Editing Sultan of Kedah Cup 2008

'''Sultan of Kedah Cup 2008''', contemporaneously styled '''The Sultan of Kedah Cup 2008''', was a Malaysian tournament paintball event held at The Carnivall in Sungai Petani, [[Kedah]], on 19 and 20 July 2008.[1][2] The tournament was promoted as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah's reign as Sultan of Kedah.[1]

Contemporary promotional material listed the State of Kedah as the main organiser, with PALS Events and the [[Kedah Paintball Association]] as co-organisers.[1] A total prize fund of RM45,000 was offered across three divisions.[1][2]

== Format ==

The tournament comprised Open, Amateur/Novice and Kedah Closed divisions.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Eligibility and format
|-
| Open
| Open to local and international teams, including teams competing in Divisions 1 and 2 of the [[Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit]] and [[Malaysian National Paintball League]]. PSP, Millennium and semi-automatic firing modes were permitted, capped at 15 balls per second.[1]
|-
| Amateur/Novice
| Open to local and international teams competing in Divisions 3 and 4 of the Malaysian circuits. Markers were restricted to semi-automatic operation, capped at 15 balls per second.[1]
|-
| Kedah Closed
| Restricted to teams fielding at least four players from Kedah. House markers were available for this division.[1]
|}

Prize money was offered through eighth place in the Open and Amateur/Novice divisions and through tenth place in the Kedah Closed division.[1] The advertised first prizes were RM8,000 for Open, RM6,000 for Amateur/Novice and RM2,000 for Kedah Closed.[1]

Two tournament fields were used. A contemporary participant report identified them as the Millennium field and Draxxus field, with the Amateur/Novice and Kedah Closed divisions using a clay-surfaced field.[2][3]

== Results ==

The recovered results cover the first eight positions in the Open and Amateur/Novice divisions.[2][4] Complete results for the Kedah Closed division have not been located.

=== Open division ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1st
| [[Raskal]]
|-
| 2nd
| Xmenz
|-
| 3rd
| [[Demonz Red]]
|-
| 4th
| [[Nemesis]]
|-
| 5th
| Boonie Dogs
|-
| 6th
| Rimba Bandits
|-
| 7th
| Orient Legion
|-
| 8th
| CMX
|}

=== Amateur/Novice division ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1st
| Iron Sea
|-
| 2nd
| Nightmare
|-
| 3rd
| D'Mercy Kidz
|-
| 4th
| Bellicose
|-
| 5th
| Undeath
|-
| 6th
| Sunshiro
|-
| 7th
| Demonz Lucifer
|-
| 8th
| Alien Legion
|}

The contemporary Malaysian results compilation identifies the Amateur/Novice winner as Iron Sea.[4] Villain Paintball's report renders the name as “Iron C”, apparently referring to the same winning team.[2]

== See also ==

* [[Kedah Paintball Association]]
* [[Paintball in Malaysia]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit]]
* [[Malaysian National Paintball League]]

== References ==

# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2008/06/ $45,000 Prize Money Tournament! – The Sultan of Kedah Cup!], S E B U R O, 19 June 2008.
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/07/sultan-of-kedah-cup19-20-july2008.html The Sultan of Kedah Cup (19–20 July 2008) – The Conclusion], Villain Paintball, 21 July 2008.
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/07/sultan-of-kedah-cup-2008-part-1.html The Sultan of Kedah Cup 2008 – Part 1], Villain Paintball, 21 July 2008.
# [https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/728672/%2B2320 LYN Paintballers Thread V4 – 2008 results and news], Lowyat.NET Forum, 2008.

[[Category:Paintball competitions in Malaysia]]
[[Category:2008 in paintball]]
[[Category:Sport in Kedah]]