Editing 2001 South Pacific Championships

'''2001 South Pacific Championships''' was a paintball tournament held on 14–15 April 2001 at Thunderball Paintball, Manor Park, in the Wellington region of New Zealand. [[Tag n' Release]] won the tournament, while [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] finished fourth.[1][2][3]

== Tournament ==
The event was advertised as open five-player centre-flag competition under Australian Paintball Players League rules. The announced entry fee was NZ$350 per team, with John Clement as the tournament contact.[1]

== Results ==
Phoenix's contemporary report congratulated Tag n' Release on winning the tournament. The team's separate history page records its own fourth-place finish.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Tag n' Release]]
|-
| 4 || [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]]
|}

These are the placings explicitly confirmed by the team accounts; those sources do not provide a complete finishing order or tournament points totals.[2][3]

== See also ==
* [[South Pacific Championships]]
* [[2000 South Pacific Championships]]
* [[2002 South Pacific Championships]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Events/SouthPac.htm ''South Pacific Championships'', Mercenaries Star, tournament announcement for 14–15 April 2001. Preserved by OoCities.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020080141fw_/http://www.blacksun.co.nz/phoenix/news.htm Wellington Phoenix, ''News'', “Easter 2001 South Pacs”, entry headed 24 April 2001. Archived 20 October 2001.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20011217030354fw_/http://www.blacksun.co.nz/phoenix/history.htm Wellington Phoenix, ''History'', recording fourth place at the 2001 Easter South Pacific Championship. Archived 17 December 2001.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]