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	The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. ~~It concluded~~ the ~~inaugural~~ [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) ~~Super 7 World Series~~ and ~~attracted 138 teams.~~[1]		The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. Organised by the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) and [[Pure Promotions]], it concluded the inaugural [[NPPL Super 7]] season and attracted 138 teams.[1]

	[[~~San Diego Dynasty~~]] ~~won the professional competition. Static, Diesel~~ and ~~Derange won the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively~~.[1]

	== Background ==		== Background ==
			The tournament developed from plans made by musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]] in 2002 for an event in the Bahamas. Restrictions on paintball equipment prompted a move to Miami. Following Gibb's death, the organisers continued the project as a memorial, incorporating charity auctions and fundraising activities.[1]

	~~The tournament developed from plans~~ by ~~musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]] for an event in the Bahamas. After the proposed location changed to Miami~~, the ~~organisers continued developing it as a memorial following Gibb~~'s ~~death~~.[1]		A proposed beach venue was subsequently replaced by Tamiami Park, with the event's dates also changed.[1]

	== Tournament ==		== Tournament ==
			Seven fields hosted competition across Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie divisions. Preliminary games took place on Friday and Saturday, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and placing matches on Sunday.[1]

	~~Seven fields hosted competition across four divisions~~. ~~Preliminary games took place on Friday~~ and ~~Saturday, followed by the remaining rounds on Sunday~~.[1]		The revised advancement rules sent twelve Professional and twelve Amateur teams into quarter-finals. Each division then produced three group winners and one wild-card semi-finalist. Novice and Rookie each advanced sixteen teams into four quarter-final groups.[1]

	~~Dynasty defeated Brass Eagle All Stars in two consecutive championship-round games~~. ~~Strange beat Bad Company to finish third~~.[1]		Diesel competed under its new name after previously playing as Vicious. Team RM, winner of the first four American Rookie events, moved into Novice for the finale.[1]

	== Results ==		== Results ==
			The following top-four placings are recorded by both WARPIG and ClassicScores.[2][3]

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Position		! Position !! Professional !! Amateur !! Novice !! Rookie
	! Professional
	! Amateur
	! Novice
	! Rookie
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1		\| 1
	\| [[San Diego Dynasty]]		\| [[San Diego Dynasty\|Dynasty]]
	\| Static		\| Static
	\| Diesel		\| Diesel
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	\|-		\|-
	\| 2		\| 2
	\| Brass Eagle All Stars		\| [[Brass Eagle Allstars\|Brass Eagle All Stars]]
	\| Nemesis		\| Nemesis
	\| Momma's Boys		\| Momma's Boys
Line 47:		Line 44:
	\|}		\|}

	~~Source: WARPIG~~'s ~~contemporary tournament report~~.[1]		=== Professional ===
			Dynasty defeated Bad Company 98–6 and 96–12 in the semi-finals. Brass Eagle advanced by defeating Strange 98–6 in both games. Dynasty won the championship games 99–3 and 96–12.[2]

			Strange recovered from losing the opening third-place game to defeat Bad Company in the remaining two games.[2]

			=== Amateur ===
			Static defeated Nemesis in three championship games after losing the opener. Boston Paintball likewise recovered from an opening defeat to beat Under Rage for third.[2]

			=== Novice ===
			Diesel defeated Momma's Boys in three championship games. 3J Paintball defeated Aggression 95–15 in both third-place games.[2]

			=== Rookie ===
			Derange defeated Team Panic in a championship contest that included a 17–17 draw in the second game. Untouchables defeated United in three games for third.[2]

			=== Championship game scores ===
			Scores are listed from the eventual champion's perspective. A dash indicates that a third game was not required.[2]

			{\| class="wikitable"
			! Division !! Champion !! Runner-up !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3
			\|-
			\| Professional \|\| Dynasty \|\| Brass Eagle All Stars \|\| 99–3 \|\| 96–12 \|\| —
			\|-
			\| Amateur \|\| Static \|\| Nemesis \|\| 15–95 \|\| 97–9 \|\| 98–6
			\|-
			\| Novice \|\| Diesel \|\| Momma's Boys \|\| 15–95 \|\| 95–15 \|\| 97–9
			\|-
			\| Rookie \|\| Derange \|\| Team Panic \|\| 97–9 \|\| 17–17 \|\| 95–15
			\|}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[NPPL Super 7]]
	* [[National Professional Paintball League]]		* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
	* [[NPPL Super 7]]
	* [[Maurice Gibb]]		* [[Maurice Gibb]]

	== References ==		== References ==
			# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG — NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003, November 2003. Contemporary report covering the tournament's origins, venue, competition format and results.]
	# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG~~, ''~~NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003'', ~~November~~ 2003.]		# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/semi.shtml WARPIG — Commander's Cup 2003: quarter-final, semi-final and final scoreboards.]
			# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — Historical tournament results dataset. 2003 NPPL Commander's Cup, Miami, Florida: Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie seven-player placings.]

