Editing 2004 PSP Los Angeles Open

The '''2004 PSP Los Angeles Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held from 3 to 7 March 2004 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States. It opened the main [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) series, combining five-player, ten-player and divisional [[X-Ball]] competition with [[National Xball League]] (NXL) matches.[1]

== Tournament ==
Rain-softened ground restricted fields to the firmer half of the racetrack infield. Stadium lighting permitted evening competition.[1]

== Five-player competition ==
The five-player tournament comprised Novice and Rookie divisions. Final placings were:[1][2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Novice !! Rookie
|-
| 1 || Team Savage || Kamikaze Kids
|-
| 2 || Nebraskapaintball.com || SCP
|-
| 3 || Panhandle Allstars || Darkside Out
|-
| 4 || Virus || Team Misplaced
|}

== Ten-player competition ==
Final placings were:[1][2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Pro/Am !! Novice !! Rookie
|-
| 1 || Diesel || Momma's Boys || Cartel Kidz
|-
| 2 || Justice || Rock It Kids || Goodfellas
|-
| 3 || [[Bushwackers]] || Nor Cal || Femmes Fatale Rookie
|-
| 4 || Cartel || Mantis || Explicit
|}

Diesel and Justice tied on final-round points; Diesel won through their head-to-head result.[1]

== Divisional X-Ball ==
=== Division 1 ===
The division's top four were:[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
|-
| 2 || [[Naughty Dogs]]
|-
| 3 || [[Avalanche]]
|-
| 4 || Evil Factory
|}

=== Division 2 ===
The division's top four were:[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Twisted Revolution
|-
| 2 || Ground Zero Silver
|-
| 3 || Xtreme Sports Factory
|-
| 4 || B*SLAP
|}

=== Championship matches ===
WARPIG reported the following championship results:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Division 1 || Dynasty || 8–2 || Naughty Dogs
|-
| Division 2 || Twisted Revolution || 6–4 || Ground Zero Silver
|-
| Division 3 || Crisis || 8–6 || East Coast Fury
|}

WARPIG identifies the Division 3 winner as Crisis, while the PBLeagues historical season table attributes the event's first-place result to X-Factor.[1][2]

== National Xball League ==
San Diego Legacy made its NXL debut against Baltimore Trauma, losing 17–7. Selected documented results were:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Day !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team
|-
| Thursday || [[Baltimore Trauma]] || 17–7 || San Diego Legacy
|-
| Friday || [[Baltimore Trauma]] || 7–6 || [[Philadelphia Americans]]
|-
| Saturday || [[Oakland Assassins]] || 13–7 || [[New York Xtreme]]
|-
| Sunday || [[Oakland Assassins]] || 11–7 || [[Los Angeles Ironmen]]
|}

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2004/la/index.shtml WARPIG — PSP LA Open 2004, 3–7 March 2004. Contemporary report covering the venue, tournament results, divisional X-Ball finals and NXL matches. Photography by Dawn Mills.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2004 PBLeagues — 2004 PSP Events season rankings. Los Angeles Open event placings appear in parentheses in the event column.]

== External links ==
* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2004/la/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary coverage, photographs and scoreboard links]

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