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The '''2012 PSP World Cup''' was a [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) tournament held from 25–28 October 2012 at [[Fantasy of Flight]] in Polk City, Florida, United States. It concluded the five-event 2012 PSP season.[1]

[[Houston Heat]] won the professional event and the professional season championship, defeating [[Tampa Bay Damage]] 4–2 in the final.[3][4]

== Venue and formats ==
The tournament took place at Fantasy of Flight, at 1400 Broadway Boulevard Southeast in Polk City.[1]

The professional division played [[RaceTo|RaceTo-7]]. Divisions 1 and 2 played RaceTo-5, while Divisions 3 and 4 played RaceTo-4. Additional competitions included divisional RaceTo-2, Masters X-Ball, open pump RaceTo-2 and open ten-player paintball.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Houston Heat finished with a 6–1 record and defeated Tampa Bay Damage 4–2 in the professional final. The victory secured both the World Cup and the season championship.[4]

Contemporary reporting highlighted Houston's opening shooting and its success in limiting Damage's movement on the snake side. Konstantin Fedorov was identified as a major contributor to Houston's performance.[3]

San Antonio X-Factor finished third and Los Angeles Ironmen fourth.[2]

== World Cup results ==
The following placings are recorded in the official event standings.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional RaceTo-7
| Houston Heat
| Tampa Bay Damage
| San Antonio X-Factor
| Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5
| T1 Topgun Union
| Florida King$
| Texas Storm
| Grad Moscow
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5
| Revo
| Boom
| ac402.com
| Coalition
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4
| Palm Beach Venom
| Collision
| HULK
| Carolina Breakout
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4
| Galveston Island Paintball
| Project Mayhem
| HULK XO
| Wiseguys
|-
| Masters X-Ball
| Kosmos Veterans
| Capital Edge Hitters
| ICU Mafia
| Wild Bunch Wheelchair Warriors
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-2
| TJ Allstarzz
| Wayout 120
| PR Crew
| Die Hard
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2
| Slaughterhouse Krew
| ac DFW
| Manchester Firm
| DC DEV II
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2
| ULTRA
| Miami Devious
| AAF
| Pound Town
|-
| Division 5 RaceTo-2
| Atlanta Rising
| YoungBloodz
| Bomb Squad Black
| Miami Splat Attack D5
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2
| Tennessee TrueBallers
| Rockin Cocks
| TPG AllStarz
| Blitz
|-
| Open ten-player
| Team Zone
| Fat City
| Team Voodoo
| Wellsville Express FSU
|}

== Season championships ==
Houston Heat won the professional season championship with 559.09 points, ahead of Tampa Bay Damage on 504.34. Los Angeles Infamous finished third with 462.8 points and Los Angeles Ironmen fourth with 460.28.[5]

The following teams finished first in the official standings for divisions contested across multiple events.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First in season standings !! Points
|-
| Professional RaceTo-7 || Houston Heat || 559.09
|-
| Division 1 RaceTo-5 || T1 Topgun Union || 533.60
|-
| Division 2 RaceTo-5 || Revo || 530.42
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-4 || Revo II || 481.40
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-4 || Imperial || 546.26
|-
| Division 3 RaceTo-2 || Gainesville Gridiron || 458.34
|-
| Division 4 RaceTo-2 || North Texas Shockwave Blue || 488.12
|-
| Open pump RaceTo-2 || Tennessee TrueBallers || 433.79
|}

PBLeagues labels the Division 2–4 RaceTo-4/5 standings and Division 3–4 RaceTo-2 standings as “Season Entry”. Masters, open ten-player, Division 2 RaceTo-2 and Division 5 RaceTo-2 have only World Cup results in the season record.[5]

== See also ==
* [[2012 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[Houston Heat]]

== References ==
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2209/info PBLeagues – PSP World Cup, 2012: dates, venue and competition formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/2209/rankings PBLeagues – PSP World Cup, 2012: final standings.]
# [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2012/10/28/houston-heat-wins-the-2012-psp-world-cup-and-2012-psp-series-titles/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “Houston Heat Wins the 2012 PSP World Cup and 2012 PSP Series Titles”, 28 October 2012.]
# [https://gisportz.com/de/houston-heat-wins-psp-world-cup-and-2012-series-title/ G.I. Sportz – “Houston Heat Wins PSP World Cup and 2012 Series Title!”, October 2012.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2012 PBLeagues – 2012 Season Rankings: PSP Events.]

[[Category:Paintball Sports Promotions events]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Florida]]
[[Category:2010s in American paintball]]
[[Category:2012 in paintball]]

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