2001 NPPL Los Angeles Open

The 2001 NPPL Los Angeles Open was the opening tournament of the 2001 National Professional Paintball League season, held at SC Arenas, part of SC Village in Corona, California, in March 2001. It included professional and amateur ten-man competition and amateur, novice and rookie five-man divisions.[1][5]

Ground Zero won professional ten-man, Team Strange won Amateur A and Warped Kids won Amateur B. Sinister, Full Breach II and American Heat II won the five-man divisions.[2][3][4]

Organisation and conditions

Heavy rain before the tournament left muddy parking and staging areas. Five-man competition began on Tuesday and concluded on Wednesday; ten-man preliminaries started on Friday, followed by semi-finals and finals on Sunday.[1]

Field layouts were modified before the event, including changes to inflatable bunkers and the addition of Ultimate Airball obstacles to Hyperball fields.[1]

Bob Long's Ironmen helped referee five-man competition. The Southern California Ironmen, The Family and Fury refereed ten-man.[1]

Professional debut

Dynasty made its NPPL professional debut, reached the final and finished third.[1][2]

Ten-man results

Ground Zero won the professional final with 281 points, ahead of Lockout, Dynasty and Aftershock.[2]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Professional

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Ground Zero	94	92	95	281
2	Lockout	12	16	95	123
3	Dynasty	87	16	10	113
4	Aftershock	16	19	10	45

Amateur A

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Team Strange	95	97	14	206
2	Addicted	92	−10	91	173
3	Bushwackers	10	17	18	45
4	Naughty Dogs	8	14	12	34

Amateur B

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Warped Kids	97	95	94	286
2	Exile	6	91	94	191
3	Check It	98	18	12	128
4	Sharp Shooters	4	10	12	26

Five-man results

There was no professional five-man division at this event. Thirty teams competed across the amateur, novice and rookie classifications.[1]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

Amateur

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Sinister	56	54	8	118
2	Dragoons	49	8	56	113
3	Worr Team	12	8	60	80
4	TC Factory Team	8	56	0	64

Novice

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Full Breach II	4	49	57	110
2	Carnival Clowns	12	4	59	75
3	Tropical Illusion	23	49	2	74
4	X-Static	2	58	6	66

Rookie

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	American Heat II	59	56	60	175
2	Team One	18	8	59	85
3	Impact	41	16	0	57
4	FBI	2	47	2	51

Equipment preview

DYE-sponsored teams were given a preview of the company's forthcoming Invision goggle system and an opportunity to provide feedback.[6]

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 2000 NPPL Los Angeles Open
• 2001 NPPL Gettysburg Open
• SC Arenas

References

1. Los Angeles Open NPPL 2001. WARPIG, March 2001. Contemporary report covering organisation, conditions, schedule, refereeing and Dynasty's professional debut.
2. LA Open NPPL — Ten-Man Scoreboard. WARPIG, March 2001. Includes preliminary, semi-final and final results.
3. LA Open NPPL 2001 — Five-Man Scoreboard. WARPIG, March 2001. Includes preliminary, semi-final and final results.
4. ClassicScores. “2001 NPPL — Los Angeles”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.
5. Tournament Photo Galleries. WARPIG. Lists the 2001 NPPL Los Angeles Open under March 2001.
6. DYE Invision Preview. WARPIG, Bill Mills, March 2001.