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The '''2003 NPPL New Jersey Open''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held from 8 to 10 August 2003 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey, United States. Organised by the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) and [[Pure Promotions]], it was the fourth event of the inaugural [[NPPL Super 7]] season.[1][2]

== Venue and conditions ==
The tournament shared the Raceway Park venue with a drag racing competition. Fields opened for inspection on the Thursday before competition, and the event included a trade show and live music.[1]

Persistent rain produced muddy playing conditions. Organisers spread wood chips around the site and straw on the Angel and NPPL fields.[1]

== Competition ==
Teams played eight preliminary games. Eight teams advanced in each of the Professional and Amateur divisions, while sixteen advanced in each of the Novice and Rookie divisions. Quarter-final groups reduced each division to four teams for the semi-finals and placing matches.[1]

Dynasty won all eight professional preliminary games. Avalanche and Bushwackers International failed to advance. In Amateur, series leader STP missed the quarter-final cut by four points.[1]

== Results ==
The following top-four placings are recorded by both WARPIG and ClassicScores.[3][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| Image
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]]
|-
| Amateur
| Evil Factory
| [[KAPP Factory]]
| Static
| Viewloader Allstars
|-
| Novice
| Vicious
| Wicked
| Mox Nix
| BK Dogs
|-
| Rookie
| Team RM
| AZ Evil Red
| Atomix Blue
| Yard Dogs
|}

=== Professional ===
Dynasty defeated Naughty Dogs 97–9 and 96–12 in the semi-finals. Image advanced against Bad Company. Dynasty then defeated Image 99–3 in both championship games.[3]

Naughty Dogs and Bad Company each won one game in their third-place contest before drawing the decider 17–17. Naughty Dogs took third on aggregate points, 133–117.[3]

=== Amateur ===
Evil Factory defeated KAPP Factory in two championship games. Static finished third ahead of Viewloader Allstars.[3]

=== Novice ===
Vicious defeated Wicked in two championship games. Mox Nix won the deciding game against BK Dogs to take third.[3]

=== Rookie ===
Team RM defeated AZ Evil Red in two championship games, recording its fourth consecutive Rookie victory of the season. Atomix Blue finished third ahead of Yard Dogs.[1][3]

=== Championship game scores ===
Scores below are listed with the winning team first.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winning team !! Runner-up !! Game 1 !! Game 2
|-
| Professional || Dynasty || Image || 99–3 || 99–3
|-
| Amateur || Evil Factory || KAPP Factory || 95–15 || 94–18
|-
| Novice || Vicious || Wicked || 96–12 || 97–9
|-
| Rookie || Team RM || AZ Evil Red || 97–9 || 96–12
|}

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/newjersey/index.shtml WARPIG — NPPL Super Seven: New Jersey 2003. Contemporary report covering the venue, conditions, competition and results.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/chicago/index.shtml WARPIG — NPPL Chicago, 6–8 June 2003. Contemporary announcement of the fourth event's 8–10 August dates, initially advertised for New York.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/newjersey/pre.shtml WARPIG — NPPL Super 7 New Jersey 2003 scoreboard. Preliminary, quarter-final, semi-final and final scores.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — Historical tournament results dataset. 2003 NPPL Old Bridge, New Jersey: Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie seven-player placings.]

[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in New Jersey]]
[[Category:2000s in American paintball]]
[[Category:2003 in paintball]]

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