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Create 2021 ECPL Round 1 article with confirmed date, TECT Park venue, advertised three-player X-Ball format and documented results.

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'''2021 ECPL Round 1''' was a three-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 2 May 2021 at [[Bay of Plenty Paintball Club]]'s field at [[TECT All Terrain Park]], New Zealand. [[Expendables Feilding|Expendables]] won the event, with [[Surge (paintball team)|Surge]] finishing second.[1][2]

== Format ==

The [[East Coast Paintball League]] advertised its 2021 season as three-player X-Ball, with a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and a two-point mercy rule.[1]

Entries were capped at twelve teams, with an entry fee of NZ$140 per team. The advertised structure provided each team with at least five matches before the semi-finals and finals.[1]

== Competition ==

In its report published on 3 May, the league congratulated Expendables on winning and Surge on finishing a close second. It also acknowledged the participation of [[Crisis Paintball Northland]] and [[Kaos Theory (New Zealand paintball team)|Kaos Theory]].[2]

Victoria Kate Photography published an event album and identified the winning entry as Expendables 1.[3]

== Documented results ==

The following podium positions are established by the contemporary reports.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Expendables Feilding|Expendables 1]]
|-
| 2 || [[Surge (paintball team)|Surge]]
|}

== See also ==

* [[East Coast Paintball League]]
* [[Bay of Plenty Paintball Club]]
* [[TECT All Terrain Park]]

== References ==

# [https://www.facebook.com/ECPLPB/posts/pfbid0E6ek9zZrnE8duK58Pjiix8pw117xMzp6ziZg5s84sxrJZg367afCVGGXZs4mNTuBl East Coast Paintball League — 2021 season dates and competition format, Facebook, 13 January 2021].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ECPLPB/posts/pfbid0215xTHnkmrAaZaXGn3ZN4QgjzgVG8HD2uBsLRCj6ZxgKaP5iDT1M6BWTRShDjVeml East Coast Paintball League — Opening-round results, Facebook, 3 May 2021].
# [https://www.facebook.com/victoria.kate.photographynz/posts/pfbid02HHKo1UvbDhqSGKuamwgYWQyjXjfeKigwfpSDD7gBKu6gSXF16uYFYChS8mXYxeQ3l Victoria Kate Photography — East Coast Paintball League Round 1 2021, Facebook photographic report, 3 May 2021].

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball in the Bay of Plenty]]
[[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]

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Admin: Create 2021 ECPL Round 1 article with confirmed date, TECT Park venue, advertised three-player X-Ball format and documented results.