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'''2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament''' was a five-player paintball tournament held on 26 October 2002 at [[Actions Paintball]] in Swanson, Auckland, New Zealand. Seven teams competed, with [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] winning ahead of Kaos and Havoc.[1]

== Background ==

The tournament had originally been intended as the [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]. According to the contemporary report, conflicting events drew teams away, making the planned Nationals unviable. The smaller competition proceeded under the Auckland 5-Man name on the first day of Labour Weekend.[1]

== Format ==

Competition used a double round robin with a central flag. Games took place on a single barricade field that had been used for previous Nationals tournaments. Some barricades were repositioned during the event while maintaining the field's symmetry.[1]

== Results ==

The published final scores were:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Points
|-
| 1
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
| 815
|-
| 2
| Kaos
| 750
|-
| 3
| Havoc
| 540
|-
| 4
| [[Kamo Karzi]]
| 525
|-
| 5
| Goblins
| 365
|-
| 6
| HSR
| 275
|-
| 7
| Solidaire
| 100
|}

== Award ==

Toby of HSR received the Player of the Day award and a NeoTech three-pod harness supplied by NZ Paintball Online. The report did not provide his surname.[1]

== See also ==

* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218183900/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2002/auckland5man.htm Rob Maddox, Labour Weekend Auckland 5-man 2002, Paintball.co.nz, October 2002. Archived 18 December 2005.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]

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