Editing 2006 NPPL Boston Open

The '''2006 NPPL Boston Open''' was the third tournament of the 2006 [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] Super 7 season, held from 21–23 July at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Miami Rage won the professional division ahead of Portland Naughty Dogs.[1][2]

== Venue and organisation ==
Pure Promotions staged the tournament outside Gillette Stadium on five inflatable-bunker fields with NPPL Action Turf. The event attracted 209 teams.[1]

Divisional competition began on Friday, while professional preliminary games took place on Saturday.[1]

== Professional competition ==
Neither [[Sacramento XSV]] nor [[San Diego Dynasty]] advanced beyond the preliminary round. It was Dynasty's first preliminary-round elimination in the Super 7 series.[1]

Portland Naughty Dogs defeated Chicago Evil in two semi-final games. Miami Rage recovered from an opening loss to beat Stockholm Joy Division two games to one.[1]

Rage defeated the Naughty Dogs in the championship final, winning the deciding game 95–15. Joy Division beat Chicago Evil for third place.[1]

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final placings[2]
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional
| Miami Rage
| [[Naughty Dogs|Portland Naughty Dogs]]
| Stockholm Joy Division
| Chicago Evil
|-
| Semi-professional
| Impact
| California Bushwackers
| Miami Raiders
| Trauma
|-
| Division I
| X-Factor
| Voltage
| Carolina Gridlock
| NE United
|-
| Division II
| XSV Influence
| Torment
| Warped Ninjas
| Ballistic
|-
| Division III
| Air Assault Factory
| Friendly Fire
| Recluse
| TPA
|}

=== Divisional finals ===
Impact defeated California Bushwackers two games to one. X-Factor beat Voltage in two games for Division I.[1]

XSV Influence won Division II against Torment through a deciding one-on-one after a drawn opening game and one win each. Air Assault Factory recovered from an opening loss to beat Friendly Fire two games to one.[1]

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2006 NPPL Tampa Open]]
* [[1999 NPPL Boston Open]]

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2006/boston/ WARPIG – NPPL Boston, 21–23 July 2006. Contemporary tournament report.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores – Historical tournament results database, NPPL Boston 2006, event CS0075.]

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