Editing 2010 NPPL Las Vegas World Championships

The '''2010 NPPL Las Vegas World Championships''' was the final event of the 2010 [[National Professional Paintball League]] season. It took place from '''8–10 October 2010''' at the '''Riviera Hotel''' in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. [[Tampa Bay Damage]] won the professional tournament and the professional season championship. [1][2][3]

== Event ==

The tournament offered seven divisions: professional and Divisions 1–3 seven-player competition, Division 3 and Division 4 five-player competition, and five-player pump competition. [1]

The event also featured an exhibition of the NPPL's proposed S7 format, following its use in the All-Star competition at the [[2010 NPPL D.C. Challenge]]. [1][2]

== Professional competition ==

[[Tampa Bay Damage]] defeated [[St. Louis Avalanche]] in the semi-finals, while [[Oakland Blast]] eliminated [[Edmonton Impact]]. Damage recovered from losing the opening final game to defeat Blast 2–1. Impact beat Avalanche 2–0 for third place. [2]

== Results ==

The following table lists the top four finishers in each division. [2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Professional seven-player
| [[Tampa Bay Damage]]
| [[Oakland Blast]]
| [[Edmonton Impact]]
| [[St. Louis Avalanche]]
|-
| Division 1 seven-player
| Off in the Woods
| Naughty Dogs Silver
| Rockstar Factory
| HK Army
|-
| Division 2 seven-player
| Paradox
| Capital Edge Hustlers
| Impact Echo
| Critical Wrecking Crew
|-
| Division 3 seven-player
| Noobies
| Warped Kids
| Lotus
| Tsunami
|-
| Division 3 five-player
| 406's Finest
| Vancity Synergy
| Redux
| Blacklist
|-
| Division 4 five-player
| Tropix Hawaii Tradition
| Bag
| Max'd Kids
| Paintball Addix
|-
| Pump five-player
| LA Hitmen
| Milwaukee Throwback
| Top Gun FPL & Scrubs
| 3KD
|}

== Season championship ==

Tampa Bay Damage secured the '''2010 NPPL professional series championship'''. Las Vegas was the team's third consecutive NPPL tournament victory, following wins at the [[2010 NPPL Chicago Open]] and [[2010 NPPL D.C. Challenge]]. [3]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2010 NPPL D.C. Challenge]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Vegas-News-from-National-Professional-Paintball-League.html?aid=BfBeSKvDS3E&soid=1102409547334 National Professional Paintball League – Vegas News: 2010 World Championships announcement.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/uspl/2010/vegas/ WARPIG – NPPL Las Vegas World Paintball Championships, 2010: tournament report and results.]
# [https://jrdominguez32paintball.blogspot.com/2010/10/ JR Dominguez 32 Paintball – “Tampa Bay Damage wins NPPL Vegas & Series”, 11 October 2010, reproducing contemporary ProPaintball coverage.]

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