	== External links ==		== External links ==
			* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]

	* [~~https~~:~~//warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage~~]		[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]

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	~~[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]~~
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	The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It ~~was the season finale of~~ the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams ~~across four competitive divisions. [[San Diego Dynasty\|Dynasty]] won the professional division, with Static, Diesel and Derange winning the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively~~.[1~~][2~~]		The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It concluded the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams.[1]

	~~The tournament was named in memory of musician and paintball player~~ [[~~Maurice Gibb~~]], ~~who was known within paintball as "Commander Mo"~~.[1~~][2~~]		[[San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional competition. Static, Diesel and Derange won the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively.[1]

	== Background ==		== Background ==

	~~In 2002,~~ Gibb ~~worked on plans~~ for ~~a Commander's Cup tournament intended to take place~~ in the Bahamas. ~~Restrictions affecting paintball markers made~~ the proposed ~~Bahamian venue impractical, and the concept was moved~~ to Miami~~. During planning for the 2003 NPPL season~~, ~~Gibb discussed making~~ the ~~tournament the finale of the new Super 7 World Series.[1][2]~~		The tournament developed from plans by musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]] for an event in the Bahamas. After the proposed location changed to Miami, the organisers continued developing it as a memorial following Gibb's death.[1]

	~~Following Gibb's death in January 2003, NPPL, Inc. and Pure Promotions~~ continued developing ~~the tournament~~ as a memorial ~~event. Charity auctions and other fundraising activities benefiting~~ Gibb ~~family charities were incorporated into the programme.[1][2]~~

	The organisers initially intended to stage the tournament on Miami Beach. The city was unable to provide sufficient playing space during the planned period, resulting in a change of date and a move inland to Tamiami Park. The revised scheduling also placed the tournament outside Florida's ~~principal hurricane season~~.[1~~][2~~]

	== Tournament ==		== Tournament ==

	~~The Commander's Cup was the largest event of the inaugural NPPL Super 7 season, with 138 teams competing in the professional, amateur, novice and rookie~~ divisions. ~~Seven playing fields were constructed at Tamiami Park:~~ the ~~NPPL, Angel, Chronic, Evil, JT, Raven and Dracula fields~~.[1~~][2~~]		Seven fields hosted competition across four divisions. Preliminary games took place on Friday and Saturday, followed by the remaining rounds on Sunday.[1]

	Teams inspected the fields on Thursday before preliminary competition began on Friday. Preliminary rounds continued through Saturday, followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals on Sunday. Almost 700 games were completed during the tournament.[1][2]		Dynasty defeated Brass Eagle All Stars in two consecutive championship-round games. Strange beat Bad Company to finish third.[1]

	A revised advancement system introduced during the season affected the professional quarter-finals. [[Joy Division]], which completed the preliminary round undefeated with 774 points, lost its first quarter-final game to Jax Warriors and did not advance. Dynasty, Brass Eagle All Stars~~, Strange and Bad Company reached the professional semi-finals.[1][2]~~

	~~Dynasty defeated Bad Company~~ in ~~its semi-final, while Brass Eagle All Stars defeated Strange. Dynasty then won~~ two consecutive ~~games against Brass Eagle All Stars in the~~ championship round. Strange ~~defeated~~ Bad Company ~~over three games~~ to ~~take~~ third ~~place~~.[1~~][2~~]

	== Results ==		== Results ==

	~~The first four finishers in each division were:[1][2]~~

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! ~~Place~~		! Position
	! Professional		! Professional
	! Amateur		! Amateur
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	! Rookie		! Rookie
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~1st~~		\| 1
	\| [[San Diego ~~Dynasty\|~~Dynasty]]		\| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
	\| Static		\| Static
	\| Diesel		\| Diesel
	\| Derange		\| Derange
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~2nd~~		\| 2
	\| Brass Eagle All Stars		\| Brass Eagle All Stars
	\| Nemesis		\| Nemesis
	\| Momma's Boys		\| Momma's Boys
	\| Panic		\| Team Panic
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~3rd~~		\| 3
	\| Strange		\| [[Team Strange\|Strange]]
	\| Boston Paintball		\| Boston Paintball
	\| 3J Paintball		\| 3J Paintball
	\| Untouchables		\| Untouchables
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~4th~~		\| 4
	\| Bad Company		\| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)\|Bad Company]]
	\| Under Rage		\| Under Rage
	\| Aggression		\| Aggression
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	\|}		\|}

	~~Static defeated Nemesis over three games in the amateur final. Diesel defeated Momma~~'s ~~Boys in the novice final, while Derange finished ahead of Panic in the rookie championship round.[1][2]~~		Source: WARPIG's contemporary tournament report.[1]

	~~The players' party and awards ceremony were held at Bongo's Cuban Café in Miami Beach following the completion of the finals~~.[1]

	~~== Legacy ==~~

	The Commander's Cup name was retained for the final tournament of the 2004 NPPL Super 7 season. That event was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, and continued the tournament's association with the memory of Maurice Gibb.[3]

