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The '''2003 PSP Las Vegas Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held from 30 April to 4 May 2003 at Ed Fountain Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was the second event of the [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) championship series.[1]

Competition included five-player, ten-player and divisional [[X-Ball]], alongside [[National Xball League]] (NXL) regular-season matches.[1]

== Venue and format ==
The city-owned park provided grass playing areas, spectator bleachers and separate staging facilities for conventional and X-Ball competition.[1]

Professional and Amateur ten-player competition merged into a Pro/Am division. WARPIG's scoreboard continued to label this division Amateur.[1][3]

== Five-player results ==
Final-round totals are taken from WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1 || Doc's Raiders || 284
|-
| 2 || Reflex || 168
|-
| 3 || Havok || 142
|-
| 4 || Organized Crime || 36
|-
| rowspan="4" | Rookie
| 1 || Doc's Raiders Black || 208
|-
| 2 || Method || 202
|-
| 3 || Team Ultimate || 88
|-
| 4 || Thug Life || 56
|}

Doc's Raiders won all three Novice final-round games. Doc's Raiders Black finished six points ahead of Method in Rookie, giving the organisation both five-player titles.[2]

== Ten-player results ==
Final-round totals are taken from WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| rowspan="4" | Pro/Am
| 1 || Team Addicted || 261
|-
| 2 || Static || 226
|-
| 3 || Image || 116
|-
| 4 || [[KAPP Factory]] || 38
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1 || Justice || 283
|-
| 2 || Momma's Boys || 193
|-
| 3 || Atomix Factory || 120
|-
| 4 || Mantis Factory Team || 38
|-
| rowspan="4" | Rookie
| 1 || Sin || 287
|-
| 2 || Cartel Empire || 204
|-
| 3 || Demonic Factory || 104
|-
| 4 || Outlaws || 32
|}

Team Addicted qualified eighth from the Pro/Am preliminary round with 520 points, then advanced from its semi-final group with 206 points before winning the tournament.[3]

Justice and Sin each won all three final-round games in their respective divisions.[3]

== Divisional X-Ball ==
Both divisions used double elimination.[1]

=== Division 1 ===
Naughty Dogs advanced unbeaten to the final. All Americans defeated Jax Warriors 8–1 to reach the championship match, which Naughty Dogs won 8–3.[1][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Naughty Dogs]]
|-
| 2 || [[All Americans]]
|-
| 3 || Jax Warriors
|-
| 4 || Nasty
|}

Sources: WARPIG's report and Division 1 bracket.[1][4]

=== Division 2 ===
P&L Hurricanes defeated Twisted Factory 6–5 before winning their final rematch 6–1.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || P&L Hurricanes
|-
| 2 || Twisted Factory
|-
| 3 || Underworld
|-
| 4 || First Strike
|-
| 5 || Rebellion
|}

Source: WARPIG's contemporary report.[1]

== National Xball League ==
NXL matches contributed to season standings rather than determining a separate tournament champion. Selected results documented by WARPIG were:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Day !! Team !! Score !! Opponent
|-
| Friday || Philadelphia Americans || 9–7 || Oakland Assassins
|-
| Saturday || Baltimore Trauma || 9–5 || Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Sunday || Chicago Aftershock || 9–6 || Oakland Assassins
|-
| Sunday || New York Xtreme || 12–3 || Oakland Assassins
|}

Philadelphia's Friday victory was Oakland's first defeat since the league began.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2003 PSP Los Angeles Open]]
* [[2003 NPPL Las Vegas Open]]

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2003/vegas/index.shtml PSP Las Vegas Open 2003: Contemporary tournament report]. ''WARPIG'', 30 April–4 May 2003.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2003/vegas/pre5.shtml PSP Las Vegas Open 2003: Five-player Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', May 2003.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2003/vegas/pre10.shtml PSP Las Vegas Open 2003: Ten-player Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', May 2003.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2003/vegas/Div1.shtml Division 1 X-Ball: Las Vegas Open 2003]. Contemporary tournament bracket published by ''WARPIG'', May 2003.

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[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Nevada]]
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