Editing 2018 Australian Super 7s

'''2018 Australian Super 7s''' was the 2018 season of the [[Australian Super 7s]] paintball tournament series. It comprised four rounds covering Professional, Semi-Professional, Amateur and Novice divisions.[1][2]

NZ Expendables won the Professional championship with 112 points, Sydney Syndicate won Semi-Professional with 118 and Berzerkers won Amateur with 104. Apex led the published Novice standings with 104 points.[1]

== Calendar ==
The organiser advertised separate divisional dates for each round. The dates below reproduce that published programme.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Event !! Professional !! Semi-Professional !! Amateur !! Novice
|-
| [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1|Round 1]] || HK Army Classic || 23–25 March 2018 || 24–25 March 2018 || 17 March 2018 || 18 March 2018
|-
| [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2|Round 2]] || Planet Eclipse Open || 1–3 June 2018 || 2–3 June 2018 || 26 May 2018 || 27 May 2018
|-
| [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3|Round 3]] || DLX Cup || 17–19 August 2018 || 18–19 August 2018 || 11 August 2018 || 12 August 2018
|-
| [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4|Round 4]] || Paintballshop.com Masters || 23–25 November 2018 || 24–25 November 2018 || 17 November 2018 || 18 November 2018
|}

The organiser specified GOG eNMEy markers for Novice competition.[2]

== Round results ==

=== Round 1 — HK Army Classic ===
''Main article: [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1]]''

The organiser explicitly published the following Professional and Semi-Professional podiums.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Professional !! Semi-Professional
|-
| 1 || Expendables || Syndicate
|-
| 2 || Perth Crisis || Asylum
|-
| 3 || Sydney SWAT || FNQ Fury
|}

MNC Aftershock won Amateur and Taipans won Novice.[1]

Wicked Assassins originally recorded 26 Novice points. Its later Amateur season entry contains a reduced credit rather than an original Amateur Round 1 result.[1]

=== Round 2 — Planet Eclipse Open ===
''Main article: [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2]]''

The organiser explicitly published the following podiums.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Professional !! Semi-Professional !! Amateur
|-
| 1 || Perth Crisis || Syndicate || Prophecy
|-
| 2 || Marauders || Immortal Knights || Launceston Aspire
|-
| 3 || Expendables || Eskimo Bros || Beserkers
|}

Gorillas won Novice. Prophecy's Amateur victory and Gorillas' Novice victory are separate from the reduced credits subsequently carried into higher divisions.[1]

=== Round 3 — DLX Cup ===
''Main article: [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3]]''

The organiser explicitly published the following podiums.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Professional !! Semi-Professional
|-
| 1 || Sydney SWAT || Syndicate
|-
| 2 || NZ Expendables || Dead Rabbits
|-
| 3 || Eskimo Brothers || FNQ Fury
|}

The final season table records Eskimo Penguin Squad with the highest Amateur round points at 30, followed by Suicide Squad with 28 and Chaos Inc with 26. Gorillas recorded the highest Novice points at 30, followed by Apex with 28 and Tassie Felons with 26.[1]

=== Round 4 — Paintballshop.com Masters ===
''Main article: [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4]]''

The organiser explicitly published the following Professional podium.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Sydney SWAT
|-
| 2 || Expendables
|-
| 3 || Marauders
|}

The final season table records the following leading Masters point allocations in the remaining divisions.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Leading round-point entries
|-
| Semi-Professional || Brisbane OneLife — 30; Sydney Syndicate — 28; The Dead Rabbits — 26
|-
| Amateur || Eskimo Arctic Wolves — 30; Beserkers — 28; Chaos Inc — 26
|-
| Novice || Eskimo Bandits — 30; Apex — 28; Eskimo Raiders — 26
|}

Perth Crisis received a two-point Masters ranking deduction for having a second United States Professional player on the field at the same time.[1]

== Season standings ==
The following tables reproduce the organiser's final championship rankings. Figures are ranking points, not individual match scores. Published order and retained divisional credits are preserved.[1]

=== Professional ===
NZ Expendables won the championship with 112 points, two ahead of Sydney SWAT. Perth Crisis finished third with 100 points.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1|Round 1]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2|Round 2]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3|Round 3]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4|Round 4]] !! Total
|-
| NZ Expendables || 30 || 26 || 28 || 28 || '''112'''
|-
| Sydney S.W.A.T. || 26 || 24 || 30 || 30 || 110
|-
| Perth Crisis || 28 || 30 || 22 || 20* || 100
|-
| Marauders || 16 || 28 || 18 || 26 || 88
|-
| Sydney Explicit || 18 || 22 || 20 || 24 || 84
|-
| Perth Torque || 22 || 20 || 24 || 16 || 82
|-
| Eskimo Bros (P) || 12 || 18 || 26 || 20 || 76
|-
| WA Menace || 24 || 14 || 12 || 14 || 64
|-
| East Side Raw || 20 || 16 || 16 || 0 || 52
|-
| Ballistics Unit || 14 || 12 || 14 || 12 || 52
|-
| Eskipros || 0 || 0 || 0 || 18 || 18
|}

Perth Crisis's Round 4 figure, marked with an asterisk, includes its two-point deduction.[1]

