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It was Tampa Bay Damage looking great in round one of
the pro division, with four wins in four tries. Conversely
and almost unimaginably, Dynasty lost all five of their
WCO games. That makes seven straight losses for Dynasty if you go back to the last two matches in Chicago.
Needless to say, Dynasty didn’t advance to the second
round at the WCO and in fact, they have been relegated
to the Challenger’s Division for the World Cup. Dynasty has never been relegated in their history. Edmonton
Impact, Moscow Red Legion and Russia’s Art Chaos each
won three of their first four games.
Moving to the Pro semifinals it was Art Chaos beating
Red Legion in the all-Russia matchup. That win sent Art
Chaos to the finals for the first time this season. Art
Chaos has been a picture of consistency this season, but
not the type of consistency they were looking for with
two 11th place finishes sandwiched around a 10th place
in Chicago. But as we’ve noted many times, you just
never know what’s going to happen in the Pro division
of the PSP. In the other semifinal bracket it was Edmonton Impact edging out Tampa Bay Damage by a single
point, setting up a Canada versus Russia final round.
Art Chaos kept it rolling right into and through the finals with an impressive 7-4 win over Edmonton Impact,
which as everyone knows, is one of the toughest teams
in the league. Congrats to Art Chaos on the win.
The Challenger’s Division, which now has Chicago Aftershock, San Antonio X-Factor, Baltimore Revo, Red Storm
from Russia, Los Angeles Infamous, Sacramento XSV
and others is really at its most competitive point ever.
Getting out of this division and back into the Champion’s
Division is harder than ever. Just ask Aftershock, XSV
and Infamous, three storied paintball franchises that
will not graduate for the World Cup. On the other hand
Baltimore Revo and San Antonio X-Factor will join the
Champion’s Division at ‘Cup after they met in the WCO
Challenger’s Division finals. In that match it was X-Facto r taking first place with a 6-4 win over Revo.
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