1994 NPPL World Cup
The 1994 NPPL World Cup was a paintball tournament held at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, during October 1994. It was the final event of the National Professional Paintball League's five-event season and the first Paintball World Cup held in Florida following its relocation from New York. Contemporary announcements advertised the tournament for 12–16 October 1994.[1][2]
The All Americans won both the professional five-man and professional ten-man competitions. Blasters won the amateur ten-man division, while The Firm won the amateur five-man division.[3][4]
Background and venue
[edit]The World Cup followed the 1994 NPPL Chicago Open as the concluding tournament on the published NPPL schedule. A contemporary season preview in Action Pursuit Games announced its move from New York to the Orlando area and reported that the league was already receiving reservations.[1]
The venue was Paintball World, a commercial woodland paintball field in Kissimmee, behind the Old Town entertainment complex. WARPIG's later historical accounts identified the availability of inexpensive accommodation and international air connections as advantages of the Orlando area for the relocated tournament.[2][5]
Competition arrangements
[edit]The tournament featured separate professional and amateur divisions in both five-man and ten-man formats.[3]
The published 1994 programme scheduled five-man competition for the first two days of each five-day event, followed by ten-man competition during the remaining three days.[1]
The league's January announcement named the Florida Annihilators and Palm Beach Predators as the teams scheduled to referee the World Cup. All NPPL events that season were advertised as allowing competitors to bring their own paintballs.[6]
Results
[edit]ClassicScores records the following top-four finishes in each division.[3]
Ten-man
[edit]| Place | Professional | Amateur |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Americans | Blasters |
| 2 | Ironmen | All Americans 2 |
| 3 | Nam Wrecking Crew | Washington Reign |
| 4 | Aftershock | Black Sunday |
Five-man
[edit]| Place | Professional | Amateur |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Americans | The Firm |
| 2 | Palm Beach Predators | Eclipse |
| 3 | GBD 1 | Team Canada |
| 4 | GBD 2 | CarpeDiem |
The All Americans' first-place finishes in both formats were also listed in “The All-Americans' Incredible Record”, published alongside a Bill Gardner interview in the October 1995 issue of Action Pursuit Games.[4]
Contemporary visual records
[edit]The Paint magazine website preserves photographs and four unedited camera reels recorded at the tournament. Its accompanying account states that some of the photographs appeared in contemporary articles for Australian Paintballer.[7]
See also
[edit]- Paintball World Cup
- National Professional Paintball League
- 1994 NPPL Chicago Open
- Paintball in the United States
References
[edit]- “National Professional Paintball League Enters Second Year”, staff report, Action Pursuit Games, May 1994, pp. 72–74. Contemporary season preview and advertised World Cup dates.
- WARPIG — 2009 PSP World Cup. Historical introduction documenting the 1994 relocation to Kissimmee and the Paintball World venue.
- ClassicScores. Select 1994, National Professional Paintball League, World Cup, Orlando, Florida. Historical results recording the top four in the professional and amateur five-man and ten-man divisions.
- “The All-Americans' Incredible Record”, sidebar accompanying “Voice of the Pros”, Action Pursuit Games, October 1995, p. 83. Lists the team's 1994 World Cup five-man and ten-man victories.
- WARPIG — Road to World Cup 2005, October 2005. Historical account of the move to Florida and the original Kissimmee venue.
- “NPPL Schedule & Rules”, Paintball News, 22 January 1994, p. 4. Contemporary announcement of the season's arrangements and scheduled World Cup referees.
- Paint — 1994 NPPL World Cup. Photographic archive and four unedited contemporary video recordings.