Admin: Created a new article about the Malaysian Super7 Championship held at MAPAAC in Petaling Jaya on 30–31 August 2008. Recorded “Malaysian Super7 ’08” as the contemporary promotional styling, documented its MY-NPL feeder status, Nemesis Paintball Club’s involvement, seven-player format, advertised prize structure and complete published results. Distinguished the tournament from earlier MY-NPL Super7 events and the later International Super Seven Championship, and noted the unresolved difference bet

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Created a new article about the Malaysian Super7 Championship held at MAPAAC in Petaling Jaya on 30–31 August 2008. Recorded “Malaysian Super7 ’08” as the contemporary promotional styling, documented its MY-NPL feeder status, Nemesis Paintball Club’s involvement, seven-player format, advertised prize structure and complete published results. Distinguished the tournament from earlier MY-NPL Super7 events and the later International Super Seven Championship, and noted the unresolved difference bet

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'''Malaysian Super7 Championship''' was a Malaysian seven-player tournament paintball competition held at the [[Malaysian Paintball Academy (MAPAAC)]] in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on 30 and 31 August 2008. Contemporary promotional material styled the event as '''Malaysian Super7 '08'''.[1]

The tournament was presented by [[Nemesis Paintball Club]] in association with the [[Malaysian National Paintball League]] (MY-NPL) and was designated an official MY-NPL feeder event.[1] [[Nemesis Legion]] won the highest division.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Malaysian Super7 Championship
|-
! Contemporary styling
| Malaysian Super7 '08
|-
! Dates
| 30–31 August 2008
|-
! Venue
| [[Malaysian Paintball Academy (MAPAAC)]]
|-
! Location
| Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
|-
! Format
| Seven-player tournament paintball
|-
! Presenter
| [[Nemesis Paintball Club]]
|-
! Associated circuit
| [[Malaysian National Paintball League]]
|-
! Highest-division champion
| [[Nemesis Legion]]
|}

== Organisation ==

MY-NPL headquarters and Nemesis Paintball Club announced the tournament in August 2008. It was held in conjunction with celebrations marking Malaysia's 51st Independence Day.[1]

The tournament programme began with field walking and a captains' meeting on 29 August. Competitive matches were scheduled for 30 and 31 August, with the finals taking place on the second day.[1]

The event used two playing fields at MAPAAC, located at Kompleks Sukan Astaka in Petaling Jaya. Mohd Sofian Mohd Daud, the MY-NPL tournament director, was listed among the event contacts.[1]

== Format ==

Each team was permitted nine active players on its roster and could field a maximum of seven players in each game.[1]

The announced firing modes permitted electronic markers operating in semi-automatic or NPPL mode, PSP burst mode or Millennium ramping mode.[1]

Pre-tournament material advertised three categories:

* '''Open Division''', open to Malaysian teams;
* '''Amateur Division''', open to teams from Malaysia and elsewhere in Asia, with a maximum of two Division 1 players on each roster;
* '''Novice Division''', restricted to Malaysian Division 3 and Division 4 teams, with Division 1 and Division 2 players ineligible.[1]

The published final results instead used the designations Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4.[2] The surviving reports do not explain whether the divisional structure was revised before the tournament or whether the results used a different naming system for the advertised categories.

== Prize structure ==

The announced Open Division champion was eligible to receive RM9,000, medals and a cup. The Open Division runners-up were offered RM4,500, while third place carried RM2,000.[1]

The advertised Amateur Division prizes were RM5,500 for first place, RM2,500 for second and RM1,500 for third. The corresponding Novice Division prizes were RM3,500, RM2,000 and RM1,000.[1]

The announcement stated that prize money would be reduced by 20 per cent in any division attracting fewer than ten teams.[1]

== Results ==

Villain Paintball published the following final placings on 2 September 2008.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Position
! Team
|-
| rowspan="4" | Division 1
| 1
| [[Nemesis Legion]]
|-
| 2
| [[Raskal (paintball team)|Raskal]]
|-
| 3
| Rimba Bandits
|-
| 4
| Demonz Red
|-
| rowspan="4" | Division 2
| 1
| Lemon Ruski
|-
| 2
| NoMercy
|-
| 3
| Ballbusters
|-
| 4
| CMX
|-
| rowspan="4" | Division 3
| 1
| RAZ Legion
|-
| 2
| Shimigami-X
|-
| 3
| Demonz Devils
|-
| 4
| Oscar Legio-X
|-
| rowspan="4" | Division 4
| 1
| Romeoz
|-
| 2
| Legio-X Hastati
|-
| 3
| Skyfighter
|-
| 4
| Shockwave
|}

== Media coverage ==

Villain Paintball reported that the tournament appeared on Bernama TV news on 31 August 2008.[3] The surviving blog entry does not contain the broadcast or provide details of its duration or content.

A separate Villain Paintball gallery documented the tournament across its field-walking day and two competition days.[4]

== Relationship with other Super7 competitions ==

MY-NPL had previously organised seven-player tournaments under the MY-NPL Super7 name. Contemporary reporting states that MY-NPL introduced an NPL Super7 tournament in 2006 and promoted another event for the end of 2007, which was postponed to January 2008.[5][6]

The available sources describe the Malaysian Super7 Championship as a separately presented MY-NPL feeder event brought forward by Nemesis Paintball Club.[1] They do not establish that the 2008 Malaysian Super7 was an edition of a continuous series encompassing the earlier MY-NPL Super7 tournaments.

Following the competition, MY-NPL announced that Division 1 of its 2009 league season would adopt the seven-player format. Contemporary commentary identified the Malaysian Super7 as one of the events through which Malaysian Division 1 teams had gained experience of seven-player competition.[7]

The Malaysian Super7 Championship should not be confused with the later [[International Super Seven Championship]], first held in 2009.

== See also ==

* [[Malaysian National Paintball League]]
* [[International Super Seven Championship]]
* [[Nemesis Paintball Club]]
* [[Malaysian Paintball Academy (MAPAAC)]]
* [[Paintball in Malaysia]]

== References ==

# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/08/malaysian-super7-08-30th-31st-august.html Villain Paintball – Malaysian Super7 '08: 30th–31st August, 12 August 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysian-super7-08-conclusion.html Villain Paintball – Malaysian Super7 '08: The Conclusion, 2 September 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/08/malaysian-super7-08-on-bernama-tv-news.html Villain Paintball – Malaysian Super7 '08 on Bernama TV News, 31 August 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysian-super7-08-photos.html Villain Paintball – Malaysian Super7 '08: Photos, 8 September 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2007/06/ Villain Paintball – Tournament Paintball: What you need to know, 18 June 2007]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-npl07-super-7-30th-december-2007.html Villain Paintball – MY-NPL'07 Super7, November 2007]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/11/ Villain Paintball – Are we ready for Super7 format?, 25 November 2008]

== External links ==

* [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/08/malaysian-super7-08-30th-31st-august.html Original tournament announcement]
* [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysian-super7-08-conclusion.html Published tournament results]
* [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysian-super7-08-photos.html Contemporary photograph gallery]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
[[Category:Paintball in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Paintball in Asia]]
[[Category:2008 in paintball]]
[[Category:Sport in Selangor]]

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