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The 2003 NPPL Commander's Cup was a seven-player paintball tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. Organised by the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) and Pure Promotions, it concluded the inaugural NPPL Super 7 season and attracted 138 teams.[1]

Background

The tournament developed from plans made by musician and paintball player Maurice Gibb in 2002 for an event in the Bahamas. Restrictions on paintball equipment prompted a move to Miami. Following Gibb's death, the organisers continued the project as a memorial, incorporating charity auctions and fundraising activities.[1]

A proposed beach venue was subsequently replaced by Tamiami Park, with the event's dates also changed.[1]

Tournament

Seven fields hosted competition across Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie divisions. Preliminary games took place on Friday and Saturday, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and placing matches on Sunday.[1]

The revised advancement rules sent twelve Professional and twelve Amateur teams into quarter-finals. Each division then produced three group winners and one wild-card semi-finalist. Novice and Rookie each advanced sixteen teams into four quarter-final groups.[1]

Diesel competed under its new name after previously playing as Vicious. Team RM, winner of the first four American Rookie events, moved into Novice for the finale.[1]

Results

The following top-four placings are recorded by both WARPIG and ClassicScores.[2][3]

Position	Professional	Amateur	Novice	Rookie
1	Dynasty	Static	Diesel	Derange
2	Brass Eagle All Stars	Nemesis	Momma's Boys	Team Panic
3	Strange	Boston Paintball	3J Paintball	Untouchables
4	Bad Company	Under Rage	Aggression	United

Professional

Dynasty defeated Bad Company 98–6 and 96–12 in the semi-finals. Brass Eagle advanced by defeating Strange 98–6 in both games. Dynasty won the championship games 99–3 and 96–12.[2]

Strange recovered from losing the opening third-place game to defeat Bad Company in the remaining two games.[2]

Amateur

Static defeated Nemesis in three championship games after losing the opener. Boston Paintball likewise recovered from an opening defeat to beat Under Rage for third.[2]

Novice

Diesel defeated Momma's Boys in three championship games. 3J Paintball defeated Aggression 95–15 in both third-place games.[2]

Rookie

Derange defeated Team Panic in a championship contest that included a 17–17 draw in the second game. Untouchables defeated United in three games for third.[2]

Championship game scores

Scores are listed from the eventual champion's perspective. A dash indicates that a third game was not required.[2]

Division	Champion	Runner-up	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Professional	Dynasty	Brass Eagle All Stars	99–3	96–12	—
Amateur	Static	Nemesis	15–95	97–9	98–6
Novice	Diesel	Momma's Boys	15–95	95–15	97–9
Rookie	Derange	Team Panic	97–9	17–17	95–15

