2007 Australian Super 7s
2007 Australian Super 7s was the 2007 season of the Australian Super 7s paintball tournament series. The four-round championship included Professional, Semi-Professional and Amateur divisions. Menace won the Professional championship with 184 points, two ahead of Sydney SWAT. Platinum won Semi-Professional, while The Business won Amateur.[1][2][3]
Rounds
[edit]The advance calendar announced four events across New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland. Dates below remain announced dates unless independently corroborated. The contemporary Round 3 report confirms Samford Skirmish as the actual venue, superseding the advance calendar's Blacksoil listing.[4][5]
| Round | Announced dates | Venue information |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 17–18 February 2007 | Announced: Action Paintball Games, Rouse Hill, New South Wales |
| Round 2 | 19–20 May 2007 | Announced: Action Paintball Games, Serpentine, Western Australia |
| Round 3 | 4–5 August 2007 | Confirmed: Samford Skirmish, Queensland; advance calendar listed National Paintball Fields, Blacksoil |
| Round 4 — Australian Masters | 16–18 November 2007 | Announced: Action Paintball Games, Canoelands, New South Wales |
Season overview
[edit]Menace recorded the highest Professional points at the opening round. Strategic Sports recorded the highest points at Rounds 2 and 3, with its Round 3 victory also explicitly confirmed in the organiser's contemporary report. Sydney SWAT won the final round.[1][2][4]
Bitchin recorded the highest Semi-Professional points at the first two rounds, Venom led Round 3 and Platinum won the Masters. The Business recorded the highest Amateur points at Rounds 1 and 3, Southern Storm led Round 2 and Kindred won the Masters.[1][2]
These round-point records are separate from independently published final placings.
Season results
[edit]The following tables reproduce championship points awarded at each round, rather than individual match scores. Zero entries and the order of teams with equal totals follow the official rankings.[1][2]
Professional
[edit]| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menace | 50 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 184 |
| Sydney SWAT | 44 | 46 | 42 | 50 | 182 |
| Strategic Sports | 30 | 50 | 50 | 30 | 160 |
| East Coast Raiderz | 46 | 42 | 30 | 42 | 160 |
| Sydney X-Fighters | 42 | 0 | 46 | 44 | 132 |
| Shock | 26 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 110 |
| Backlash | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Blade | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| DVS | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Malicious Intent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
The organiser's announcement preserved in February 2008 separately confirms Menace as the series champion.[3]
Semi-Professional
[edit]| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | 46 | 30 | 42 | 50 | 168 |
| Bitchin | 50 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 156 |
| Venom | 0 | 44 | 50 | 18 | 112 |
| Apocalypse | 14 | 0 | 28 | 42 | 84 |
| Marksmen | 28 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 74 |
| Rage City | 0 | 0 | 44 | 28 | 72 |
| Iron Cross Assassins | 28 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 70 |
| West Coast Hate | 0 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 50 |
| Fall Out Boyz | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| STK | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Kronik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| Gravity | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| A9X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| Invasion | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Straight Edge | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Blitzkrieg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 37 |
| Adrenaline Freaks | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Apparition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Freelance | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| High Rollers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Amateur
[edit]| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Business | 50 | 0 | 50 | 30 | 130 |
| Kindred | 0 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 96 |
| EA Misfits | 0 | 0 | 44 | 46 | 90 |
| Southern Storm | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Urban Painters | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Arora | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Distortion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| Explicit | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Adrenaline Rush | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Shenanigans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| Casual Strokers | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Notorious | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Venom B | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Uprising | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Vortex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Switchblade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Stunc | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Reapers | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Mongrel Mob WA | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Masters results
[edit]Main article: 2007 Australian Super 7s Round 4
The archived tournament results establish the following final-round placings. These are separate from the season standings.[2]
| Place | Professional | Semi-Professional | Amateur |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney SWAT | Platinum | Kindred |
| 2 | Menace | Kronik | EA Misfits |
| 3 | Sydney X-Fighters | A9X | Distortion |
| 4 | East Coast Raiderz | Apocalypse | Shenanigans |
| 5 | Strategic Sports | Apparition | The Business |
| 6 | Sydney Shock | Rage City | Uprising |
| 7 | Malicious Intent | Bitchin | Vortex |
| 8 | — | Marksmen | Switchblade |
| 9 | — | West Coast Hate | — |
| 10 | — | Blitzkrieg | — |
| 11 | — | Venom | — |
| 12 | — | High Rollers | — |
| 13 | — | Team Solid | — |
Team Solid appears in the Masters finishing order but has no entry in the published season rankings. The Masters results label the Amateur division “Div 1”. Sydney Shock is shortened to Shock in the season rankings.[1][2]
Records and source discrepancies
[edit]The archived official results page retains the four-round standings beneath a misleading “Team Rankings for 2008” heading. These figures match the current official website's explicitly labelled 2007 standings. The separate two-round results at the top of the archived page concern 2008.[1][2]
Team-name spellings vary between the records. The archived page uses West Coast Hate and The Business, whereas the current historical table uses “Wet Coast Hate” and “The Buisness”. Casual Strokers appears as “Casual Storkers” in the archive. Spellings of Blitzkrieg and Adrenaline Freaks also vary.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Super 7s Paintball — official historical results, 2007 Professional, Semi-Professional and Amateur rankings.
- Super Sevens — archived official results, 19 July 2008; four-round standings and Masters finishing order.
- Super Sevens — official announcement congratulating Menace as series champions, archived 14 February 2008.
- Super Sevens — official Round 3 report confirming Samford Skirmish and Strategic Sports' Professional victory, archived 26 October 2007.
- Dale “Hardcore” Moran, Australian Super 7s final-round report, Australian Paintball Magazine, no. 6, 2006, pp. 18–25; advance 2007 calendar on p. 24.