Editing 2016 CPPS Round 5

The '''2016 CPPS Round 5''', billed as the '''GI Sportz Cup''', was the fifth and final round of the 2016 [[Central Premier Paintball Series]] season. It took place on 3–4 September 2016. Birmingham Disruption won the Elite Division.[1][2][3]

== Dates ==

The official calendar records the round as taking place on 3–4 September 2016. Contemporary reporting identifies the division dates as follows.[1][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Divisions
|-
| 3 September 2016 || Division 5, Breakout and Breakin
|-
| 4 September 2016 || Elite Division and Divisions 1–4
|}

== Results ==

The leading four teams in each division were as follows, using the event match records and Round 5 positions in the season records.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Elite Division || Birmingham Disruption || Sandbaggers || [[Lucky 15s|Lucky 15s Staffordshire]] || London Tigers
|-
| Division 1 || London Samurai || Jaguars || London Tigers 2 || London Nexus 2
|-
| Division 2 || Cardinals Red || Sandbaggers Black || Spank || Rangers
|-
| Division 3 || DOA || The Dogz || Thunderducks || Showtime
|-
| Division 4 || Stoke Quest AD || LOKI || Stafford Executives || Marvel 2
|-
| Division 5 || UK Marshalls Reborn || Apocalypse Rage || T.E.A.M. || London Tigers 4
|-
| Breakout Division || Sad Academy Black || Warped Inception || London Dragons 2 || Reading Rampage
|-
| Breakin Division || The Roughnecks || QRTZ Paintball || Morning Wood Black || A1 Evolution
|}

The season records assign the leading Division 1 entries Round 5 positions 13–16 and the leading Division 4 entries positions 19–22. The table presents their order within each division.[2][3]

Rangers, Thunderducks and UK Marshalls Reborn are the names used in the event match records; their corresponding season entries are named Shoreline Rangers, Thunder Ducks and Bricket Wood Factory Team.[2][3]

== Selected finals ==

Birmingham Disruption defeated Sandbaggers 4–2 in the Elite final. Lucky 15s Staffordshire beat London Tigers 4–0 in the third-place match.[2]

London Samurai won the Division 1 final 3–1 against Jaguars. London Tigers 2 defeated London Nexus 2 4–3 for third place. Cardinals Red beat Sandbaggers Black 3–2 in the Division 2 final, while Spank defeated Rangers 2–0 for third.[2]

DOA defeated The Dogz 2–1 in the Division 3 final. Thunderducks beat Showtime 2–0 in the third-place match. Stoke Quest AD won Division 4 ahead of LOKI; the final's score fields are inconsistent. Stafford Executives defeated Marvel 2 2–1 for third place.[2][3]

UK Marshalls Reborn defeated Apocalypse Rage 5–0 in the Division 5 final. T.E.A.M. beat London Tigers 4 5–0 in the third-place match.[2]

== See also ==

* [[2016 CPPS]]
* [[2016 CPPS Round 4]]

== References ==

# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/events?leagueid=1 CPPS official calendar — 2016 Round 5, GI Sportz Cup, event 20]
# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/events/20 CPPS official Round 5 match records, 2016]
# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/results?leagueid=1&current=false CPPS historical season standings — 2016 Round 5 positions and points]
# [https://darryldoes.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/staffordshire-and-district-paintball/ Darryl Groombridge, “Staffordshire And District Paintball”, DarrylDoes, 13 September 2016].

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6b9K4AAR0 Blitzed Media: Sandbaggers at CPPS round 5] — published 7 September 2016.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1bZwLh1Ds Onslaught Paintball UK: Onslaught CPPS Round 5 2016, video 1] — published 8 October 2016.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFewassSYFA Onslaught Paintball UK: Onslaught CPPS Round 5 2016, video 2] — published 8 October 2016.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EvdA2agvVQ Onslaught Paintball UK: Onslaught Scorpions CPPS Round 5 2016, video 12].

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