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<p>Create sourced article on the inaugural NPPL Super 7 Huntington Beach event, covering its beach venue, seven-player format, officiating, prizes and verified results; cross-check all top-four placements against ClassicScores.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;2003 NPPL Huntington Beach Open&#039;&#039;&#039; was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held from 7 to 9 February 2003 in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened the [[NPPL Super 7]] World Series and was the first tournament produced by Pure Promotions, WDP&#039;s newly formed event-production company.[1]<br /> <br /> [[San Diego Dynasty]] won Professional, Evil Factory won Amateur, Vicious won Novice and Team RM won Rookie.[2][3]<br /> <br /> == Venue and organisation ==<br /> Five inflatable-bunker fields were constructed on the beach beside Huntington Beach Pier. A central field had spectator grandstands and facilities for television production. The beachfront parking and park areas accommodated the trade exhibition.[1]<br /> <br /> Joy Division players and independently hired referees officiated together, with Joy Division supplying each field&#039;s head referee. The event was dedicated to the memory of Maurice Gibb.[1]<br /> <br /> An organisers&#039; press release recorded 91 participating teams, US$35,000 in cash and US$90,000 in prizes. Dynasty received US$20,000 for winning Professional.[4]<br /> <br /> == Competition format ==<br /> The event used seven-player competition and incorporated elements of the [[Millennium Series]] rules. Eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals in Professional, Amateur and Rookie, with sixteen advancing in Novice.[1]<br /> <br /> Four teams per division progressed to paired semi-finals. Semi-finals and placement finals used a best-of-three format, with separate contests deciding first–second and third–fourth places.[1]<br /> <br /> == Results ==<br /> WARPIG&#039;s contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores record the following placements.[2][3]<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth<br /> |-<br /> | Professional<br /> | [[San Diego Dynasty]]<br /> | Ton Ton Flingueurs<br /> | [[Naughty Dogs]]<br /> | Bushwackers International<br /> |-<br /> | Amateur<br /> | Evil Factory<br /> | [[KAPP Factory]]<br /> | PaintballGateway.com<br /> | STP<br /> |-<br /> | Novice<br /> | Vicious<br /> | Boston Paintball Factory 2<br /> | Old School Hustle<br /> | Team Platinum<br /> |-<br /> | Rookie<br /> | Team RM<br /> | Ballerz Inc.<br /> | Strikeforce<br /> | Ephect<br /> |}<br /> <br /> === Professional ===<br /> Dynasty won all three quarter-final games, scoring 292 points. It then recovered from losing the opening semi-final game against Bushwackers International to win the next two.[2]<br /> <br /> Ton Ton Flingueurs defeated Naughty Dogs in the other semi-final. In the championship match, Ton Ton won the first game 94–18, before Dynasty won 99–3 and 97–9 to take the title. Naughty Dogs defeated Bushwackers International in the third-place contest.[2]<br /> <br /> === Amateur, Novice and Rookie ===<br /> Evil Factory defeated KAPP Factory in two games to win Amateur. PaintballGateway.com finished third ahead of STP.[2]<br /> <br /> Vicious recovered from an opening-game defeat against Boston Paintball Factory 2 to win the Novice championship. Old School Hustle finished third.[2]<br /> <br /> Team RM defeated Ballerz Inc. to win Rookie, while Strikeforce defeated Ephect for third place.[2]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[NPPL Super 7]]<br /> * [[National Professional Paintball League]]<br /> * [[Paintball in California]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> # [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/HuntingtonBeach/index.shtml Huntington Beach NPPL 2003: Contemporary tournament report]. &#039;&#039;WARPIG&#039;&#039;, 7–9 February 2003.<br /> # [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/HuntingtonBeach/final.shtml Huntington Beach NPPL 2003: Quarter-final, Semi-final and Final Scoreboards]. &#039;&#039;WARPIG&#039;&#039;, February 2003.<br /> # [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores historical tournament results], 2003 NPPL Huntington Beach, seven-player divisions.<br /> # [https://warpig.com/paintball/articles/pressreleases/021403super7.shtml Super 7 World Series Shatters Paintball Attendance Record]. Organisers&#039; press release, published by &#039;&#039;WARPIG&#039;&#039;, 13 February 2003.<br /> <br /> [[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournament results]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball in California]]<br /> [[Category:2000s in American paintball]]<br /> [[Category:2003 in paintball]]</div>

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