Editing 2005 PSP Chicago Open

The '''2005 PSP Chicago Open''' was the third tournament of the 2005 [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] season, held from 23–26 June at the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Complex in Bolingbrook, Illinois. It featured divisional [[X-Ball]], five-man competition and [[National Xball League|NXL]] regular-season matches.[1][2]

== X-Ball competition ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[3]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| [[Sacramento XSV|Excessive]]
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| [[Avalanche]]
|-
| Division 1
| Doc's Raiders
| Gridlock
| Hogan's Alley Factory Team
| Diesel
|-
| Division 2
| Team LTZ
| ICU Rattlesnake
| Team Xtreme
| Smart Parts Factory
|-
| Division 3
| San Diego Aftermath
| Gridlock-PBC
| East Coast Empire
| Tippmann Effect
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ X-Ball championship matches[1]
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Open || Dynasty || 15–3 || Excessive
|-
| Division 1 || Doc's Raiders || 9–2 || Gridlock
|-
| Division 2 || Team LTZ || 9–1 || ICU Rattlesnake
|-
| Division 3 || San Diego Aftermath || 6–4 || Gridlock-PBC
|}

== Five-man competition ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Divisional five-man placings[3]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1
| Fury
| Diesel
| Spectrum PR
| San Diego Ravenous
|-
| Division 2
| Legend
| Asylum Factory
| Rogue
| Hi-Tec Factory Team
|-
| Division 3
| Lost Generation
| Legend Kids
| Neworleanspaintball.com
| Ruckus
|}

=== Open and Young Guns ===
Evil Factory won Open five-man ahead of Team Crowley. Heat-related forfeits curtailed the competition, and the organisers awarded the placings without a final round.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Young Guns placings[1]
! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Explicit Content Kidz
| Love Crew
| Primal Urge
| Pandemonium Young Guns
|}

== NXL competition ==
The NXL schedule included make-up games from earlier rain postponements. Boston Red Legion defeated Philadelphia Americans 16–3 in the opening match.[1]

Sunday's regular-season results were:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Opponent
|-
| Los Angeles Ironmen || 8–8 || New York Xtreme
|-
| Boston Red Legion || 7–3 || Baltimore Trauma
|-
| Oakland Assassins || 9–5 || Miami Effect
|-
| Philadelphia Americans || 8–6 || San Diego Legacy
|-
| Chicago Aftershock || 7–6 || Detroit Strange
|}

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2005 PSP Orlando Open]]
* [[2005 PSP Northeast Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2005/chicago/ WARPIG – Chicago Open, June 2005. Contemporary tournament report; photographs by JJ Ontiveros.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues – PSP Events archive: Chicago Open, 23–26 June 2005, Bolingbrook, Illinois.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2005 PBLeagues – 2005 PSP season rankings. Individual event placings appear in parentheses in the Chicago Open column.]

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