Editing 2003 NPPL Commander's Cup

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]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Amateur !! Novice !! Rookie
|-
| 1
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| Static
| Diesel
| Derange
|-
| 2
| [[Brass Eagle Allstars|Brass Eagle All Stars]]
| Nemesis
| Momma's Boys
| Team Panic
|-
| 3
| [[Team Strange|Strange]]
| Boston Paintball
| 3J Paintball
| Untouchables
|-
| 4
| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|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]

{| 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]]
* [[Maurice Gibb]]

== 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.]

== External links ==
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2003/miami/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]

[[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]]