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[National Professional Paintball League]]		* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
	* [[~~San Diego Dynasty~~]]		* [[NPPL Super 7]]
	* [[~~WDP]]~~		* [[Maurice Gibb]]
	* [[Action Pursuit Games]]
	* [[WARPIG]]

	== References ==		== References ==

	~~# Bill Mills and Dawn Mills, “NPPL Commander's Cup: Super Seven 2003 Final in Miami”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', March 2004, pp. 139–147.~~		# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG, ''NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003'', November 2003.]
	# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG – NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003, November 2003.]
	# [https://~~www.~~warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/~~2004~~/~~sandiego~~/ WARPIG ~~– NPPL Commander's Cup 2004.~~]		== External links ==

			* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]

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	The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It was the season finale of the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams across four competitive divisions. [[San Diego Dynasty\|Dynasty]] won the professional division, with Static, Diesel and Derange winning the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively.[1][2]		The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It was the season finale of the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams across four competitive divisions. [[San Diego Dynasty\|Dynasty]] won the professional division, with Static, Diesel and Derange winning the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively.[1][2]

	The tournament was named in memory of musician and paintball player Maurice Gibb, who was known within paintball as "Commander Mo".[1][2]		The tournament was named in memory of musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]], who was known within paintball as "Commander Mo".[1][2]

	== Background ==		== Background ==
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	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==

	The Commander's Cup name was retained for the final tournament of the 2004 NPPL Super 7 season. That event was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, and continued the tournament's association with the memory of [[Maurice Gibb]].[3]		The Commander's Cup name was retained for the final tournament of the 2004 NPPL Super 7 season. That event was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, and continued the tournament's association with the memory of Maurice Gibb.[3]

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It was the season finale of the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams across four competitive divisions. [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]] won the professional division, with Static, Diesel and Derange winning the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively.[1][2]

The tournament was named in memory of musician and paintball player Maurice Gibb, who was known within paintball as "Commander Mo".[1][2]

== Background ==

In 2002, Gibb worked on plans for a Commander's Cup tournament intended to take place in the Bahamas. Restrictions affecting paintball markers made the proposed Bahamian venue impractical, and the concept was moved to Miami. During planning for the 2003 NPPL season, Gibb discussed making the tournament the finale of the new Super 7 World Series.[1][2]

Following Gibb's death in January 2003, NPPL, Inc. and Pure Promotions continued developing the tournament as a memorial event. Charity auctions and other fundraising activities benefiting Gibb family charities were incorporated into the programme.[1][2]

The organisers initially intended to stage the tournament on Miami Beach. The city was unable to provide sufficient playing space during the planned period, resulting in a change of date and a move inland to Tamiami Park. The revised scheduling also placed the tournament outside Florida's principal hurricane season.[1][2]

== Tournament ==

The Commander's Cup was the largest event of the inaugural NPPL Super 7 season, with 138 teams competing in the professional, amateur, novice and rookie divisions. Seven playing fields were constructed at Tamiami Park: the NPPL, Angel, Chronic, Evil, JT, Raven and Dracula fields.[1][2]

Teams inspected the fields on Thursday before preliminary competition began on Friday. Preliminary rounds continued through Saturday, followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals on Sunday. Almost 700 games were completed during the tournament.[1][2]

A revised advancement system introduced during the season affected the professional quarter-finals. [[Joy Division]], which completed the preliminary round undefeated with 774 points, lost its first quarter-final game to Jax Warriors and did not advance. Dynasty, Brass Eagle All Stars, Strange and Bad Company reached the professional semi-finals.[1][2]

Dynasty defeated Bad Company in its semi-final, while Brass Eagle All Stars defeated Strange. Dynasty then won two consecutive games against Brass Eagle All Stars in the championship round. Strange defeated Bad Company over three games to take third place.[1][2]

== Results ==

The first four finishers in each division were:[1][2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Professional
! Amateur
! Novice
! Rookie
|-
| 1st
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| Static
| Diesel
| Derange
|-
| 2nd
| Brass Eagle All Stars
| Nemesis
| Momma's Boys
| Panic
|-
| 3rd
| Strange
| Boston Paintball
| 3J Paintball
| Untouchables
|-
| 4th
| Bad Company
| Under Rage
| Aggression
| United
|}

Static defeated Nemesis over three games in the amateur final. Diesel defeated Momma's Boys in the novice final, while Derange finished ahead of Panic in the rookie championship round.[1][2]

The players' party and awards ceremony were held at Bongo's Cuban Café in Miami Beach following the completion of the finals.[1]

== Legacy ==

The Commander's Cup name was retained for the final tournament of the 2004 NPPL Super 7 season. That event was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, and continued the tournament's association with the memory of [[Maurice Gibb]].[3]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[San Diego Dynasty]]
* [[WDP]]
* [[Action Pursuit Games]]
* [[WARPIG]]

== References ==

# Bill Mills and Dawn Mills, “NPPL Commander's Cup: Super Seven 2003 Final in Miami”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', March 2004, pp. 139–147.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG – NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003, November 2003.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2004/sandiego/ WARPIG – NPPL Commander's Cup 2004.]

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