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The '''2009 MPL Guadalajara Open''' was the third round of the [[2009 MPL|2009 Mexican Paintball League season]], held in Guadalajara over the weekend of 22–23 August 2009.[1][2] The official event page named Arturo Andrade and Isaac Garza as organisers.[3]

== Competition ==
The tournament offered Abierta (Open), played five against five, and Novatos (Novice), played three against three.[3] A contemporary report by participating team [[Templarios]] stated that 17 Open teams and 34 Novice teams attended.[2]

The league's subsequent rankings list Guadalajara points for 17 Open entries and 37 Novice entries, differing from the Novice attendance figure in the team report.[2][4]

== Recorded event points ==
The following teams received the four highest Guadalajara point awards in each division. These figures are taken from the Guadalajara column of the league's cumulative rankings after three rounds, rather than a separate event finishing-order table.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Team !! Guadalajara points
|-
| Abierta || Overhead Black || 100.00
|-
| Abierta || TJ All Starz Black || 94.4
|-
| Abierta || TJ All Stars Gold || 88.8
|-
| Abierta || Overhead Empire || 83.1
|-
| Novatos || Naughty Paintballs || 100.0
|-
| Novatos || Cruzlee || 97.5
|-
| Novatos || XK One 4 One || 95.0
|-
| Novatos || GDL All Starz || 92.5
|}

== Contemporary account ==
In its report published on 26 August, Templarios described winning six games and losing two in Saturday's opening stage, then being eliminated by Naughty Paintball in the following round. The report also documented Rocky Cagnoni's presence at the event, working for DYE.[2]

== References ==
# [https://tesiunamdocumentos.dgb.unam.mx/ptd2009/abril/0642356/0642356.pdf Saraí Fuentes García: ''Propuesta de campaña publicitaria para posicionar el paintball: una alternativa de deporte extremo en el Distrito Federal'', UNAM, 2009, p. 44 — MPL calendar].
# [https://templariospaintball.blogspot.com/2009/08/templarios-sith-en-el-torneo-de.html Raul Mares: ''Templarios (Sith) en el Torneo de Guadalajara de la MPL, Agosto 22, 2009'', Templarios Paintball Mexico, 26 August 2009].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813051315/http://mpl.com.mx/guadalajara.html MPL: Guadalajara event information, archived on 13 August 2009].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230507/http://www.mpl.com.mx/ranking.html MPL: ''Ranking General (Eventos 1, 2 y 3)'', archived on 18 September 2009].

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Mexico]]

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Admin: Created the 2009 MPL Guadalajara Open article with dates, organisers, formats, leading event-point awards and contemporary team coverage. Documented the conflicting Novice entry counts and distinguished recorded points from independently verified finishing positions.