1993 NPPL World Cup

The 1993 NPPL World Cup was a paintball tournament held in New York during the inaugural season of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL). Produced by Jerry Braun, it was advertised for 10–12 September 1993. Chicago Aftershock won the tournament.[1][2][3]

Organisation

A contemporary notice in Action Pursuit Games identified Braun as the World Cup's producer and registration contact. The advertised entry fee was US$1,850, and the tournament operated a bring-your-own-paint policy, allowing competitors to supply their own paintballs.[1]

The notice named the Master Blasters and England's Bad Company as the teams scheduled to referee the competition.[1]

The published programme placed the World Cup after the Chicago Cup, scheduled for 23–25 July, and before the NPPL-sanctioned Great Western Reno tournament, scheduled for 9–11 October.[1]

Aftershock victory

Chicago Aftershock won the World Cup. Its victory was recorded in a contemporary Bad Boyz Toyz advertisement published in Paintball News on 23 October 1993, which celebrated the team's wins at both the Boston Cup and NPPL World Cup.[2]

Aftershock's official history also records the victory. The team had added Danny Love and Mike Bruno during 1993 and won the Boston Open, World Cup and International Masters that season.[3]

The National Xball League subsequently recognised Aftershock as the winner of the 1993 New York World Cup in its retrospective history of the competition.[4]

Place in World Cup history

The tournament belonged to the World Cup's New York period, before its relocation to Florida. In its retrospective Road to World Cup 2005, WARPIG described Braun's development of the competition in New York and its move to Kissimmee, Florida, in 1994.[5]

The early World Cup tournaments originated at Braun's Survival New York facility, later known as Paintball Sports New York. A historical account published by the World Classic Paintball League identifies that venue as the original home of the competition.[6]

See also

• Paintball World Cup
• National Professional Paintball League
• Chicago Aftershock
• 1993 NPPL Boston Cup
• 1993 NPPL Chicago Open
• 1993 NPPL Reno Open

References

1. “National Professional Paintball League is Right On Schedule”, Action Pursuit Games, June 1993, pp. 20–21. Contemporary notice giving the advertised tournament dates, producer, referee teams, entry fee and bring-your-own-paint policy.
2. Bad Boyz Toyz advertisement, Paintball News, 23 October 1993, p. 21. Contemporary advertisement recording Aftershock's Boston Cup and NPPL World Cup victories.
3. Where We Started, Chicago Aftershock, official team history.
4. A Short History of the World Cup of Paintball, National Xball League, 10 October 2024.
5. Road to World Cup 2005, WARPIG, October 2005. Retrospective account of the New York tournaments and the 1994 move to Florida.
6. WCPL NY: An Historic Field, World Classic Paintball League, March 2023. Historical account identifying Survival New York as the original World Cup venue.