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<p>Create 2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open article with verified dates and Pier Plaza venue, X-Factor&#039;s 4–1 professional final victory, and official divisional placings; correct the contemporary report&#039;s Division 1 results using archived NPPL rankings.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;2013 NPPL Huntington Beach Open&#039;&#039;&#039;, promoted as the &#039;&#039;&#039;NPPL Surf City USA Open&#039;&#039;&#039;, was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament held from 12–14 April 2013 at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened the league&#039;s 2013 national tournament season.[1]<br /> <br /> [[San Antonio X-Factor]] won the professional division, defeating [[Vancouver Vendetta]] 4–1 in the final. [[Portland Uprising]] finished third and Fort Wayne Outlaws fourth.[2][3]<br /> <br /> == Venue ==<br /> The tournament was played on the beach at Huntington Beach Pier Plaza. The NPPL&#039;s announcement identified the venue as 405 Pacific Coast Highway and advertised competition from 7 am to 5 pm daily.[1]<br /> <br /> The event included a paintball trade show, public shooting booths, free viewing areas and ticketed centre-court seating. It marked the eleventh consecutive year that the NPPL had brought its tournament to Huntington Beach.[1]<br /> <br /> == Professional competition ==<br /> The professional field changed substantially before the 2013 season. Sacramento XSV, Tampa Bay Damage, Edmonton Impact and Los Angeles Infamous were among the established teams that had left NPPL competition.[4]<br /> <br /> DC Arsenal withdrew shortly before Huntington Beach. Contemporary reporting confirmed that Arsenal did not compete and that Arsenal Crush, drawn from Buffalo Crush&#039;s Division 1 line, filled the vacancy.[5]<br /> <br /> X-Factor defeated Vancouver Vendetta 4–1 in the professional final.[2]<br /> <br /> == Results ==<br /> The following placings follow the NPPL&#039;s archived official rankings.[3]<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth<br /> |-<br /> | Professional seven-player S7<br /> | San Antonio X-Factor<br /> | Vancouver Vendetta<br /> | Portland Uprising<br /> | Fort Wayne Outlaws<br /> |-<br /> | Division 1 seven-player S7<br /> | Impact Echo<br /> | TCP Machine<br /> | Xclusive<br /> | Regime<br /> |-<br /> | Division 2 seven-player<br /> | Hawaiian Heat<br /> | Tippman Effect TMG<br /> | Capital Edge DMG – Red<br /> | Team Wicked<br /> |-<br /> | Division 3 seven-player<br /> | Miami Devious<br /> | Xtreme<br /> | Capital Edge DMG White<br /> | Tombstone<br /> |-<br /> | Division 4 seven-player<br /> | Animal Team Factory<br /> | So Cal Stealth<br /> | NBK<br /> | West Coast Sharks 4<br /> |-<br /> | Division 4 five-player, two-flag<br /> | P4 Posse 2<br /> | Farside Kids East<br /> | Cen Cal Alliance<br /> | Destiny Army<br /> |-<br /> | Young Guns three-player, two-flag<br /> | Prodigy<br /> | Stormerz II<br /> | —<br /> | —<br /> |}<br /> <br /> Only two teams were listed in the official Young Guns standings.[3]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[National Professional Paintball League]]<br /> * [[2012 NPPL Huntington Beach Open]]<br /> * [[San Antonio X-Factor]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> # [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/professional-paintball-tournament-takes-over-huntington-beach-ca-202018811.html National Professional Paintball League – “Professional Paintball Tournament Takes Over Huntington Beach CA”, press release, 8 April 2013.]<br /> # [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/15/san-antonio-x-factor-takes-1st-place-in-the-nppl-surf-city-open-at-huntington-beach/ Social Paintball – Byron Woodfork, “San Antonio X-Factor Takes 1st Place in the NPPL Surf City USA Open at Huntington Beach”, 15 April 2013. Its Division 1 results differ from the official rankings.]<br /> # [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510221044/http://nppl.com/rankings/ National Professional Paintball League – “Team Rankings”, archived 10 May 2013. Includes Huntington Beach standings in the individual division tabs.]<br /> # [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/13/new-blood-in-the-nppl-pro-division/ Social Paintball – Tim Cerruti, “New Blood in the NPPL Pro Division”, 13 April 2013.]<br /> # [https://www.socialpaintball.com/2013/04/10/dc-arsenal-out-of-nppl-to-play-psp/ Social Paintball – Lawrence Abernathy, “DC Arsenal Out of NPPL to Play PSP”, 10 April 2013, updated 12 April 2013.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournament results]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball in California]]<br /> [[Category:2010s in American paintball]]<br /> [[Category:2013 in paintball]]</div>

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