References

External links

WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage

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-The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. It was the season finale of the inaugural [[National Professional Paintball League]] Super 7 World Series and attracted 138 teams across four competitive divisions. [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]] won the professional division, with Static, Diesel and Derange winning the amateur, novice and rookie divisions respectively.[1][2]
+The '''2003 NPPL Commander's Cup''' was a seven-player [[paintball]] tournament held in November 2003 at Tamiami Park in Miami, Florida, United States. Organised by the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) and [[Pure Promotions]], it concluded the inaugural [[NPPL Super 7]] season and attracted 138 teams.[1]
-The tournament was named in memory of musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]], who was known within paintball as "Commander Mo".[1][2]
 == Background ==
+The tournament developed from plans made by musician and paintball player [[Maurice Gibb]] in 2002 for an event in the Bahamas. Restrictions on paintball equipment prompted a move to Miami. Following Gibb's death, the organisers continued the project as a memorial, incorporating charity auctions and fundraising activities.[1]
-In 2002, Gibb worked on plans for a Commander's Cup tournament intended to take place in the Bahamas. Restrictions affecting paintball markers made the proposed Bahamian venue impractical, and the concept was moved to Miami. During planning for the 2003 NPPL season, Gibb discussed making the tournament the finale of the new Super 7 World Series.[1][2]
+A proposed beach venue was subsequently replaced by Tamiami Park, with the event's dates also changed.[1]
-Following Gibb's death in January 2003, NPPL, Inc. and Pure Promotions continued developing the tournament as a memorial event. Charity auctions and other fundraising activities benefiting Gibb family charities were incorporated into the programme.[1][2]
-The organisers initially intended to stage the tournament on Miami Beach. The city was unable to provide sufficient playing space during the planned period, resulting in a change of date and a move inland to Tamiami Park. The revised scheduling also placed the tournament outside Florida's principal hurricane season.[1][2]
 == Tournament ==
+Seven fields hosted competition across Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie divisions. Preliminary games took place on Friday and Saturday, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and placing matches on Sunday.[1]
-The Commander's Cup was the largest event of the inaugural NPPL Super 7 season, with 138 teams competing in the professional, amateur, novice and rookie divisions. Seven playing fields were constructed at Tamiami Park: the NPPL, Angel, Chronic, Evil, JT, Raven and Dracula fields.[1][2]
+The revised advancement rules sent twelve Professional and twelve Amateur teams into quarter-finals. Each division then produced three group winners and one wild-card semi-finalist. Novice and Rookie each advanced sixteen teams into four quarter-final groups.[1]
-Teams inspected the fields on Thursday before preliminary competition began on Friday. Preliminary rounds continued through Saturday, followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals on Sunday. Almost 700 games were completed during the tournament.[1][2]
-A revised advancement system introduced during the season affected the professional quarter-finals. [[Joy Division]], which completed the preliminary round undefeated with 774 points, lost its first quarter-final game to Jax Warriors and did not advance. Dynasty, Brass Eagle All Stars, Strange and Bad Company reached the professional semi-finals.[1][2]
-Dynasty defeated Bad Company in its semi-final, while Brass Eagle All Stars defeated Strange. Dynasty then won two consecutive games against Brass Eagle All Stars in the championship round. Strange defeated Bad Company over three games to take third place.[1][2]
+Diesel competed under its new name after previously playing as Vicious. Team RM, winner of the first four American Rookie events, moved into Novice for the finale.[1]
 == Results ==
+The following top-four placings are recorded by both WARPIG and ClassicScores.[2][3]
-The first four finishers in each division were:[1][2]
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Place
+! Position !! Professional !! Amateur !! Novice !! Rookie
-! Professional
-! Amateur
-! Novice
-! Rookie
 |-
-| 1st
+| 1
 | [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
 | Static
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 | Derange
 |-
-| 2nd
+| 2
-| Brass Eagle All Stars
+| [[Brass Eagle Allstars|Brass Eagle All Stars]]
 | Nemesis
 | Momma's Boys
-| Panic
+| Team Panic
 |-
-| 3rd
+| 3
-| Strange
+| [[Team Strange|Strange]]
 | Boston Paintball
 | 3J Paintball
 | Untouchables
 |-
-| 4th
+| 4
-| Bad Company
+| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]]
 | Under Rage
 | Aggression
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 |}
-Static defeated Nemesis over three games in the amateur final. Diesel defeated Momma's Boys in the novice final, while Derange finished ahead of Panic in the rookie championship round.[1][2]
+=== Professional ===
+Dynasty defeated Bad Company 98–6 and 96–12 in the semi-finals. Brass Eagle advanced by defeating Strange 98–6 in both games. Dynasty won the championship games 99–3 and 96–12.[2]
+Strange recovered from losing the opening third-place game to defeat Bad Company in the remaining two games.[2]
+=== Amateur ===
+Static defeated Nemesis in three championship games after losing the opener. Boston Paintball likewise recovered from an opening defeat to beat Under Rage for third.[2]
+=== Novice ===
+Diesel defeated Momma's Boys in three championship games. 3J Paintball defeated Aggression 95–15 in both third-place games.[2]
-The players' party and awards ceremony were held at Bongo's Cuban Café in Miami Beach following the completion of the finals.[1]
+=== Rookie ===
+Derange defeated Team Panic in a championship contest that included a 17–17 draw in the second game. Untouchables defeated United in three games for third.[2]
-== Legacy ==
+=== Championship game scores ===
+Scores are listed from the eventual champion's perspective. A dash indicates that a third game was not required.[2]
-The Commander's Cup name was retained for the final tournament of the 2004 NPPL Super 7 season. That event was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, and continued the tournament's association with the memory of Maurice Gibb.[3]
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Division !! Champion !! Runner-up !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3
+|-
+| Professional || Dynasty || Brass Eagle All Stars || 99–3 || 96–12 || —
+|-
+| Amateur || Static || Nemesis || 15–95 || 97–9 || 98–6
+|-
+| Novice || Diesel || Momma's Boys || 15–95 || 95–15 || 97–9
+|-
+| Rookie || Derange || Team Panic || 97–9 || 17–17 || 95–15
+|}
 == See also ==
+* [[NPPL Super 7]]
 * [[National Professional Paintball League]]
-* [[San Diego Dynasty]]
+* [[Maurice Gibb]]
-* [[WDP]]
-* [[Action Pursuit Games]]
-* [[WARPIG]]
 == References ==
+# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG — NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003, November 2003. Contemporary report covering the tournament's origins, venue, competition format and results.]
+# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/semi.shtml WARPIG — Commander's Cup 2003: quarter-final, semi-final and final scoreboards.]
+# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — Historical tournament results dataset. 2003 NPPL Commander's Cup, Miami, Florida: Professional, Amateur, Novice and Rookie seven-player placings.]
-# Bill Mills and Dawn Mills, “NPPL Commander's Cup: Super Seven 2003 Final in Miami”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', March 2004, pp. 139–147.
+== External links ==
-# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG – NPPL Super Seven Commander's Cup 2003, November 2003.]
+* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]
-# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2004/sandiego/ WARPIG – NPPL Commander's Cup 2004.]
-[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
+[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
+[[Category:Paintball in Florida]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
+[[Category:2000s in American paintball]]
 [[Category:2003 in paintball]]

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