=== Semi-Professional ===
Sydney Syndicate won with 118 points, followed by Brisbane OneLife with 102. The Dead Rabbits and FNQ Fury each finished with 96 points, with The Dead Rabbits listed third.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1|Round 1]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2|Round 2]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3|Round 3]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4|Round 4]] !! Total
|-
| Sydney Syndicate || 30 || 30 || 30 || 28 || '''118'''
|-
| Brisbane OneLife || 24 || 24 || 24 || 30 || 102
|-
| The Dead Rabbits || 22 || 20 || 28 || 26 || 96
|-
| FNQ Fury || 26 || 22 || 26 || 22 || 96
|-
| NZ Immortal Knights || 18 || 28 || 18 || 20 || 84
|-
| Asylum || 28 || 16 || 20 || 18 || 82
|-
| Eskimo Avalanche || 12 || 26 || 22 || 16 || 76
|-
| The Other Guys || 16 || 18 || 12 || 0 || 46
|-
| Wellington Rebels || 0 || 0 || 14 || 24 || 38
|-
| Vicious Circle || 20 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 34
|-
| Asylum Prophecy || 0 || 12* || 8* || 12 || 32
|-
| Eskimo Bros Blizzard || 0 || 0 || 16 || 14 || 30
|-
| Gold Coast Blade || 14 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14
|-
| El Loco Five || 0 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 12
|-
| Eskimo Bros Snowstorm || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 10
|}

Asylum Prophecy moved from Amateur to Semi-Professional and retained 40 per cent of its previous ranking points. The adjusted entries are marked with asterisks and are not original Semi-Professional results at those rounds.[1]

=== Amateur ===
Berzerkers won with 104 points. The points table spells the name “Beserkers”, while the championship announcement uses Berzerkers. Suicide Squad and Chaos Inc each finished with 96 points, with Suicide Squad listed second.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1|Round 1]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2|Round 2]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3|Round 3]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4|Round 4]] !! Total
|-
| Beserkers || 26 || 26 || 24 || 28 || '''104'''
|-
| Suicide Squad || 22 || 22 || 28 || 24 || 96
|-
| Chaos Inc || 24 || 20 || 26 || 26 || 96
|-
| Dead Men Running || 28 || 24 || 18 || 22 || 92
|-
| Launceston Aspire || 18 || 28 || 14 || 12 || 72
|-
| Eskimo Penguin Squad || 0 || 18 || 30 || 20 || 68
|-
| Bitchin || 20 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 68
|-
| Wicked Assassins || 20* || 16 || 12 || 16 || 64
|-
| Prophecy† || 0 || 30 || 20 || 0 || 50
|-
| Wet Bandits (Gorillas) || 0 || 12** || 12** || 14 || 38
|-
| Eskimo Polar Bears || 0 || 0 || 22 || 10 || 32
|-
| Eskimo Arctic Wolves || 0 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 30
|-
| MNC Aftershock || 30 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 30
|}

* Wicked Assassins moved from Novice and retained 80 per cent of its previous points. Its adjusted credit is marked with a single asterisk.[1]
* Wet Bandits, listed with Gorillas in brackets, retained 40 per cent of its previous Novice points. The adjusted entries are marked with double asterisks.[1]
* † Prophecy was marked as having moved to Semi-Professional.[1]

=== Novice ===
Apex led the standings with 104 points, followed by Eskimo Bros Platoon with 78 and Aust Pball Corps with 62.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 1|Round 1]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 2|Round 2]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 3|Round 3]] !! [[2018 Australian Super 7s Round 4|Round 4]] !! Total
|-
| Apex || 20 || 28 || 28 || 28 || '''104'''
|-
| Eskimo Bros Platoon || 16 || 22 || 24 || 16 || 78
|-
| Aust Pball Corps || 0 || 20 || 22 || 18 || 62
|-
| Gorillas† || 0 || 30 || 30 || 0 || 60
|-
| Hell Hounds || 28 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 52
|-
| Eskimo Bandits || 0 || 0 || 18 || 30 || 48
|-
| Eskimo Raiders || 0 || 0 || 20 || 26 || 46
|-
| Taipans || 30 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 30
|-
| JLH Army || 0 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 26
|-
| Tassie Felons || 0 || 0 || 26 || 0 || 26
|-
| Wicked Assassins† || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 26
|-
| Launceston Aspire || 24 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24
|-
| Sydney Spartans || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24 || 24
|-
| Johan & The Nipples || 0 || 0 || 0 || 22 || 22
|-
| Vandelay || 22 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 22
|-
| MSPaint || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 20
|-
| 0% Accuracy || 18 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 18
|-
| Goon Squad || 0 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 18
|-
| Deus Vault || 14 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14
|-
| Jason Bournes || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12
|}

† Gorillas and Wicked Assassins were marked as having moved to Amateur. Their original Novice points remain separate from the adjusted credits recorded in the higher division.[1]

== Records and source discrepancies ==
The final tables contain points carried between divisions. These retained credits should not be treated as additional event appearances or added to the original divisional scores.[1]

The organiser used different Eskimo team names in contemporary round reports and final standings. The Round 2 Semi-Professional podium names Eskimo Bros, while the final season table records Eskimo Avalanche with the corresponding 26-point entry.[1]

The archived results page contains several seasons. The tables above use the section explicitly headed “2018 Results”, rather than the separate 2019 tables on the same page.[1]

== Individual awards ==
The organiser published the following season awards.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Award !! Recipient
|-
| Professional Player of the Year || Alex Orr
|-
| Amateur Player of the Year || Grace Jeffery
|-
| Referee of the Year || Michael Youman
|}

== See also ==
* [[Australian Super 7s]]
* [[2017 Australian Super 7s]]
* [[2019 Australian Super 7s]]
* [[Paintball in Australia]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20200105165643/http://super7spaintball.com/results/ Super 7s Paintball — 2018 final standings, round podium announcements, championship winners and individual awards, archived 5 January 2020].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20181224115351/http://super7spaintball.com/dates/ Super 7s Paintball — 2018 divisional calendar and Novice equipment, archived 24 December 2018].

== External links ==
* [https://super7spaintball.com/ Australian Super 7s official website]

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