cup''' was a five-player paintball tournament held at Thunderball Adventure Games in August 2001. Ten teams from around the North Island competed in the second running of the event. [[House Steiner]] won with 654 points, ahead of [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] and [[Tag n' Release]].[1][2]

== Tournament ==
The tournament used a centre-flag format on Thunderball's tyre field. Games followed New Zealand Tournament Paintball rules, with a scoring amendment introduced after the Rotorua Volcanic tournament that awarded points for players surviving at the end of a game. Achieving the maximum score required eliminating the opposing team without losing a player.[1]

[[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] players helped referee the event.[2]

== Results ==
House Steiner recovered from a total of −16 points after its first two games to win the tournament. The final margin was sixteen points over Saints, with Tag n' Release a further ten points behind. The outcome remained undecided until the last game.[1]

[[Tag and Training]] defeated both Tag n' Release and Saints in individual games.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1 || [[House Steiner]] || 654
|-
| 2 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] || 638
|-
| 3 || [[Tag n' Release]] || 628
|-
| 4 || Damn Natives || 470
|-
| 5 || [[Tag and Training|Tag 'n' Training]] || 366
|-
| 6 || Warp Speed || 336
|-
| 7 || [[KC Damage|Team Damage]] || 328
|-
| 8 || Cross Fire (Blue) || 320
|-
| 9 || Comic Relief || 152
|-
| 10 || Cross Fire (Grey) || 135
|}

Source: Martin Dannefaerd's contemporary tournament report.[1]

== Association announcement ==
The formation of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association was announced at the prizegiving. The tournament report described its intended role as representing players and addressing matters including marker and cylinder approval.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Wellington Cup]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817070604/http://www.paintball.co.nz/wgtn2001.htm Martin Dannefaerd, ''The 2001 Wellington Cup'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020115004837/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=3.topic ''Wellington Cup'', NZ Paintball Message Forum, June–August 2001, including a post-event account published on 13 August 2001. Archived 15 January 2002.]

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[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]

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