Editing 2005 PSP Orlando Open

The '''2005 PSP Orlando Open''' was the second tournament of the 2005 [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] season, held from 21–24 April at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in Florida. It featured divisional [[X-Ball]], five-man competition and [[National Xball League|NXL]] regular-season matches.[1][2]

== X-Ball competition ==
[[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]] recovered from a defeat by the Naughty Dogs to win the Open division final 7–6 against the same opponents.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ X-Ball final placings[3]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Open
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| [[Avalanche]]
| [[Infamous (paintball team)|Infamous]]
|-
| Division 1
| Jax Warriors
| X-Factor
| Fusion
| Gridlock
|-
| Division 2
| Team LTZ
| Team Xtreme
| Disaster
| PunishersPB.com
|-
| Division 3
| San Diego Aftermath
| East Coast Empire
| Tippmann Effect
| Gridlock-PBC
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ X-Ball championship matches[1]
! Division !! Winner !! Score !! Runner-up
|-
| Open || Dynasty || 7–6 || Naughty Dogs
|-
| Division 1 || Jax Warriors || 13–5 || X-Factor
|-
| Division 2 || Team LTZ || 10–3 || Team Xtreme
|-
| Division 3 || San Diego Aftermath || 8–5 || East Coast Empire
|}

== Five-man competition ==
The event introduced PSP's Young Guns division for players aged fifteen and younger.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Five-man final placings[1][3]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1
| Runnin Wild
| Diesel
| The Other Fury
| Fury
|-
| Division 2
| Hi-Tec Factory Team
| Team Splatball
| Wildfire
| Oh-Nos GNR
|-
| Division 3
| TPA
| Lost Generation
| Villain
| Punishment
|-
| Young Guns
| DBS Kidz
| Ranch Road Paintball
| SoFla Army
| Kids with Gatz
|}

== NXL competition ==
The NXL schedule included additional games to compensate for rain postponements at the [[2005 PSP SoCal Open]]. These matches contributed to regular-season standings.[1]

Sunday's results were:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Opponent
|-
| Oakland Assassins || 13–6 || San Diego Legacy
|-
| Philadelphia Americans || 10–6 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| Detroit Strange || 10–10 || Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| Boston Red Legion || 14–4 || Miami Effect
|-
| Baltimore Trauma || 13–6 || New York Xtreme
|}

During the event, NXL commissioner Mike Ratko tested directional acoustic equipment intended to monitor individual markers' firing rates remotely during play.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2005 PSP SoCal Open]]
* [[2005 PSP Chicago Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2005/orlando/ WARPIG – Orlando Open, 21–24 April 2005. Contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues – PSP Events archive: Orlando Open, 21–24 April 2005.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2005 PBLeagues – 2005 PSP season rankings. Individual event placings appear in parentheses in the Orlando Open column.]

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