Editing 2016 Australian Super 7s Round 1

'''2016 Australian Super 7s Round 1''', named the '''Dye Asia Cup''', was the opening event of the [[2016 Australian Super 7s]]. It took place at [[Action Paintball Games]] in Rouse Hill, New South Wales. The published calendar listed novice competition for 21 February and professional, semi-professional and amateur competition for 27–28 February 2016.[1]

Sydney SWAT won the professional division, Marauders won the semi-professional division and Newcastle Deathsquad 1 won the amateur division. The contemporary novice results named Island Focus as the winner.[2]

== Dates and venue ==
The organiser published the following division dates and explicitly identified Action Paintball Games, Rouse Hill, as the venue.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Published dates
|-
| Professional
| 27–28 February 2016
|-
| Semi-professional
| 27–28 February 2016
|-
| Amateur
| 27–28 February 2016
|-
| Novice
| 21 February 2016
|}

The calendar grouped professional, semi-professional and amateur competition under the same two-day date range, without specifying separate playing days. The venue's address was 290 Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill, New South Wales.[1][3]

== Results ==
The contemporary results explicitly record the first three finishers in professional, semi-professional and amateur, and six novice placings. The later official season standings provide additional opening-round ranking points.[2][4]

Ranking points below are series points rather than individual match scores. Zero-point season entries are omitted.[4]

=== Professional ===
The organiser explicitly recorded Sydney SWAT, NVS and East Side Raw as the first three finishers.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| Sydney SWAT
| 30
|-
| NVS
| 28
|-
| East Side Raw
| 26
|-
| Explicit
| 24
|-
| HK Reaper Crew
| 22
|-
| Expendables
| 20
|-
| Frequency
| 18
|-
| Phoenix FC
| 16
|}

=== Semi-professional ===
The organiser explicitly recorded Marauders, Coolhwip and 187 as the first three finishers.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| Marauders
| 30
|-
| Coolhwip
| 28
|-
| 187
| 26
|-
| FNQ Fury
| 24
|-
| Syndicate
| 22
|-
| Plague
| 20
|}

=== Amateur ===
The organiser explicitly recorded Newcastle Deathsquad 1, Frequency Blue and Sentinels as the first three finishers.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Ranking points
|-
| Newcastle Deathsquad 1
| 30
|-
| Frequency Blue
| 28
|-
| Sentinels
| 26
|-
| Frequency Pink
| 24
|-
| Newcastle Deathsquad 2
| 22
|-
| Vortex
| 20
|-
| TOG
| 18
|}

=== Novice ===
The contemporary novice results published the following placings.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| Island Focus
|-
| 2
| Undisputed
|-
| 3
| First Section
|-
| 4
| GSP
|-
| 5
| Metal Alchemist
|-
| 6
| MS Pain
|}

==== Later ranking record ====
The later season standings use different names for several opening-round entries. They record Highland Focus with 30 points, Zappias Rollaz with 22 and MS Paint with 20, whereas the contemporary placings name Island Focus first, Metal Alchemist fifth and MS Pain sixth.[2][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team as listed in season standings
! Round 1 ranking points
|-
| Highland Focus
| 30
|-
| Undisputed
| 28
|-
| First Section
| 26
|-
| GSP
| 24
|-
| Zappias Rollaz
| 22
|-
| MS Paint
| 20
|}

The contemporary placings and later ranking entries are presented separately. The available records do not explicitly explain the differences in team names.[2][4]

== See also ==
* [[2016 Australian Super 7s]]
* [[Australian Super 7s]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160228151746/http://super7spaintball.com/dates/ Australian Super 7s — Dye Asia Cup, Round 1 dates and Action Paintball Games, Rouse Hill venue. Archived 28 February 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303063004/http://super7spaintball.com/results/ Australian Super 7s — Dye Asia Cup final placings and opening novice results. Archived 3 March 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313100311/http://super7spaintball.com/pages/contact Australian Super 7s — Contact: Action Paintball Games, 290 Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill. Archived 13 March 2016.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20170427061643/http://super7spaintball.com/results/ Australian Super 7s — 2016 final season standings, reproduced below the 2017 opening-round rankings. Archived 27 April 2017.]

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