1997 United States paintball tournament results

This article summarises selected 1997 United States paintball tournament results outside NPPL competition. The records cover three Great Western Series events and the 1997 ZAP International Amateur Open, with amateur and novice competitions in five-player and ten-player formats. [1]

Recorded results

The following podiums are documented by WARPIG and corroborated by ClassicScores. They cover four events and thirteen divisions, rather than a complete national calendar or season championship. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Event	Competition	First	Second	Third	Source
1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas	Amateur five-player	Marine Team Gold	Navarone	Outta Control Black	[2]
1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas	Novice five-player	Sick & Twisted	Area 51	Tsunami I	[2]
1997 Great Western Series Portland	Amateur ten-player	Marine Team	Outrage I	Outta Control	[3]
1997 Great Western Series Portland	Novice ten-player	Lofty II	Naughty Dogs	Phantom Force III	[3]
1997 Great Western Series Portland	Amateur five-player	Marine Team Gold	Navarone	Shockwave II	[4]
1997 Great Western Series Portland	Novice five-player	Hammerheads	NIB I	Lofty II	[4]
1997 Great Western Series San Francisco	Amateur ten-player	Hostile Takeover	Outta Control	Marine Team Gold	[5]
1997 Great Western Series San Francisco	Novice ten-player	Lofty II	Ground Zero	Hostile Takeover II	[5]
1997 Great Western Series San Francisco	Amateur five-player	Marine Team Gold	Marine Team Red	Marine Team Black	[5]
1997 Great Western Series San Francisco	Novice five-player	Hostile Takeover 3	Hammerheads	Shockwave 3	[5]
1997 ZAP International Amateur Open	Amateur ten-player	Saber Wolves	Team Turbulence	Phantom Jesters	[6]
1997 ZAP International Amateur Open	Amateur five-player	Saber Wolves	Johnstown Highlanders	Team Wolf B	[7]
1997 ZAP International Amateur Open	Novice five-player	Venom	Checkmate	Bonnie Boys	[7]

Notes on the records

The Las Vegas GWS competition ran alongside a separate NPPL ten-player tournament. Only the GWS five-player results are included here. [2]

For San Francisco's amateur five-player competition, WARPIG's summary places Marine Team Gold ahead of Marine Team Red, agreeing with ClassicScores. Its detailed scoreboard instead gives Marine Team Red more final-round points. The table follows the published summary without resolving that discrepancy. [1][5]

WARPIG identifies Team Effort Events as the supplier of the corrected IAO five-player standings and the verifier of the ten-player rankings. Saber Wolves won both amateur formats. [6][7]

References

1. ClassicScores — public tournament dataset: 1997 Great Western Series and International Amateur Open results. Accessed 1 November 2026.
2. WARPIG — The 1997 Great Western Tournament Series Results: Las Vegas.
3. WARPIG — The 1997 GWS Portland 10 Man.
4. WARPIG — The 1997 GWS Portland 5 Man.
5. WARPIG — The 1997 Great Western San Francisco Results.
6. WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Ten man rankings.
7. WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Five man rankings, corrected final standings supplied by Team Effort Events.