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The '''2009 USPL Huntington Beach Open''' was the inaugural [[US Paintball League]] tournament, held from 3 to 5 April 2009 on the beach at Huntington Beach, California. DC Arsenal won the professional seven-player division.[1][3]

== Relationship to the NPPL ==
The USPL was established following Pacific Paintball's announcement that it would liquidate its businesses, including the [[National Professional Paintball League]]. The new league was owned by its professional member teams, with former NPPL president Chuck Hendsch serving as commissioner.[2]

Huntington Beach continued the former NPPL Super 7's seven-player format, using the 2008 NPPL rulebook with minor amendments. Many former NPPL professional teams participated.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Sixteen professional teams competed. DC Arsenal defeated San Diego Dynasty by two games to one in the final. Oakland Blast beat Los Angeles Infamous for third place.[1][3]

== Seven-player results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional || DC Arsenal || [[San Diego Dynasty]] || Oakland Blast || [[Los Angeles Infamous]]
|-
| Division 1 || Dynasty Entourage || Arsenal Evolution || Hollywood HK || Vicious
|-
| Division 2 || Arsenal Predators || LA Endurance || Black Cell || Fuzion
|-
| Division 3 || Sadistik || SCP Edge || Impact Kids || Critical Wrecking Crew
|}

Placings follow the event results archive.[3]

== Five-player results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open pump || LA Hitmen.com || Gat Products Factory || Chikun Nuggetz || Slow Moving Targets
|-
| Division 3 || Davis Excessive || Team Sick Individuals || Team Rip || Surgical Strike
|}

Placings and the Open division's pump classification follow the event results archive.[3]

== Collegiate competition ==
The accompanying NCPA competition was won by University of San Diego Toreros, which completed its round-robin games undefeated.[1]

== See also ==
* [[US Paintball League]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2008 NPPL Huntington Beach Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/uspl/2009/hb/ WARPIG — USPL Huntington Beach, 3–5 April 2009: contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/articles/news/uspl_founding09/ Bill Mills, WARPIG — “US Paintball League Seeks to Fill Gap Left by NPPL”, January 2009.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/978/rankings PBLeagues — 2009 Huntington Beach Open: event placings.]

[[Category:US Paintball League events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in California]]
[[Category:2000s in American paintball]]
[[Category:2009 in paintball]]

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Admin: Create 2009 USPL Huntington Beach Open article documenting the inaugural event, its relationship to the former NPPL, seven-player and five-player results, and collegiate competition; cite WARPIG and PBLeagues and add categories.