Editing 2010 NPPL D.C. Challenge

The '''2010 NPPL D.C. Challenge''' was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) tournament held from 6 to 8 August 2010 at Pev's Paintball Park in Aldie, Virginia. It was the third tournament of the 2010 NPPL season. [[Tampa Bay Damage]] won the professional division, and the event included an East–West professional All-Star competition.[1]

== Professional competition ==

Tampa Bay Damage defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] in the semi-finals after losing the opening game and winning the next two. Damage subsequently defeated [[Los Angeles Infamous]] in the final.[2]

The victory followed Damage's win at the [[2010 NPPL Chicago Open]]. After the D.C. Challenge, Infamous led the professional season standings with 51 points, followed by Damage on 50. [[Edmonton Impact]] and Dynasty each had 49 points.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Tampa Bay Damage]]
|-
| 2 || [[Los Angeles Infamous]]
|-
| 3 || [[San Diego Dynasty]]
|-
| 4 || [[Seattle Naughty Dogs]]
|}

Source: WARPIG.[1]

== Amateur seven-player results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Division 1 || Arsenal Predators || Warped Army || Naughty Dogs Silver || —
|-
| Division 2 || One18 || Obnoxious || Infamy || Paradox
|-
| Division 3 || Noobies || TLords || Wiseguys || Minions
|}

Division 1 had three competing teams.[1]

== Five-player results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Iron Legion || Justice Kidz || TCP H8 Factory || PB Warehouse Factory
|}

Source: WARPIG.[1]

== Pump results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Vigilante || Top Gun FP & PL Scrubs || Milwaukee Throwback || Blind Aggression
|}

Source: WARPIG.[1]

== All-Star competition ==

The Empire Paintball-sponsored All-Star competition matched professional players representing the East and West. The West won three consecutive games to take the best-of-five contest 3–0.[1][2]

The exhibition took place between professional sessions on Saturday. Frank Connell replaced the unavailable Josh Davey as East captain. Contemporary eyewitness reporting described a seven-player format with multiple points, a running match time during play and three-minute intervals between points.[2]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2010 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[2010 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/uspl/2010/dc/ NPPL DC Challenge]. WARPIG. Contemporary tournament report, 6–8 August 2010. Confirms Pev's Paintball Park in Aldie, divisional results and the All-Star competition.
# [https://viewfromthedeadbox.blogspot.com/2010/08/nppl-dc-challenge-10.html?m=0 NPPL DC Challenge '10]. View from the Deadbox, 10 August 2010. Contemporary eyewitness account of Tampa Bay Damage's matches and the All-Star exhibition.
# [https://jrdominguez32paintball.blogspot.com/2010/08/nppl-current-pro-rankings-after-dc.html?m=0 NPPL Current Pro Rankings After DC Challenge]. JR Dominguez 32 Paintball, 29 August 2010. Reproduces the professional standings following the tournament.

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